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TIDA-010935

Solar power line communication reference design

TIDA-010935

Overview

This reference design shows how to implement a Power Line Communication (PLC) for HV DC and AC lines. In particular this design has been done to show communication from multiple solar panesl to a data agregator connected or embedded to the string inverter input.

Features

OOK Modulation with 4 selectable modulating frequencies: 125kHz, 500kHz, 2MHz, 5MHz
Built-in current limit protection, and reverse polarity protection using TI eFuse
Space reduction trough the usage of the same communication line for both receiving and transmitting
BoosterPack design compatible with multiple microcontroller famlies like MSPM0 and C2000

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Design files & products

Design files

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Design guide — TIDA-010935

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TIDUF48A.PDF (1201 K)

Reference design overview and verified performance test data

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Schematic — TIDA-010935

TIDMC28A.PDF (376 K)

Detailed schematic diagram for design layout and components

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Bill of materials (BOM) — TIDA-010935

TIDMC29A.PDF (163 K)

Complete listing of design components, reference designators, and manufacturers/part numbers

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Assembly drawing — TIDA-010935

TIDMC30A.PDF (317 K)

Detailed overview of design layout for component placement

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CAD/CAE symbol — TIDA-010935

TIDMC32A.ZIP (2049 K)

Files used for 3D models or 2D drawings of IC components

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Gerber file — TIDA-010935

TIDCGI8A.ZIP (569 K)

Design file that contains information on physical board layer of design PCB

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PCB layout — TIDA-010935

TIDMC31A.PDF (1293 K)

PCB layer plot file used for generating PCB design layout

Products

Includes TI products in the design and potential alternatives.

Analog switches & muxes

TMUX1204 — 5-V, 4:1, 1-channel, general-purpose analog multiplexer

Data sheet: PDF | HTML

Line drivers

THS6222 — Differential broadband PLC and HPLC line driver with common-mode buffer

Data sheet: PDF | HTML

RS-485 & RS-422 transceivers

THVD8000 — RS-485 transceiver with OOK modulation for power line communication

Data sheet: PDF | HTML

eFuses & hot swap controllers

TPS2662 — 4.5-V to 60-V, 478mΩ, 0.025-0.88A eFuse with integrated input and output reverse polarity protection

Data sheet: PDF | HTML

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Hardware

Evaluation board

LP-MSPM0G3507 — MSPM0G3507 LaunchPad™ development kit for 80-MHz Arm® Cortex®-M0+ MCU

The LP-MSPM0G3507 LaunchPad™ development kit is an easy-to-use evaluation module (EVM) based on the MSPM0G3507. It contains everything needed to start developing on the MSPM0G3507 M0+ MCU platform, including on-board debug probe for programming, debugging and energy measurements. The board (...)

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Evaluation board

PLC010935BP — PLC010935BP BoosterPack™ plug-in module for solar power line communication reference design

The PLC010935BP booster pack™ plug-in module is the orderable version of the TIDA-010935 reference design. This booster pack plug-in module pairs with the MSPM0G3507 LaunchPad™ development kit for 80-MHz Arm® Cortex®-M0+ MCU to enable powerline communication (PLC) using the UART to PLC THVD8000 (...)

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Software

Application software & framework

TIDA-010935-UART-EXAMPLE — Example code to establish UART communication over two TIDA-010935 boards with 2 LP‑MSPM0G3507

Example code to establish UART communication over two TIDA-010935 boards with 2 LP‑MSPM0G3507

Supported products & hardware

Hardware development

Evaluation board

LP-MSPM0G3507 — MSPM0G3507 LaunchPad™ development kit for 80-MHz Arm® Cortex®-M0+ MCU

Download options

TIDA-010935-UART-EXAMPLE — Example code to establish UART communication over two TIDA-010935 boards with 2 LP‑MSPM0G3507

Latest version

Version: 1.0

Release date: 13 Nov 2023

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TIDA_010935_UART_ExampleProjects.zip — 225 K

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Hardware development

Evaluation board

LP-MSPM0G3507 — MSPM0G3507 LaunchPad™ development kit for 80-MHz Arm® Cortex®-M0+ MCU

Documentation

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TIDA-010935_UART_EXAMPLE_1.0_manifest.html

Release Infomation

UART example code for TIDA-010935 based on MSPM0 UART examples for ecternal loopback and echo projects.

Technical documentation

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	Design guide	Solar Power Line Communication Reference Design (Rev. A)	PDF \| HTML	Feb. 25, 2024

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Hardware development

EVALUATION BOARD

LP-MSPM0G3507 — MSPM0G3507 LaunchPad™ development kit for 80-MHz Arm® Cortex®-M0+ MCU

PLC010935BP — PLC010935BP BoosterPack™ plug-in module for solar power line communication reference design

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