Features
- Emissions Compliance: Designed to be compliant with FCC, Industry Canada, Japan MPT, and CENELEC EN50065-1 specification for low-voltage signaling
- Bit Rate: 5.4kbps raw bit rate in CENELEC C-band and 3.6kbps in CENELEC A-band
- Communication Technique: Dual Frequency BPSK with DSP-enhanced receiver
- Carrier Frequencies: 132kHz (primary) and 115kHz (secondary) in CENELEC C-band and 86kHz (primary) and 75kHz (secondary) in CENELEC A-band
- RoHS Compliance: Compliant with European Directive 2002/95/EC on Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment.
- Combines an ISO/IEC 14908-3 ANSI-709.2 compliant power line transceiver with an ISO/IEC 14908-1 Neuron® 3120 processor core
- Designed to comply with FCC, Industry Canada, Japan MPT, and European CENELEC EN 50065-1 power line communications regulations
- Supports CENELEC A-band and C-band operation
- Dual carrier frequency mode and digital signal processing
- 4K Bytes of embedded EEPROM for application code and configuration data
- 2K Bytes of embedded RAM for buffering network data and network variables
- Full duplex hardware UART and SPI serial interfaces
- 12 I/O pins with 38 programmable standard I/O modes to minimize external interface circuitry
- -40 to +85°C operating temperature range
PL 3120 Power Line Smart Transceiver
Description
The PL 3120 Power Line Smart Transceiver integrates a Neuron processor core with a power line transceiver, making it ideal for appliance, audio/video, lighting, heating/cooling, security, metering, and irrigation applications. A complete system-on-a-chip, the PL 3120 features a highly reliable narrow-band power line transceiver, an 8-bit Neuron processor core for running applications and managing network communications, on-board memory, and an extremely small form factor – all at a price that is compelling for even the most cost-sensitive consumer product applications.
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