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Renesas Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User Manual

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Communication Evaluation Kit:
Target Devices
Power Line Modem LSI R9A06G037
Sub-GHz Wireless Modem LSI RAA604S00
Kits: EK-RA4M3 v1
All information contained in these materials, including products and product specifications, represents
information on the product at the time of publication and is subject to change by Renesas Electronics
Corp. without notice. Please review the latest information published by Renesas Electronics Corp.
through various means, including the Renesas Electronics Corp. website (http://www.renesas.com).
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Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz
Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF
User's Manual
Rev. 1.00 Feb 2022

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  • Page 1 All information contained in these materials, including products and product specifications, represents information on the product at the time of publication and is subject to change by Renesas Electronics Corp. without notice. Please review the latest information published by Renesas Electronics Corp.
  • Page 2 Renesas Electronics disclaims any and all liability for any damages or losses incurred by you or any third parties arising from the use of any Renesas Electronics product that is inconsistent with any Renesas Electronics data sheet, user’s manual or other Renesas Electronics document.
  • Page 3 Unit Products The following usage notes are applicable to all Microprocessing unit and Microcontroller unit products from Renesas. For detailed usage notes on the products covered by this document, refer to the relevant sections of the document as well as any technical updates that have been issued for the products.
  • Page 4 Renesas or its affiliates shall in no event be liable for any loss of profit, loss of data, loss of contract, loss of business, damage to reputation or goodwill, any...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Assumptions and Advisory Notes ......................8 Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Overview ........9 Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Solution Kit Contents................12 Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Ordering Information ................13 Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Kit Hardware Architecture ..............13 Block Diagram ............................13 MCU ..............................14 Power Line Communication ........................14 Sub-GHz RF Communication ........................
  • Page 6 USB to RX651 Host Control (RF) and PMOD2 to R9A06G037 (PLC Only) ......... 31 MyPages Software Registration ..................... 33 Schematics ..........................34 Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Board ..................34 Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Line Coupler ................41 10. System BOM list ........................42 10.1 Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Board ..................42 10.2 Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Board ..................45 11.
  • Page 7 Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual Figures Figure 1. Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Board Top Side ..............9 Figure 2. Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Board Bottom Side .............. 9 Figure 3. Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Board ................. 12 Figure 4. Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Line Coupler Box ..................12 Figure 5.
  • Page 8 Table 24: DIP2 Switch Control for USB to RX651 Host Control (RF) and PMOD2 to R9A06G037 Connection (PLC Only) ............................... 32 Table 25: Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Board BoM list..............45 Table 26: Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Line Coupler BoM list ............45 Rev 1.00 Page 4 of 46...

  • Page 9: Glossary

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual Glossary Alternating Current Acknowledge Bill of Materials Bits Per Second CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Cyclic Redundancy Check Carrier Sense Multiple Access – Collision Avoidance CSMA-CA Direct Current DCDC Direct Current - Direct Current...

  • Page 10: Table 1. List Of Abbreviations And Acronyms

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual Serial Peripheral Interface Tamb Ambient Temperature Transmit Data UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter Universal Serial Bus Voltage Table 1. List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Rev 1.00 Page 6 of 46 Jul.14.22...

  • Page 11: Safety Notice

    1.2A output current, barrel plug centre positive 2.1mm x 5.5mm output connector • 18W maximum output power, size of 77mm x 47.5mm x 35mm AC cable: The Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF communication kit comes provided with a 2 Pin Euro Plug to Figure 8 (C7) Power Cable with the following ratings: •...

  • Page 12: Symbols Used

    Power Line Communication Line Coupler. 1.6 Protection of the Sub-GHz RF Analog Front End. The Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF solution kit contains an FEM module on the AFE of the Sub-GHz RF. Directly connecting two Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF communication boards with an un-attenuated SMA cable will cause permanent damage the to the boards.

  • Page 13: Hybrid Plc And Sub-Ghz Communication Evaluation Kit Overview

    2. Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Overview The Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF communication system has been built around the proven hardware for PLC, Cool Phoenix 3 - R9A06G037, and the proven hardware for Sub-GHz RF for IEEE802.15.4 SUN FSK / WiSUN, the RAA604S00 devices.
  • Page 14 Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual The key features of the Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF communication system are categorized in four groups (consistent with the architecture of the board) as follows: MCU: Host MCU • R5F5651EDDFP#30 MCU (referred to as RX651 MCU) •...
  • Page 15 Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual System Control and Ecosystem Access • One 15 V input source • External power supply (using barrel connector, J5) • E20 / E2 / E2 Lite Emulator programmer/debugger connector (J3) •...

  • Page 16: Y-G-Hybrid-Plc-Rf Solution Kit Contents

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual 3. Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Solution Kit Contents The following is a list of items which are included in the Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication kit: • Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF communication board as shown in Figure 3. Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Board •...

  • Page 17: Y-G-Hybrid-Plc-Rf Ordering Information

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual The following is a list of items which are not included in the Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF kit: • RF SMA Type Connector Cable • E2, E2 Lite or E20 Emulator. https://www.renesas.com/us/en/design-support/development-tools#dev-tools-list If these are required, please order these separately.

