Data brief
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EVALKITST7580-1
ST7580 power line networking system-on-chip
demonstration kit
Features
■ Suitable for point-to-multipoint 2-way power
line communication (PLC) over AC mains
■ Flexible 2-board architecture:
– EVALST7580-1, PLC board based on the
ST7580 narrow-band FSK/PSK power line
networking system-on-chip
– EVLALTAIR900-M1, wide-range input
voltage, 7.5 W power supply board based
on the ALTAIR04-900 quasi-resonant
current-mode SMPS controller
■ STM32 microcontroller hosted on the
EVALST7580-1 board to handle the ST7580
device and build a standalone power line node
■ External access through several interface
types: USB, SPI, I
2
C, USART, JTAG
■ Opportunity to save and load data to/from an
external µ-SD card
■ Intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) for the
Windows
®
environment with fully
programmable transceiver parameters
■ Suitable for CENELEC EN50065 and FCC part
15 compliant applications
Description
Built around the ST7580 power line networking
system-on-chip, this demonstration kit embeds all
the functions required for a “turnkey” power line
communication network: the PLC node based on
the ST7580, the AC power supply (based on the
ALTAIR4-900 chip) and the STM32
microcontroller, to either control the system as a
standalone application or to connect the
EVALKITST7580-1 to an external host.
The typical application environment consists of
two or more EVALKITST7580-1s connected to the
same mains line, each being controlled by a PC
running the ST7580 GUI software.
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