3.2 Features List

The PL360G55CF-EK board includes the following features:
  • PL360 PLC Transceiver:
    • Multi-protocol PLC modem:
      • G3-PLC
      • PRIME 1.3 and PRIME 1.4
    • One SPI peripheral to external MCU
    • Zero-Cross Detection
    • Embedded PLC Analog Front End (AFE)
    • Low-power consumption in transmission and reception
  • SAMG55 MCU:
    • Core:
      • ARM Cortex-M4 running at up to 120 MHz
      • Memory Protection Unit (MPU)
      • DSP instruction set
      • Floating-Point Unit (FPU)
      • Thumb®-2 instruction set
      • Instruction and Data Cache Controller with 2 Kbytes cache memory
      • Up to 512 Kbytes of embedded Flash, 176 Kbytes of embedded SRAM, 8 Kbytes of ROM
    • Memories:
      • Up to 512 Kbytes of embedded Flash
      • Up to 176 Kbytes of embedded SRAM
      • Up to 8 Kbytes of ROM with embedded boot loader, single-cycle access at full speed
  • PLC Coupling designed to communicate in CENELEC A-Band (35 kHz to 91 kHz) or FCC band (151 kHz to 472 kHz)
  • A 3.3V buck converter for the digital circuitry and a 12V Buck-Boost converter for supplying the PLC Power Amplifier. It allows supply of the board with any of the three different power sources
  • Mains Zero-Crossing Detector Circuit
  • Peripherals:
    • Supply monitor
    • User LEDs
    • Reset button
    • Chip Erase jumper
    • Chip Programming jumper
  • Interfaces:
    • USB Device
    • mikroBUS add-on connectors
    • SWD/JTAG debugging port