Developed in collaboration with Tailyn Technologies, the optimised PLC module allows developers to overcome multiple design challenges at once, such as creating products that support multiple PLC standards, supporting a wide variety of customisations based on utilities’ design needs and meeting time-to-market, performance and certification requirements. Customers can have the PLC module customised in terms of form factors, communication interfaces and applications to meet any design needs.
Pairing TI’s real-time C2000 microcontroller with its AFE031 or AFE032 PLC analog front ends provides support for multiple PLC standards, including S-FSK, G3, PRIME, and IEEE-1901.2. The field-tested PLC module is ready for many types of conditions found in real-world smart grid implementations, such as automatic meter reading or advanced metering infrastructure metering, solar inverter control, street lighting control, and machinery control. Developers can expect a high-quality product that will meet the individual needs of their implementation. An accompanying reference design can be customised with application-specific software.