Introduction

PL360G55CF-EK is an evaluation kit for the PL360 modem. PL360 is a programmable modem for narrow-band Power Line Communication (PLC) from Microchip Technology Inc, able to run any PLC protocol in the frequency band below 500 kHz. The PL360 has been conceived to be driven by external Microchip host controller devices; in this case a SAMG55 ARM^® Cortex^®-M4 RISC processor is used. The Microchip host device loads the corresponding PLC-protocol firmware and then controls the PL360 modem operation.

The PL360G55CF-EK board has been conceived to communicate in CENELEC A-Band (35 kHz to 91 kHz) and in FCC band (151 kHz to 472 kHz). It complies with CENELEC standard EN 50065 regulations in CENELEC A-Band. It can be connected directly to AC mains or DC power rails.