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Chapter 1. Product Overview 1.1 Introduction ..................... 5 1.2 What is the MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference Design? ....5 1.3 What the MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference Design Kit Includes ..5 Chapter 2. Installation and Operation 2.1 Introduction ..................... 7 2.2 Features ......................
• Customer Support • Document Revision History DOCUMENT LAYOUT This document describes how to use the MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference Design as a development tool to emulate and debug firmware on a target board. The manual layout is as follows: •...
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MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference Design CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS GUIDE This manual uses the following documentation conventions: DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS Description Represents Examples Arial font: ® Italic characters Referenced books MPLAB IDE User’s Guide Emphasized text ...is the only compiler... Initial caps...
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Preface RECOMMENDED READING This user's guide describes how to use MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference Design. Other useful documents are listed below. The following Microchip documents are available and recommended as supplemental reference resources. • MCP3905 Data Sheet, “Energy Metering IC with Active Real Power Pulse Output”...
• What the MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference Design Kit includes WHAT IS THE MCP3905A/06A ENERGY METER REFERENCE DESIGN The MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference Design device is an energy metering IC that supplies average active power information via a pulse output with direct drive for mechanical counters.
IEC62053 compliance using the circuitry in this board, refer to AN994 “IEC Compliant Active Energy Meter Design Using The MCP3905A/06A” (DS00994). FEATURES The MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference Design PCB has the following features: • Protection for IEC62053 Energy Meter EMC Immunity Tests • On-Board DC power supply •...
Each meter must be calibrated using the voltage divider circuit going into Channel 1 of the MCP3905A/06A. A known power is supplied to the meter (e.g., 1000W), and an expected output frequency is the goal (1000 imp/kWh). Start with the highest value resistor and short the resistor using it's respective shorting jumper.
DC power supply components on the back-side of the board is also necessary for installation in some meter cases with PCB standoffs. The major components on the front-side of the MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Refer- ence Design are listed here and described in Section 2.5 “Front-Side Of PCB Detailed Description”.
JP5 and JP6 are the differential output drive for the mechanical counter. JP7 is the calibration or microcontroller output that is connected to HF on the MCP3905A/06A devices. A LED is supplied to assist in any optical calibration schemes. 2.5.4...
BACK SIDE OF PCB DETAILED DESCRIPTION 2.6.1 MCP3905A (U1) From the back side of the board, the MCP3905A/06A is located on the right hand side where the analog ground plane exists. The MCP3905A/06A has appropriate bypass capacitors on V coming from the DC power supply circuitry. The MCP3905A/06A has its input logic pins connected to user-selectable jumpers, with the exception of the HPF pin.
MCP3905A/06A ENERGY METER REFERENCE DESIGN Appendix A. Schematics and Layouts INTRODUCTION This appendix contains the following schematics and layouts for the MCP3905A/06A Energy Meter Reference Design: • Board Schematic • Board – Top Layer • Board – Bottom Layer SCHEMATICS AND PCB LAYOUT The layer order is shown in Figure A-1.
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