Overview
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The Power-Line Modem (PLM) PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board provides communication over power-lines using a Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) modulation scheme. These boards interface to the popular Explorer 16 Development Board and operate in the CENELEC A utility frequency band at a carrier frequency of 72 kHz. The software modem runs on the dsPIC33F Digital Signal Controller (DSC) and utilizes an Analog Front End (AFE) to interface to the AC power mains.
Each of the communication nodes utilizes a high voltage (HV) adapter cable that connects Utility-Band BPSK-Based 6 Kbps Power-Line Soft-Modem to the AC mains. The HV adapter cable incorporates the circuitry required to provide the noise-filtering and isolation from the power-line.
- Operates on 5V and 9V power supply
- Modulation and demodulation in software
- Variable transmit power level setting
- Compatible with 220V/50 Hz and 110V/60 Hz power-lines, or any AC line ranging from 0-220VAC at 50 or 60Hz
The Power-Line Modem (PLM) PICtail™ Plus Daughter Board provides communication over power-lines using a Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) modulation scheme. These boards interface to the popular Explorer 16 Development Board and operate in the CENELEC A utility frequency band at a carrier frequency of 72 kHz. The software modem runs on the dsPIC33F Digital Signal Controller (DSC) and utilizes an Analog Front End (AFE) to interface to the AC power mains.
Each of the communication nodes utilizes a high voltage (HV) adapter cable that connects Utility-Band BPSK-Based 6 Kbps Power-Line Soft-Modem to the AC mains. The HV adapter cable incorporates the circuitry required to provide the noise-filtering and isolation from the power-line.
Required Development tools:
- Explorer 16 100 pin Development Board DM240001 (2 required)
- MPLAB REAL ICE Programmer/Debugger DV244005 (other Microchip programmers/debuggers such as ICD3 are also compatible)
- 9 V Power Supply AC002014 (2 required)
- dsPIC33F GP 100 pin PIM MA330011 (included with DM240001)
Documentation
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| Utility-band BPSK 6.0 kbps PLM PICtail Plus Daughter Board Information Sheet | Data Sheets | Download | ||
| Utility-band BPSK 6.0 kbps PLM PICtail Plus Daughter Board User's Guide | User Guide | Download | ||
| Utility-band BPSK-based 6kbps Powerline Softmodem PICtail Plus Template | Software Libraries and Firmware | Download | ||
| Utility-band BPSK-based 6kbps Powerline Softmodem PICtail Plus Talk Demo | Software Libraries and Firmware | Download | ||
| Utility-band BPSK-based 6kbps Powerline Softmodem PICtail Plus Stream Demo | Software Libraries and Firmware | Download | ||
| Utility-band BPSK-based 6kbps Powerline Softmodem PICtail Plus Sensor Demo | Software Libraries and Firmware | Download | ||
| Utility-band BPSK-based 6kbps Powerline Softmodem PICtail Plus Pipe Demo | Software Libraries and Firmware | Download | ||
| Utility-band BPSK-based 6kbps Powerline Softmodem PICtail Plus Ping Pong Demo | Software Libraries and Firmware | Download |