  • Page 18: Mcu

    Figure 6. Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Board Architecture 5.2 MCU The MCU used on the board is the Renesas RX651 (orderable part name: R5F5651EDDFM#30), a 32-bit microcontroller with RXv2 Core, large-capacity RAM, and enhanced security, connectivity and HMI capabilities. For more information, please refer to: https://www.renesas.com/RX651...

  • Page 19: Power Supply

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual https://www.renesas.com/QS3257QG8 The wide bus to the Sub-GHz wireless modem LSI RAA604S00 is controlled via a high-speed CMOS 2:1 x 10 switch (orderable part name: QS3VH16210PAG8) https://www.renesas.com/QS3VH16210PAG8 5.7 Power Supply The board is designed to work from an external 15V power supply. This voltage is issued to the PLC power amplifier.

  • Page 20: Board Overview

    PMOD2_VDD USB Power Status CPX3 GPIO10 Rx LED CPX3 GPIO11 Tx LED Table 2: LED Connections 6. Board Overview Figure 7. Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Board Main Board Areas 6.1 Board connections Figure 8. Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Board Overview Rev 1.00 Page 16 of 46...

  • Page 21: J1 Plc Line Coupler Connector

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual 6.2 J1 PLC Line Coupler Connector The line coupler connector provides a galvanic isolated connection to the mains power line for sending/receiving the PLC signals. Additionally, zero-crossing feedback is issued to the Y-G-HYBRID-PLC- RF board.

  • Page 22: J5 Power Supply Barrel Connector (15V / 2A)

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual 6.6 J5 Power Supply Barrel Connector (15V / 2A) The board is powered from an external 15V DC power supply, connecting via a 3.5mm barrel connector. Figure 9. J5 Power Supply Barrel Connector 6.7 J6 RX651 Auxiliary Connector...

  • Page 23: J10 Jumper Setting For External 3.3V

    Table 9: Jumper J10 6.11 J11 Jumper Setting for PLC Frequency Bands, CENELEC/FCC/ARIB The Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF communication system allows for optimising the power line analog front end. For low impedance loads in the CENELEC-A band, the PLC transmission output power can be increased by inserting an L3 inductor in series with the transmission output.

  • Page 24: Pmod2 Cool Phoenix 3 Connection

    The PMOD2 allows an external MCU board using a full type 3A male connector. The serial communication signals are galvanically isolated from the rest of the board, therefore Peripheral Vcc must be providing power (maximum 5V). Note that only TX/RX and RESET are connected on the Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF communication system.

  • Page 25: Table 13: Dip Switch 2

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual mode or set the switch accordingly, below details the switch settings. Section 7: Operation Modes describes the settings for each operation mode. DIP2 RX651 port Controls active switch switch SW 1...

  • Page 26: Reset Circuitry

    Table 16: Switch 3 Control 6.17 Reset Circuitry The Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF communication system contains a single reset button, S3. This button can be used to reset either the RX651 device or the power line modem LSI R9A06G037 depending on the active switch settings described in Section 6 Board Overview.

  • Page 27: Operation Modes

    R9A06G037 running a PLC SimpleMAC program and sub-GHz RF evaluation via Renesas RF Test Studio. (Please refer to the Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF quick start guides for information on the operation). This allows the user to quickly evaluate the Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF powerline and sub-GHz RF communication evaluation board using the G3 PLC PHY or SUN FSK RF PHY Layer evaluation software.

  • Page 28: Figure 13. Usb To Rx651 Host Control Connection (Plc Only)

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual the USB connection is connected to the RX651 and a UART interface is used to connect the RX651 and power line modem LSI - R9A06G037, in this configuration the Sub-GHz wireless modem LSI RAA604S00 is not used.

  • Page 29: Usb To Rx651 Host Control (Rf Only)

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual 7.3 USB to RX651 Host Control (RF Only) This configuration is used when there is a sample application running on the RX651 and the user either wants to develop on the RX651 or use the functionality of the RX651 to control the sub-GHz wireless modem LSI RAA604S00.

  • Page 30: Usb To Rx651 Host Control (Hybrid)

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual Table 18: DIP2 Switch Control for USB to RX651 Host Control Connection (RF Only) 7.4 USB to RX651 Host Control (Hybrid) This configuration is used when there is a sample application running on the RX651 and the user either wants to develop on the RX651 or use the functionality of the RX651 to control the power line modem LSI - R9A06G037, which in turn also controls the sub-GHz wireless modem LSI RAA604S00.

  • Page 31: Usb To R9A06G037 (Plc Only)

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual DIP2 Switch Setting Table 19: DIP2 Switch Control for USB to RX651 Host Control (Hybrid) 7.5 USB to R9A06G037 (PLC Only) This configuration is used when there is no requirement for a sample application running on the RX651 and the user wants to bypass the RX651 and connect directly to the power line modem LSI - R9A06G037.

