Power Line Transceivers Development Support Kit
The Power Line Smart Transceivers Development Support Kit provides several resources that reduce development time and engineering effort, including circuit reference designs for PL3120®/3150®/3170 power line smart transceivers and binary files for porting your designs to circuit layout tools.
- Includes eight soft copy reference designs for external discrete interface circuitry that address critical factors such as:
- Heat dissipation
- Trace capacitance and crystal oscillation
- Receive sensitivity and transmit power
- Reduces design time for products using power line communications for control networking; Supports first-time success of design and implementation
- Gives design engineers the flexibility to choose a design that suits the application — and a high degree of confidence that components will meet cost and size goals
- Provides faster and more accurate porting of designs with binary files for supported layout tools including Altium, P-CAD®, OrCAD®, PADS®, and PowerPCB
Reference designs include:
- Bill of materials
- Schematics in OrCAD and PDF format
- Layout design files and plots in P-CAD, OrCAD, PADS/PowerPCB, Altium, PDIF, ASCII, and Gerber formats
- Solutions for various combinations of 2/4 layered and one- or two-sided PCB designs
Approximate PCB area required for the power line smart transceiver and its discrete interface circuitry:
| Power Line Smart Transceiver | Type of PCB | Approximate Dimensions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| PL 3120 / PL 3170 Power Line Smart Transceiver | 2 layer 1 sided (rectangular format) 2 layer 1 sided (square format) 4 layer 2 sided (SIP design) 4 layer 2 sided 4 layer 2 sided with 2A p-p transmit amplifier 4 layer 2 sided (SIP design) |
0.9 in x 2.5 in (23 mm x 63 mm) 1.3 in x 1.5 in (33 mm x 38 mm) 0.7 in x 1.5 in (17 mm x 38 mm) 0.8 in x 1.5 in (20 mm x 38 mm) 1.2 in x 2.1 in (31mm x 53mm) 0.7 in x 1.1 in (17 mm x 28 mm) |
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| PL 3150 Power Line Smart Transceiver | 4 layer 2 sided 1.4 in x 1.9 in 4 layer 2 sided with 2A p-p transmit amplifier |
1.4 in x 1.9 in(36 mm x 49 mm) 1.9 in x 2.6 in (48 mm x 66 mm) |
Power Line Development Support Kit (PL DSK) datasheet (PDF)
PL 3120/PL 3150/PL 3170 Power Line Smart Transceiver Data Book (PDF)
Includes technical details on the supported circuit layout tools.