The PoDL evaluation module (EVM) shows an implementation of a single-pair Ethernet (SPE) communication including power over data lines (PoDL). The EVM consists of a power sourcing equipment (PSE) media converter and a powered device media converter. This allows simple evaluation using standard Ethernet networking hardware.
The EVM supports 10Mbps speed and implements 10 BASE-T1L according to IEEE802.3cg including PoDL with SCCP. The EVM implements a media converter from 10 BASE-TX to 10BASE T1L to allow bit-error rate testing, interoperability and compliance testing. The EVM also includes a USB2MDIO interface to allow register access of the PHYs for configuration.
Features
- Media converter: industrial to single-pair Ethernet
- PoDL application
- Onboard MSP430F5528 with USB-2-MDIO for register access