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EVALKITST7590-Q1
STarGRID™ ST7590 SoC PRIME power line communication
demonstration kit
Data brief
Features
PRIME power line communication
development kit based on STarGRID ST7590
PLC SoC
Complete EN50065 compliant reference
design for modular and integrated PRIME-
based application developments
Onboard STM32™ microcontroller for PRIME
upper protocol layers, system management
and application host controller
Flexible 2-board architecture:
– EVALST7590-Q1, PRIME PLC board
based on the ST7590 system-on-chip
– EVLALTAIR900-M1, wide-range input
voltage, 7.5 W power supply board based
on the ALTAIR04-900 quasi-resonant
USB host interface.
UART/I2C connector to interface external
boards
Intuitive “Graphical User Interface” (GUI)
Suitable for CENELEC EN50065 and FCC part
15 compliant applications
Description
Based on the ST7590 power line communication
system-on-chip, the EVALKITST7590-Q1
demonstration kit embeds all the functions
required for a turnkey power line communication
network: the PLC node based on the ST7590
device, the AC power supply based on the
ALTAIR4-900 SMPS controller and the STM32
microcontroller, to implement upper layers of
PRIME protocol, and either control the system as
a standalone application or to connect the
EVALST7590-Q1 to an external host.
The EVALST7590-Q1 device embeds
STMicroelectronics® Full PRIME protocol stack
and provides a complete reference for PRIME-
based application developments such as smart
meters or concentrators, and is an ideal
standalone tool for in field PRIME network tests.
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