Description
Faced with limited resources and booming demand, the energy industry seeks greater efficiencies within complex energy management and distribution processes, all while providing the best consumer experience. To achieve better service and smarter, streamlined processes, energy providers require reliable, real-time access to data.
This smart energy gateway device gathers data from the sensors around it and uploads that information to the internet where it is processed and shown to the user.
This solution has two approaches, one with a LPC MCU with low-power consumption and a Sigfox interface to send the data to. The other approach is with an i.MX 6UL MPU with Bluetooth, Ethernet and USB interfaces. Both designs share ZigBee® connectivity in order to communicate with the devices around it.
Features
- LPC MCU offers low-power consumption
- Sigfox interface to send data
- i.MX 6UL MPU with Bluetooth
- Ethernet interface
- USB interface
- ZigBee connectivity
Block Diagram
Products
Category Name 1: | MCU and MPU |
Product URL 1 | |
Product Description 1 | The LPC54SXX offers a power-efficient and unique architecture, advanced HMI and flexible communication peripherals for real-time performance in the next-generation IoT. |
Product URL 2 | i.MX 6UltraLite Applications Processor | Single Arm® Cortex®-A7 @ 696 MHz | NXP |
Product Description 2 | The i.MX 6UltraLite applications processor includes an integrated power management module that reduces the complexity of external power supply and simplifies power sequencing. |
Category Name 2: | Power management |
Product URL 1 | |
Product Description 1 | The PF3001 power management integrated circuit (PMIC) features a configurable architecture that supports numerous outputs with various current ratings as well as programmable voltage and predefined sequencing. |
Product URL 2 | |
Product Description 2 | The PCA9410 and PCA9410A are highly efficient 3.0 MHz, 500 mA, step-up DC-to-DC converters. They convert input voltages from 2.5 V to 5.25 V to a fixed output voltage of 5.0 V. |
Product URL 3 | |
Product Description 3 | The IEEE 802.3bw (100BASE-T1) compliant TJA1101 Ethernet PHY transceiver provides 100 Mbit/s transmit and receive capability over unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cables to withstand the most taxing automotive applications, while still maintaining low-power consumption and system costs. |
Product URL 4 | |
Product Description 4 | The NX5P3290 is a precision adjustable current-limited power switch for USB PD application. The device includes under voltage lockout, over-temperature protection, and reverse current protection circuits to automatically isolate the switch terminals when a fault condition occurs. |
Product URL 5 | HV start-up flyback controller with integrated MOSFET for 5 W applications, f~burst = 1270 Hz | NXP |
Product Description 5 | The TEA1721 is a small and low cost module Switched Mode Power Supply (SMPS) controller IC for low power applications (up to 5 W) and operates directly from the rectified universal mains input. |
Category Name 3: | Peripherals |
Product URL 1 | |
Product Description 1 | The PCF2129 is a CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) and calendar with an integrated Temperature Compensated Crystal (Xtal) Oscillator (TCXO) and a 32.768 kHz quartz crystal optimized for very high accuracy and very low power consumption |
Product URL 2 | |
Product Description 2 | The BGS8L5 is a LNA with bypass switch for LTE receiver applications, in a small plastic 6-pin thin leadless package. It delivers system-optimized gain for diversity applications where sensitivity improvement is required. |
Product URL 3 | |
Product Description 3 | The PCAL6408A is an 8-bit general purpose I/O expander that provides remote I/O expansion for most microcontroller families via the I²C-bus interface. |
Product URL 4 | |
Product Description 4 | The PCA9626 is an I²C-bus controlled 24-bit LED driver optimized for voltage switch dimming and blinking 100 mA Red/Green/Blue/Amber (RGBA) LEDs. |
Product URL 5 | |
Product Description 5 | The SA630 is a wideband RF switch fabricated in BiCMOS technology and incorporating on-chip CMOS/TTL compatible drivers. Its primary function is to switch signals in the frequency range DC to 1 GHz from one 50 Ω channel to another. |
Category Name 4: | Wireless |
Product URL 1 | Zigbee and IEEE 802.15.4 wireless microcontroller with 512 kB Flash, 32 kB RAM | NXP |
Product Description 1 | The JN5169 is an ultra-low-power, high-performance wireless MCU suitable for ZigBee applications. |
Product URL 2 | |
Product Description 2 | The OL2385 device is a radio frequency transceiver with an embedded MCU designed for a wide range of industrial and home applications requiring a very high link budget for bidirectional RF communication. |
Product URL 3 | QN908x: Ultra-Low-Power Bluetooth Low Energy System on Chip (SoC) Solution | NXP |
Product Description 3 | QN908x is an ultra-low-power, high-performance and highly integrated Bluetooth Low Energy solution for Bluetooth® Smart applications. |
Category Name 5: | NFC |
Product URL 1 | NTAG213F, NTAG216F | NFC Forum Type 2 Tag compliant IC with field detection | NXP |
Product Description 1 | The NTAG213F offers innovative functionalities like the configuration of a field detection, the SLEEP mode, the FAST_READ command, and a configurable password protection. These capabilities fit perfectly for applications in electronics, i.e. connection handover, Bluetooth® simple pairing, Wi-Fi protected set-ups, device authentication or gaming. |
Product URL 2 | |
Product Description 2 | The PN5180 is a high-performance full NFC Forum-compliant frontend IC for various contactless communication methods and protocols. |
Category Name 6: | Security |
Product URL 1 | A1006 | Secure Authenticator IC: Embedded Security Platform | NXP |
Product Description 1 | The A1006 Secure Authenticator Solution is a complete embedded security platform for electronic accessories, mobile phones, portable devices, computing and consumer electronic devices, and embedded systems where a strong security infrastructure is required. |
Tools
| Product | Link |
|---|---|
| MCIMX6UL-EVK: i.MX6UltraLite Evaluation Kit | i.MX6UltraLite Evaluation Kit | NXP |
| KITPF3000FRDMEVM: Evaluation Kit for PF3000/1 Power Management Integrated Circuit | Evaluation Kit for PF3000/1 Power Management Integrated Circuit | NXP |
| OM13513: RTC demoboard containing PCF2127T and PCF2129AT | RTC demoboard containing PCF2127T and PCF2129AT | NXP |
| OM25180FDK: PN5180 NFC Frontend Development Kit for POS Terminal Applications | OM25180 |PN5180 NFC Development Kit for POS Readers | NXP |
