Background
The existing air conditioner controllers are divided into two types: one is remote control type, comprising an infrared remote controller and a mainboard controller arranged on the air conditioner body, wherein a user completes the operation through the infrared remote controller or a radio frequency (including wireless communication such as wifi, Bluetooth, zigbee and the like, unidirectional or bidirectional communication) remote controller, and the mainboard controller receives an operation command sent by the infrared remote controller to complete the specific control; the other is a wire controller. The wire controller communication mode is two lines, three lines or multi-line, wherein two cores have no polarity, no limitation is caused to the installation wire sequence, two lines are adopted for power supply and communication, the installation is facilitated, and the wire controller communication method is a better scheme. However, based on a common two-core nonpolar 1192 homebus communication mode, two-core power supply and communication of an air conditioner internal unit and a line controller can be realized, but an integrated IC chip and a matched peripheral circuit thereof, line controllers with different powers and specially customized peripheral devices (inductors) are required, the type selection of the peripheral circuit devices is strict, and the power of the air conditioner line controller is limited; the wire controller which can realize two-core power supply and communication in the market has small power, single function and insufficient display effect; for the wire controller with the display effect and the current increase caused by the function increase, the size and the type of the inductor are difficult to realize or the relay power supply and the communication requirement are additionally increased.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the above problems in the prior art and to solve the problem that the existing air conditioner wire controller is limited by an integrated IC chip and a peripheral circuit matched with the integrated IC chip, the invention provides a power supply communication circuit of the air conditioner wire controller, which comprises a two-core bus connected between the air conditioner wire controller and an indoor unit, and is characterized in that the communication circuit and the power supply circuit between the air conditioner wire controller and the indoor unit share the two-core bus, and a controllable switch is arranged on the two-core bus; when the controllable switch is in a conducting state, the communication circuit does not work, and the indoor unit supplies power to the air conditioner wire controller through the power supply circuit; when the controllable switch is in a closed state, the power supply circuit does not work, and the indoor unit and the air conditioner wire controller are communicated through the communication circuit.
In a preferred embodiment of the above power supply communication circuit of the air conditioner wire controller, the communication circuit is a circuit formed by using an analog device.
In a preferred embodiment of the above-mentioned power supply communication circuit for an air conditioner wire controller, when the controllable switch is in a conducting state, the indoor unit can also charge a capacitor on the air conditioner wire controller through the power supply circuit.
In a preferred embodiment of the above-mentioned power supply communication circuit for an air conditioner wire controller, when the controllable switch is in an off state, the capacitor of the air conditioner wire controller is used for supplying power to the air conditioner wire controller.
In a preferred embodiment of the above power supply communication circuit of the air conditioner wire controller, the power supply circuit and the communication circuit can operate on the two-core bus in a time-sharing manner according to a preset time sequence.
In a preferred embodiment of the power supply communication circuit of the air conditioner wire controller, the controllable switch is a triode, and the triode is connected in parallel with a resistor; and under the condition that the triode is disconnected, the resistor plays a role in current limiting protection.
In a preferred embodiment of the above power supply communication circuit of the air conditioner wire controller, the type of the triode is selected according to the power of the air conditioner wire controller.
In a preferred embodiment of the power supply communication circuit of the air conditioner wire controller, the two-core bus comprises a first bus and a second bus, a relay is connected in series to the first bus, and the wire controller can perform switching between power supply and communication with the indoor unit through conduction of the triode in a state that the relay is conducted.
The power supply communication circuit of the air conditioner wire controller adopts simple electronic components to replace an integrated IC chip and a peripheral circuit thereof, can realize power supply and meet the communication requirement on an air conditioner indoor unit board and an air conditioner wire controller bus, and has low cost and no strict limitation of chip peripheral devices. In addition, the triode is switched on and off to realize power supply and communication switching, and the high-power air-conditioning wire controller and the low-power air-conditioning wire controller can be compatible by utilizing the selection of the universal triode, so that chip peripheral circuit devices such as inductors and the like do not need to be replaced or specially customized due to the power problem of the wire controller.
Detailed Description
In order to make the embodiments, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. It should be understood by those skilled in the art that these embodiments are only for explaining the technical principle of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Furthermore, it should be noted that the terms "first" and "second" in the present disclosure are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
Referring to fig. 1, the power supply communication circuit of the air conditioner line controller of the present invention includes a two-core bus (a first bus + a second bus) connected between the air conditioner line controller and the indoor unit, the communication circuit and the power supply circuit between the air conditioner line controller and the indoor unit share the two-core bus, and the two-core bus is provided with a controllable switch. When the controllable switch is in a conducting state, the communication circuit does not work, and the indoor unit supplies power to the air conditioner wire controller through the power supply circuit; when the controllable switch is in a closed state, the power supply circuit does not work, and the indoor unit and the air conditioner wire controller are communicated through the communication circuit. As an example, the controllable switch is a transistor, and the transistor is connected in parallel with a resistor. The resistor plays a role of current limiting protection under the condition that the triode is disconnected. The power supply and the communication of the invention are realized by adopting the same wire harness, and the mode of the power supply line and the communication line is replaced, thereby reducing the wire harness and reducing the failure rate of wiring.
