STMicroelectronics ST8500 | Demoboard EVALKITST8500-1 / AN5525

Description

This document is aimed at describing the electrical characteristics and communication performance of a Power Line Communication (PLC) node based on the EVALKITST8500-1 hardware and G3-PLC firmware operating in the CENELEC A, CENELEC B and FCC frequency band.The EVALKITST8500-1 is an evaluation kit for the ST8500 platform, exploiting the performance capability of the ST8500 device and STLD1 line driver.The ST8500 is a fully programmable power line communication (PLC) modem system-on-chip (SoC), able to run any PLC protocol in the frequency band up to 500 kHz.Please check for the EVALKITST8500-1 hardware documentation, evaluation software and firmware libraries at st.com/powerline. For specific software or firmware releases, you may need to contact the STMicroelectronics sales office directly

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

• Home, Building and city automation
• Connectivity

More information

• Datasheet
• IC product information