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TIDA-010935

Solar power line communication reference design

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TIDA-010935

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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

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download Design guide — TIDA-010935
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TIDUF48C.PDF (1123 KB)

Reference design overview and verified performance test data

download Assembly drawing — TIDA-010935
TIDMC30A.PDF (318 KB)

Detailed overview of design layout for component placement

download Bill of materials (BOM) — TIDA-010935
TIDMC29A.PDF (163 KB)

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

download CAD/CAE symbol — TIDA-010935
TIDMC32A.ZIP (2049 KB)

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

download Gerber file — TIDA-010935
TIDCGI8A.ZIP (570 KB)

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

download PCB layout — TIDA-010935
TIDMC31A.PDF (1294 KB)

PCB layer plot file used for generating PCB design layout

download Schematic — TIDA-010935
TIDMC28A.PDF (377 KB)

Detailed schematic diagram for design layout and components

Products

Includes TI products in the design and potential alternatives.

RS-485 & RS-422 transceivers

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

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Line drivers

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

Data sheet: PDF | HTML
Analog switches & muxes

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

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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

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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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PLC010935BP — PLC010935BP BoosterPack™ plug-in module for solar power line communication reference design
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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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Application software & framework

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

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TIDA-010935 — Solar power line communication reference design
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LP-MSPM0G3507 — MSPM0G3507 LaunchPad™ development kit for 80-MHz Arm® Cortex®-M0+ MCU
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TIDA-010935-UART-EXAMPLE — Example code to establish UART communication over two TIDA-010935 boards with 2 LP‑MSPM0G3507

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TIDA-010935 — Solar power line communication reference design
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LP-MSPM0G3507 — MSPM0G3507 LaunchPad™ development kit for 80-MHz Arm® Cortex®-M0+ MCU

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

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* Design guide Solar Power Line Communication Reference Design (Rev. C) PDF | HTML Jan 13, 2025

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