AC164142 Consumer-Band BPSK 7.2 Kbps Power-Line Soft-Modem PICtail Plus Daughter Board

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 C consumer frequency band at a carrier frequency of 129.6 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 the Consumer-Band BPSK-Based 7.2 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
Software selectable baud rates: 1200, 2400, 3600, 4800, 5400 and 7200
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

Documentation & Software

Documents	Last Updated	Size
Consumer-band BPSK-based 7.2kbps Powerline Softmodem PICtail Plus Template	10/12/2011 4:28:28 PM	270KB
Consumer-band BPSK-based 7.2kbps Powerline Softmodem PICtail Plus Ping Pong Demo	10/12/2011 4:27:02 PM	287KB
Consumer-band BPSK-based 7.2kbps Powerline Softmodem PICtail Plus Sensor Demo	10/12/2011 4:24:15 PM	285KB
Consumer-band BPSK-based 7.2kbps Powerline Softmodem PICtail Plus Pipe Demo	10/12/2011 4:23:12 PM	275KB
Consumer-band BPSK-based 7.2kbps Powerline Softmodem PICtail Plus Stream Demo	10/12/2011 4:20:07 PM	296KB
Consumer-band BPSK-based 7.2kbps Powerline Softmodem PICtail Plus Talk Demo	10/12/2011 4:18:47 PM	277KB
Consumer-band BPSK-based 7.2kbps Powerline Softmodem PICtail User's Guide	3/4/2011 2:00:08 PM	1MB
Consumer-band BPSK-based 7.2kbps Powerline Softmodem PICtail Infosheet	3/4/2011 1:57:43 PM	25KB