ATPL250A ATPL Series Power Line Communications Device DATASHEET Description ATPL250A is a G3-PLC modem for Power Line Communication. ATPL250A flexible architec- ture, composed of hardware accelerators and coprocessors, achieves a very efficient G3 PHY layer implementation. ATPL250A is therefore a compact and high-efficient device for a wide range of Smart Grid applications such as Smart Metering (Smart Meters and Data Concentrators), Lighting, Indus- trial/Home Automation, Home and Building Energy Management Systems, Solar Energy and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Charging Stations. ATPL250A has been conceived to be bundled with an external Atmel MCU. Atmel provides a G3 PHY layer library which is used by the external MCU to take control of ATPL250A PHY layer device. ATMEL provides high-efficient, reduced BOM reference designs for different coupling options, targeting common configurations in standard frequency bands complying with existing regula- tions (CENELEC, FCC, ARIB). Atmel-43079F-ATPL250A-Datasheet 22-Sep-161. Features G3-PLC modem Implements G3 CENELEC-A, FCC and ARIB profiles (ITU-T G.9903, June 14) Power Line Carrier Modem for 50 Hz and 60 Hz mains G3-PLC coherent and differential modulation schemes available Automatic Gain Control and continuous amplitude tracking in signal reception 1 SPI peripheral (slave) to external MCU Zero cross detection Embedded PLC Analog Front End (AFE), requires only external discrete high efficient Class D Line Driver for signal injection TA range -40C to +85C Package 80-lead LQFP 1.1 ATPL250A Application Block Diagram ATPL250A has been conceived to be easily managed by an external microcontroller through a 5-line interface. This interface is comprised of a 4-line standard Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) and an additional line used as interrupt from the ATPL250A to the external microcontroller. The external microcontroller can fully manage and control the ATPL250A (Phy layer, MAC coprocessing, etc.) by accessing the internal peripheral registers. Figure 1-1. ATPL250A application example L N Power Supply CS EMIT 0:11 SCK TXRX 0:1 MOSI External MISO PLC ATPL250A Microcontroller EINT Coupling AGC 0:5 VIPA RST(1) VRC (Optional) CLKOUT VIMA Zero Crossing VZ CROSS External Circuit Note: 1. There are several RST signals (ARST, SRST and PLL INIT), for more details see Section 3. Signal Description. 2 ATPL250A DATASHEET Atmel-43079F-ATPL250A-Datasheet 22-Sep-16