Powerline communications

Robust powerline communication, higher system integration, faster time to market

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Overview

Infineon’s powerline communication (PLC) solution enables the implementation of robust and reliable communication over AC and DC powerlines. With Infineon’s PLC solution, you do not need new wires to transmit command and control data—you can reuse the existing infrastructure.

Key Features

  • Integrated powerline FSK PHY
  • Bidirectional half-duplex comms
  • Baud rates up to 2400 bps
  • Power derived from powerline bus
  • Integrated LED drive support
  • Analog and digital functions
  • FCC and CENELEC compliance

Products

About

About the CY8CPLCXX devices

Infineon’s PLC family of devices (CY8CPLC10 and CY8CPLC20) combines revolutionary PSoC™ technology with reliable powerline communication to allow integration of multiple system functions in a single device (PHY modem and protocol stack), thereby reducing BOM costs and providing a smarter way to implement command and control.

Reduce your time to market with our CENELEC EN 50065-1:2001 and FCC Part 15 compliant boards, along with a complete network protocol implementation.

Lighting applications

Home lighting

Infineon’s PLC solution enables control of incandescent, sodium vapor, fluorescent, and LED lighting fixtures over the existing powerlines. Easily integrates with wall-switch dimmers, lamps, and appliance modules, enabling on/off, dimming, color mixing, and tunable white light control using a single-chip solution, and no additional wiring.

Pool lighting

Infineon's PLC solution can be used for controlling underwater pool lighting fixtures, overground spa, and surrounding landscape lights via a single control station using the existing powerline and no additional wiring. Since the powerline network protocol supports multicast and broadcast modes, elaborate programmable color-changing scenes can be created. Combined with Infineon’s EZ-Color or PSoC™ Power solution, this can be used for intelligent dimming control and color mixing of high brightness LED based lighting fixtures.

Parking lot lighting

On-off control for selected areas in large parking lots is not possible without the installation of multiple control and wiring elements and user interaction at multiple points. Infineon’s PLC solution provides a powerline-optimized network protocol that enables individual lighting fixtures or groups of lighting fixtures to be controlled using the existing powerline infrastructure. Thus, saving on the cost of additional wiring and control fixtures. Combined with Infineon’s EZ-Color solution this can be used for intelligent dimming and timed turn-off of high brightness LED fixtures.

Home/Building automation

The programmability and flexibility of Infineon's PLC solution make home and building automation completely configurable. Ready-to-use boards make the solution easy to implement.

Automatic metering infrastructure

Infineon's PLC solution can be designed in electric power meters in household, commercial, and industrial environments to transmit power usage information in real time, to a centralized billing system. This solution can handle multiple data sources and can address up to 264 power meters.

Energy consumption and generation

Energy consumption market

For the energy consumption market, Infineon’s PLC solution enables the transmission of information regarding power consumed at each appliance within a home, in real time. In response to this data, command and control of appliances can be done from any segment of the existing powerline infrastructure.

Energy generation market

In the energy generation market, Infineon's PLC solution can be used to acquire and transmit, real time diagnostic data regarding the energy output of individual solar panels to the array controller, and subsequently to a solar farm control station, over the existing DC powerline.

About the CY8CPLCXX devices

Infineon’s PLC family of devices (CY8CPLC10 and CY8CPLC20) combines revolutionary PSoC™ technology with reliable powerline communication to allow integration of multiple system functions in a single device (PHY modem and protocol stack), thereby reducing BOM costs and providing a smarter way to implement command and control.

Reduce your time to market with our CENELEC EN 50065-1:2001 and FCC Part 15 compliant boards, along with a complete network protocol implementation.

Lighting applications

Home lighting

Infineon’s PLC solution enables control of incandescent, sodium vapor, fluorescent, and LED lighting fixtures over the existing powerlines. Easily integrates with wall-switch dimmers, lamps, and appliance modules, enabling on/off, dimming, color mixing, and tunable white light control using a single-chip solution, and no additional wiring.

Pool lighting

Infineon's PLC solution can be used for controlling underwater pool lighting fixtures, overground spa, and surrounding landscape lights via a single control station using the existing powerline and no additional wiring. Since the powerline network protocol supports multicast and broadcast modes, elaborate programmable color-changing scenes can be created. Combined with Infineon’s EZ-Color or PSoC™ Power solution, this can be used for intelligent dimming control and color mixing of high brightness LED based lighting fixtures.

Parking lot lighting

On-off control for selected areas in large parking lots is not possible without the installation of multiple control and wiring elements and user interaction at multiple points. Infineon’s PLC solution provides a powerline-optimized network protocol that enables individual lighting fixtures or groups of lighting fixtures to be controlled using the existing powerline infrastructure. Thus, saving on the cost of additional wiring and control fixtures. Combined with Infineon’s EZ-Color solution this can be used for intelligent dimming and timed turn-off of high brightness LED fixtures.

Home/Building automation

The programmability and flexibility of Infineon's PLC solution make home and building automation completely configurable. Ready-to-use boards make the solution easy to implement.

Automatic metering infrastructure

Infineon's PLC solution can be designed in electric power meters in household, commercial, and industrial environments to transmit power usage information in real time, to a centralized billing system. This solution can handle multiple data sources and can address up to 264 power meters.

Energy consumption and generation

Energy consumption market

For the energy consumption market, Infineon’s PLC solution enables the transmission of information regarding power consumed at each appliance within a home, in real time. In response to this data, command and control of appliances can be done from any segment of the existing powerline infrastructure.

Energy generation market

In the energy generation market, Infineon's PLC solution can be used to acquire and transmit, real time diagnostic data regarding the energy output of individual solar panels to the array controller, and subsequently to a solar farm control station, over the existing DC powerline.

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