The ezLINX^™ iCoupler^® Isolated Interface Development Environment provides developers with a cost-effective, plug and play method for evaluation eight physical layer, digitally-isolated communication standards (USB, RS-422, RS-485, RS-232, CAN, SPI, I²C, and LVDS). The Blackfin^® ADSP-BF548 processor is used to run the uCLinux operating system and allows for easy customization through the open source hardware and software platform. Development time is significantly reduced for embedded designers and system architects who are designing and evaluating isolated communication standards. The interfaces on ezLINX use ADI's isolated transceivers with integrated iCoupler^® and isoPower^® digital isolator technology.

The ADM2587E power and signal isolated RS-485 transceivers have two options for easy evaluation: the EVAL-ADM2587EEBZ 4-Layer EN55022 Class B Radiated Emissions Compliant Evaluation Board or the EVAL-ADM2587EEMIZ 2-Layer EN55022 Class A Radiated Emissions Compliant Evaluation Board. Both evaluation boards options are populated with an ADM2582E 20-lead wide-body SOIC component.

The EVAL-ADM2587EEBZ evaluation board is designed to reduce emissions generated by the high frequency switching elements used by the isoPower^® technology to transfer power through its transformer. The 4 layer board layout was generated using the guidelines provided in the AN-0971 Application Note, Recommendations for Control of Radiated Emissions with isoPower Devices. The EVAL-ADM2587EEBZ evaluation board was tested at an independent test facility. The evaluation board passed the IEC 61000-4-5 surge testing up to 2 kV.

The EVAL-ADM2587EEMIZ is designed to reduce emissions generated by the high frequency switching elements used by the isoPower^® technology to transfer power through the ADM2582E/ADM2587E integrated transformer. The 2 layer board layout is generated using the guidelines provided in the AN-1349 Application Note, PCB Implementation Guidelines to Minimize Radiated Emissions on the ADM2582E/ADM2587E RS-485/RS-422 Transceivers. The EVAL-ADM2582EEMIZ evaluation boards are tested and certified to pass EN55022 Class A.

The AD-PQMON-SL provides a complete software and hardware platform for prototyping and evaluating high performance class S polyphase energy quality monitors. The design incorporates the ADE9430 high performance, polyphase energy monitoring IC that has an advanced metrology feature set (total and fundamental active power, volt amperes reactive (VAR), volt amperes (VA), watthour, VAR hour, VA hour, total and fundamental IRMS and VRMS, power factor) and the MAX32650 ultralow power ARM cortex-M4 with FPU-based microcontroller with 3 MB flash and 1 MB SRAM. The ADE9430 enables accurate energy monitoring over a wide dynamic range through its superior analog performance and digital signal processing (DSP) core. The ADE9430 simplifies the implementation and certification of energy and power quality monitoring systems by providing tight integration of acquisition and calculation engines. This solution can be used on a 3-phase system or up to three single-phase systems.

The design also features the MAX32650, which is a part of a new breed of low-power microcontrollers built to thrive in the rapidly evolving Internet of Things (IoT) named DARWIN. These MCUs are smart, with the biggest memories in their class and a massively scalable memory architecture. The MCU exposes all the necessary debug and programming features to enable a complete software development experience with the system. It is coupled with 512 Mb RAM and 64 Mb flash external memories to provide flexibility. The system's firmware is based on ADI's open-source no-OS framework and ADI proprietary ADSW-PQ-CLS library.

The solution has an on-board ADuM6424A Quad-Channel Isolator with Integrated DC-to-DC Converter. This DC-DC converter is used to supply all the components on the high voltage side. The ADUM6424A and the ADUM4152, which is a 5 kV, 7-Channel, SPIsolator™ Digital Isolator for SPI (with 1/2 Aux channel directionality), are used to isolate the connection between the ADE9430 and MAX32650.

The board can be supplied from the AC input through an isolated AC/DC converter or from the USB through the LTC3306, a 1.75 A Synchronous Step-Down Regulator. A logic based on several MAX40203, an Ultra-Tiny nanoPower, 1 A Ideal Diodes with Ultra-Low-Voltage Drop, selects based on availability the supply input with priority to the AC input.

The other 1.1 V and 1.8 V voltage rails needed by the MCU are converted from the 3.3 V input by the ADP225, a Dual, 300 mA Adjustable Output, Quick Output Discharge, Low Noise, High PSRR Voltage Regulator.

For high accuracy time keeping, the MAX31343 ±5 ppm, I2C Real-Time Clock with Integrated MEMS Oscillator is used.

The add-on board includes a standalone interface (a 64 x 4 display, 2 LEDs, and 5 buttons), an SD card for long time data logging, several industrial connectivity ports, and exposes an I/O prototyping area for I2C, SPI, GPIO, UART, 3V3, GND. The prototyping area can be also used for GPS / GNSS (e.g., Accurate Synchrophasor Measurement) or for external control signals.

For industrial connectivity, these are the following possibilities:

• T1L through the ADIN1110, an ultralow power, single port, 10BASE-T1L transceiver design for industrial Ethernet applications
• RS-485 implemented using the ADM2587E, a 2.5 kV Signal and Power Isolated, ±15 kV ESD Protected, Full/Half Duplex RS-485 Transceiver (500 kbps)
• Ethernet

APPLICATIONS

• Energy and power monitoring
• Standards compliant power quality monitoring
• Protective devices
• Smart power distribution units
• Polyphase energy meters
• Intelligent buildings