SSCP300PL

The Intellon SSC P300 PL Network Interface Controller is a highly integrated power line transceiver and channel access interface for implementing CEBus^® compatible products. The SSC P300 provides the Data Link Layer (DLL) control logic for EIA-600 channel access and communication services, a Spread Spectrum Carrierä (SSC) power line transceiver, signal conditioning circuitry, and a serial peripheral interface (SPI) compatible host interface. A minimum of external circuitry is required to connect the SSC P300 to the power line. Superior performance is achieved using the SSC P300 in conjunction with the SSC P111 Media Interface IC. The SSC P300 is used with a host microcontroller to construct CEBus compatible products, and serves as the basic communications element in a variety of low-cost power line networking applications.

The inherent reliability of SSC signaling technology and incorporation of basic Data Link functionality combine to provide substantial improvement in network and communication performance over other power line communication methods. The SSC P300 also makes an excellent low cost network interface for twisted pair and DC power systems. A typical CEBus power line node using the SSC P300 is illustrated below.