1.1 Safety Recommendations

The Evaluation Board is intended for further engineering, development, demonstration or evaluation purposes only and is not for commercial use. Therefore, the evaluation board is not fault tolerant and is not designed or manufactured with protective considerations, including but not limited to product safety measures typically found in finished commercial goods.

When the board is connected to mains grid for PLC communication, there is a risk of PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH OR PHYSICAL DAMAGE. Therefore, caution must be exercised when testing these devices. The user must be a skilled person in the practice and art of high voltage circuitry to utilize the circuits in the board. It is highly recommended that the user have qualifications or any certificate for handling AC Power; COMMON SENSE IS ENCOURAGED. The user agrees not to use the board in any situation where damage or injury to persons, property or business could occur. Furthermore, the board is NOT FOR RESALE/COMMERCIAL USE AND MUST BE STRICTLY OPERATED IN A WELL-CONTROLLED LABORATORY ENVIRONMENTS.

DANGER: Not all the board is isolated from mains (PLC Signal). To avoid damage of instruments, do not connect any probe (i.e., debugger, oscilloscopes) to the non-isolated area of the board when the board is connected to mains.

The PLC Signal is identified in the enclosure with this symbol: .

Warning: To avoid user access to dangerous parts, PL460-EK must always be used within its enclosure. DC Jack and Xplained PRO connectors are accessible without electrical shock risk due to provided electrical isolation.
Warning: The socket-outlet is easily accessible.

For any hardware components and/or jumper configuration changes, it is required to switch off the board and disconnect it from the electrical network.

The board must not be subjected to high electrostatic potentials.

Tip: It is strongly recommended to use a grounding strap or similar ESD protective device when handling the board in hostile ESD environments (offices with synthetic carpet, for example). Avoid touching the component pins or any other metallic element on the board.
Important: Microchip does not assume any responsibility for the consequences arising from any improper use of this board.