3.
PL360G55CB-EK Board
3.1
Overview
This section summarizes the PL360G55CB-EK board design. It introduces system-level concepts, such
as power supply, MCU, PLC coupling, peripherals and interface board.
PL360G55CB-EK is a PLC modem board based on the PL360 transceiver and on the SAMG55 ARM
Cortex-M4 RISC processor. This evaluation board can be used as a PLC modem reference design for
modular architectures; or, in any case to provide a platform to develop a complete communications
system over PLC technology.
Figure 3-1. PL360G55CB-EKv2 Board Description
JTAG/SWD
Connector (J7)
mikroBUS
Connectors
(J5 & J6)
USB Device
Connector (J4)
ERASE Pin
Header (J3)
Test Point
12V Voltage
(TP6)
Test Point
3V3 Voltage
(TP10)
PROG Pin
Header (J2)
RESET
Button (SW1)
PLC
Connector (J1)
Test Point
PLC signal
(TP107)
DC Input
Connector
(J8)
PL360 (U1)
3V3 Buck
Converter
(U5)
12V Buck-Boost
Converter (U3)
User LEDs
(D1 & D2)
SAMG55J19
(U2)
PLC
COUPLING
Test Point
GND Voltage
(TP16)
High Voltage
Area (AC/DC)
3.2
Features List
The PL360G55CB-EK board includes the following features:
• PL360 PLC Transceiver:
– Multi-protocol PLC modem:
• G3-PLC
• PRIME 1.3 and PRIME 1.4
PL360G55CB-EK
PL360G55CB-EK Board
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