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Power-line com dev kit enables low-cost design

Power-line com dev kit enables low-cost design

The AC164145 power-line soft-modem development kit enables low-cost communication and control in utility power meter, home energy monitoring and control, and smart-grid applications. The kit provides communication over power lines using a BPSK modulation scheme using the CELENEC A utility frequency baseband of 72 kHz, for communication at a rate of 6 Kbits /s.

Power-line com dev kit enables low-cost design

The soft modem is based upon the scalable dsPIC33F digital signal controller iC and interfaces with the Explorer 16 development board. The kit includes two daughter boards and high-voltage adapter cables, schematics, demo code, and software in source-code format, and is supported by the free MPLAB IDE. ($225 — available now.)

by Jim Harrison

Microchip Technology , Chandler , AZ
Sales 480-792-7200
www.microchip.com

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