CY3275 Cypress Semiconductor Corp, CY3275 Datasheet - Page 5

• Manufacturer Part Number: CY3275
• Description: KIT DEV POWERLINE PROGRAM
• Manufacturer: Cypress Semiconductor Corp
• Type: Other Power Managementr

Specifications of CY3275

• Main Purpose: Interface, Transceiver, Powerline Communication
• Embedded: No
• Utilized Ic / Part: CY8CPLC20
• Primary Attributes: 2400bps Data Transfer Over Low Voltage Power Lines
• Secondary Attributes: User Configurable LEDs
• Board Size: 101.6 mm x 101.6 mm
• Interface Type: RS-232, Ethernet, I2C, ISSP
• Maximum Operating Temperature: + 40 C
• Operating Supply Voltage: 12 V, 24 V
• Product: Power Management Development Tools
• Dimensions: 101.6 mm x 101.6 mm
• Silicon Manufacturer: Cypress
• Silicon Core Number: CY8CPLC20
• Kit Application Type: Communication & Networking
• Application Sub Type: Low Voltage Powerline Communication
• Rohs Compliant: Yes
• For Use With/related Products: CY8CPLC20
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant, Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• Other names: 428-3005

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CY3275 Cypress Low Voltage Programmable PLC Development Kit Guide, Doc. # 001-53657 Rev. *B
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Introduction
Using the PLC Kit
Cypress’s Powerline Communication Solution (PLC) makes it possible to transmit command and
control data over high voltage and low voltage powerlines. This solution is developed for low band-
width powerline communication.
The PLC CY3275 Low Voltage (LV) development board allows system design using the ability of the
Cypress PLC family of devices to transmit data up to 2400 bps over low voltage (12V to 24V AC/DC)
powerlines.
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The Cypress PLC Solution
Powerlines are available everywhere in the world. This makes them one of the most widely available
communication mediums for PLC technology. The pervasiveness of powerlines also makes it difficult
to predict their characteristics and noise. Because of the variability of powerline quality, implement-
ing robust communication over powerline has been an engineering challenge for years. With this in
mind, the Cypress PLC solution is designed to enable secure, reliable, and robust communication
over powerlines. The key features of the Cypress PLC solution are:
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Chapter 1 provides a brief overview of the Cypress PLC solution. It describes the contents of the
development kit and lists special features of the PLC Demonstration kit.
Chapter 2 gives the functional overview of the PLC Board and describes the operating procedure
of the PLC LV board. It provides a high level hardware description of the board.
An integrated powerline PHY modem with optimized amplifiers that work with rugged high and
low voltage powerlines
Powerline optimized network protocol that supports bidirectional communication with acknowl-
edgement based signaling and multiple retries
Support for 8-bit packet CRC and 4-bit header CRC for error detection and data packet retrans-
mission
Carrier Sense Multiple Access (CSMA) scheme that minimizes collisions between packet trans-
missions on the powerline
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