STMicroelectronics STarGRID™ Power Line Networking SoC Devices

STMicroelectronics STarGRID™ Power Line Networking System-on-Chip Devices are designed to effectively address demanding smart-metering and smart-grid application requirements and related standards. These STarGRID SoC devices optimize power consumption and system cost, making them an ideal choice for many green applications. STMicroelectronics STarGRID Power Line Networking System-on-Chip Devices combine a high-performance digital signal processor (DSP) core with a programmable protocol engine. They offer a full analog front-end and power-line driver in a single chip to offer a complete, flexible, and cost-effective narrowband powerline communication solution.

Features

  • Fully-integrated narrowband powerline networking system-on-chip
  • High-performance DSP with embedded programmable turnkey firmware for multiple-modulation management
  • Convolutional correction coding
  • Programmable bit rates up to 128Kbit/s
  • Channel quality estimation
  • Host UART/SPI controller
  • I2C/SPI external data memory interface
  • High-speed memory controller for optional code execution from external memory
  • Watchdog timer
  • On-chip 128-bit AES encryption HW block
  • Fully integrated analog front end
  • High-sensitivity receiver
  • High-linearity transmitter

Applications

  • Smart metering and smart grids
  • Street lighting control
  • Smart energy management
  • Home area networking
  • Building automation

StarGRID SoC Block Diagram

Block Diagram - STMicroelectronics STarGRID™ Power Line Networking SoC Devices
Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2012-05-30 | Aktualisiert: 2022-03-11