STMicroelectronics ST8500 | Demoboard EVALKITST8500-1 / AN5120

Description

The purpose of this application note is enabling any customer to design a full performance ST8500 power line communication (PLC) node, based on the ST8500 evaluation kit (EVALKITST8500-1) design.The ST8500 evaluation kit has been realized as a simple and flexible PLC node to ease the performance evaluation of the ST8500 device.The kit is made of three boards: the ST8500 PLC module including the companion STLD1 line driver, the STM32 mother board and the power supply board based on the VIPER26H.The PLC line coupling interface is designed to allow the ST8500 device to transmit and receive on the AC mains line using any narrow-band PLC modulation (single-carrier orOFDM) up to 500 kHz, for automatic meter reading (AMR) applications as well as any Smart Grid, Smart City, Smart Home or IoT applications.

Features

• Power line communication evaluation kit based on ST8500 and STLD1 devices
• Complete power line communication (PLC) reference design, suitable to evaluate several narrow-band PLC protocols (G3, PRIME, etc.) in the frequency range up to 500 kHz
• Modular board architecture
• ST8500 full performance PLC module including the companion STLD1 line driver
• STM32 microcontroller mother board for system management, application host controller and interface to PC
• STEVAL-ISA175V1, wide-range input voltage, 9.4 W power supply board based on VIPER26HD
• Optional 12 - 15 V DC input available for laboratory tests without AC mains connection

Typical applications

• Connectivity
• Home, Building and city automation

More information

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• IC product information