Compared with the prior art, the power supply communication circuit of the air conditioner wire controller does not need to pass through an inductor, only needs to select a controllable switch such as a triode which is universal in the market, and has no strict current requirement on the air conditioner wire controller, so that the power supply and communication requirements of the wire controller with better display effect and richer functions can be realized. The communication circuit of the present invention is a circuit formed by analog devices (such as an optical coupler and a triode). Compared with the prior art, the power supply communication circuit can realize power supply and communication without adopting an integrated chip, and has no limitation on the type selection of peripheral electronic components.
Specifically, when the triode is conducted, the power supply circuit works, and at the moment, the indoor unit can directly supply power to the air conditioner wire controller and charge the capacitor of the air conditioner wire controller; when the triode is disconnected, the communication circuit works, the air conditioner wire controller utilizes the capacitance of the air conditioner wire controller to supply power, and the communication circuit carries out transceiving communication through a circuit formed by an optical coupler, a triode and other analog devices; after the communication is finished, the triode is normally conducted, and the indoor unit directly supplies power to the air conditioner wire controller and charges a capacitor of the air conditioner wire controller. The invention utilizes the on-off switching power supply circuit and the communication circuit of the triode, and only needs to replace the power supply triode with higher withstand voltage value and current value when the high-power line controller is carried. The power supply communication circuit does not need an IC chip, and simultaneously, a peripheral circuit strictly matched with the chip is saved.
More specifically, referring to fig. 2, in the power supply communication circuit of the air conditioner wire controller of the present invention, power supply and communication are switched in an interrupt timing manner, and work is divided on a two-core bus according to a preset time sequence. The normal communication mechanism is shown in fig. 2, when the synchronization signal is detected, the time is counted for 500us, the air conditioner wire controller sends data, the indoor unit counts the time for 500us, and the indoor unit receives and sends data. Idle is equivalent to no communication, which is the time of power supply. It should be noted that the power supply and communication timing can be determined by software and communication protocol according to the communication rate and the power supply time.
As an example, referring to fig. 1, a relay is connected in series to the first bus, and the line controller can switch between power supply and communication with the indoor unit by conduction of a transistor in a state where the relay is turned on. Thus, the purpose of simultaneously controlling a plurality of indoor units by using the line controller can be achieved. Specifically, under the condition that a plurality of indoor units exist, the indoor units realize the confirmation of a master indoor unit and a slave indoor unit (the master indoor unit is in a controlled state, and the slave indoor units are in other controlled states) in a dialing or automatic competition mode, at the moment, a relay of the master indoor unit is conducted, and the switching of power supply and communication data transmission for the line controller is realized through the conduction and the disconnection of a triode. That is, when there are a plurality of indoor units, and the line controller needs to control one of the indoor units a, the relay of the indoor unit a is turned on, and the relays of the other indoor units are turned off, so as to control the plurality of indoor units simultaneously by using the line controller.
In conclusion, the invention adopts simple electronic components to replace an integrated IC chip and a peripheral circuit thereof, can realize power supply and meet the requirement of communication on an air-conditioning indoor unit board and an air-conditioning line controller bus, and has low cost and no strict limitation of chip peripheral devices. In addition, the triode is switched on and off to realize power supply and communication switching, and the high-power air-conditioning wire controller and the low-power air-conditioning wire controller can be compatible by utilizing the selection of the universal triode, so that chip peripheral circuit devices such as inductors and the like do not need to be replaced or specially customized due to the power problem of the wire controller.
Those skilled in the art can understand that the types of the above components are matched according to actual application requirements, and an appropriate type is selected. In addition, besides the triode, other suitable components can be selected for the controllable switch of the invention, such as a diode, a field transistor and the like.
Referring to fig. 3 as a specific embodiment, fig. 3 is a detailed structural diagram of an embodiment of a power supply communication circuit of an air conditioner wire controller according to the present invention. As shown in fig. 3, in this embodiment, the power supply communication circuit of the air conditioner line controller uses an analog circuit component to replace the integrated chip, and uses simple components such as an optocoupler and a triode to replace the integrated chip and the peripheral circuit of the integrated chip. Power supply and communication are realized by the same wiring harness, the mode of a power supply line and a communication line is replaced, wiring harnesses are reduced, and the failure rate of wiring is reduced. The high-power wire controller can be carried without the limitation of a peripheral circuit of an integrated chip. The triode is conducted, and the indoor unit of the air conditioner directly supplies power to the wire controller and charges the capacitor of the wire controller. And the triode is turned off, the communication circuit works and receives and transmits data. The communication and power supply work in a bus division manner according to a time sequence and are realized by adopting an interruption timing mode. The power supply and communication time sequence can be determined by software according to the communication speed and the power supply time. And matching the component selection according to the actual condition.
So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent changes or substitutions of related technical features can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention, and the technical scheme after the changes or substitutions can fall into the protection scope of the invention.