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A Low Cost Flexible Power Line Communication System

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Sensors (CNS 2016)

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The present work focuses its attention on the definition of a home automation system based on power line communication. A low cost and non invasive system has been developed and tested with successful results. It is based on the Cypress CY8CPLC10, an integrated power line communication chip which embeds both a PHY modem and a network protocol stack. The information management and data generation processes are demanded to a microcontroller, in this first prototype, being implemented with a standard Arduino board. Combining the use of a microcontroller with a power line modem makes possible to manage sensors and actuators in the neighbors through the power grid and without modifying the electrical and network systems.

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  1. Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L’Aquila, 67100, L’Aquila, Italy

    L. Pantoli, M. Muttillo, V. Stornelli & G. Ferri

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Pantoli, L., Muttillo, M., Stornelli, V., Ferri, G., Gabriele, T. (2018). A Low Cost Flexible Power Line Communication System. In: Andò, B., Baldini, F., Di Natale, C., Marrazza, G., Siciliano, P. (eds) Sensors. CNS 2016. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 431. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55077-0_52

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