  • Page 32: Usb To R9A06G037 (Hybrid)

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual Figure 20: USB to R9A06G037 Connection (PLC Only) Block Diagram. The following table shows the DIP2 switch settings for this mode. DIP2 Switch Setting ON/OFF Table 20: DIP2 Switch Control for USB to R9A06G037 Connection (PLC Only) 7.6 USB to R9A06G037 (Hybrid)

  • Page 33: Pmod2 To R9A06G037 (Plc Only)

    R9A06G037 using the PMOD standard interface. The PMOD standard interface is available on most of the Renesas starter kits allowing users to develop on a wide range of application processors using standard starter kits. The interface to the R9A06G037 is then via the appropriate Serial Command Specifications.

  • Page 34: Pmod2 To R9A06G037 (Hybrid)

    HOST MCU such as the RA6M4 and connect a host processor easily to the R9A06G037 using the PMOD standard interface. The PMOD standard interface is available on most of the Renesas starter kits allowing users to develop on a wide range Rev 1.00 Page 30 of 46 Jul.14.22...

  • Page 35: Usb To Rx651 Host Control (Rf) And Pmod2 To R9A06G037 (Plc Only)

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual of application processors using standard starter kits. The interface to the R9A06G037 is then via the appropriate Serial Command Specifications. This configuration is required for: • G3-PLC Hybrid Sample Applications (For RA6M4 – EK-RA6M4) •...

  • Page 36: Figure 27: Usb To Rx651 Host Control (Rf) And Pmod2 To R9A06G037 Connection (Plc Only)

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual Control (RF) and PMOD2 to R9A06G037 Connection (PLC Only). In this mode the USB connection is connected to the RX651 which has an SPI interface connection to control the sub-GHz wireless modem LSI - RAA604S00 and the PMOD2 has a UART interface to connect and control the power line modem LSI - R9A06G037 via the appropriate Serial Command Specifications.

  • Page 37: Mypages Software Registration

    Software packages are available for this communication platform. The protocol stacks from Renesas are available via “MyPages”, please register and sign up to receive protocol updates from Renesas. To make these packages available Renesas will need to complete an ICP and export control check. Registration can be done following this link: https://www2.renesas.eu/products/micro/download/index.html/auth/register...

  • Page 38: Schematics

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual 9. Schematics 9.1 Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Board Rev 1.00 Page 34 of 46 Jul.14.22...
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  • Page 45: Y-G-Hybrid-Plc-Rf Communication Line Coupler

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual 9.2 Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Line Coupler Rev 1.00 Page 41 of 46 Jul.14.22...

  • Page 46: System Bom List

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual 10. System BOM list 10.1 Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Board Quantity Designator Comment 1 pcs 3V3, LED1, LED2, LED3, LED4, LED5, LED9, LED10, APT1608SGC USB, VIN C1, C3, C9, C10, C11, C12, C17, C20, C26, C28, C30,...
  • Page 47 Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual 220nF C80, C94, C101, C106 1uF 0805 C81, C111 47pF 27pF 47uF 10uF C107, C108 12.5pF C109 470pF D1, D2 ES3AB-13-F DIP1, DIP2 218-8LPSTJF FB1, FB2 NFM18CC222R1C3D FL1, FL2 NFE31PT222Z1E9L...
  • Page 48 Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual L11, L20, L21 6.8nH 10uH 1.3nH 5.6nH L15, L18 2.2nH L17, L19 5.6nH 22uH LED11 APT1608SRCPRV 5.1k R5, R9, R60, R61, R62, R66, R67, R68, R70, R71, R72, R73, R74, R75, R88, R92...

  • Page 49: Y-G-Hybrid-Plc-Rf Communication Board

    10.2 Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Board Quantity 1 Designator Comment 0.47uF 47pF SMAJ8.5CA 1N4448HWS-7F 1M 0.5W 200K 500V 2W 15K 0.5W TAPPED M3 TERMINAL TT1,TT2,TT3 T60403-K5032-X102 PS2561L-1 ERZE14A471 Table 26: Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF Communication Line Coupler BoM list Rev 1.00 Page 45 of 46 Jul.14.22...

  • Page 50: Website And Support

    RX651 Host MCU https://www.renesas.com/RX651 Power Line Modem LSI R9A06G037, Cool Phoenix 3 https://www.renesas.com/R9A06G037 Sub-GHz Wireless Modem LSI RAA604S00 Sub-GHz Wireless Communication Solutions | Renesas E2, E2 Lite or E20 Emulator. https://www.renesas.com/us/en/design-support/development-tools#dev-tools-list Optocouplers www.renesas.com/RV1S9160A Active switches https://www.renesas.com/QS3257QG8 https://www.renesas.com/QS3VH16210PAG8...

  • Page 51: Revision History

    Hybrid PLC and Sub-GHz Communication Evaluation Kit Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual Revision History Description Rev. Date Page Summary — 1.00 July.14.22 Initial release Rev 1.00 Page 47 of 46 Jul.14.22...
  • Page 52 Y-G-HYBRID-PLC-RF User's Manual Publication Date: Jul.14.22 Published by: Renesas Electronics Corporation...
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