IT800 Legacy – Features and Benefits

The IT800 is a highly integrated SoC (System on a Chip) Powerline Communication modem. The chip incorporates Yitran’s high performance DLL (Data Link Layer) and extremely reliable PHY (Physical) layer. The IT800 is an ideal solution for a variety of command and control applications and offers the required flexibility for the implementation of communication protocols as well as proprietary products.
MAIN FEATURES

✓ Highly integrated SoC (System on a Chip) Powerline Communication mode

✓ Incorporates Yitran’s high performance DLL (Data Link Layer) and extremely robust PHY (Physical) layer

✓ Simple serial Host interface (logical command language over UART)

✓ Seamlessly integrated with higher layers protocol stacks

✓ High in-phase and cross-phase reliability

✓ Complies with worldwide regulation requirements (FCC, ARIB, CENELEC)

✓ Ideal for Command and Control applications including Energy Management, Smart Grid, AMR (Automatic Meter Reading), Home/Building automation; lighting, suecutiy and HVAC control and more.

PHY Layer

PHY Layer
  • PLC optimized PHY (Physical Layer )
  • DCSK (Differential Code Shift Keying) patented modulation technique provides extremely high communication reliability (US patent No. 6,064,695)
  • High immunity to signal fading, various noise characteristics, impedance modulation and phase/frequency distortion
  • High in-phase and cross-phase reliability
  • Forward short-block soft decoding error correction mechanism and CRC-16
  • Complies with worldwide regulation requirements (FCC, ARIB, EN50065-1-CENELEC.

Multiple transport modes:

FCC and ARIB bands maximum raw bit rate:
► 7.5Kbps Standard Mode (SM)
► 5.0Kbps Robust Mode (RM)
► 1.25Kbps Extremely Robust Mode (ERM)

CENELEC bands maximum raw bit rate:
► 2.5Kbps Robust Mode (RM)
►► 0.625Kbps Extremely Robust Mode (ERM)

DLL Layer

DLL Layer
  • PLC optimized DLL (Data Link Layer)
  • Up to 1023 logical networks and 2047 nodes/network
  • ACK (Acknowledged) and UnAck (Unacknowledged) data transmission services
  • Re-transmission mechanism
  • Support for all PHY transport modes with additional automatic rate control mode
  • CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance) channel access scheme
  • Patent pending Adaptive back-off algorithm based on IEEE802.11 and optimized for the power line medium

Network Layer

Network Layer
  • Supports 1000 different overlapping networks
  • Supports 2000 nodes in each network
  • AES 128 Encryption with 32 bit authentication
  • Supports tree topology with 8 hops
  • Time to create 100 nodes network – 5 minutes
  • Time to add new node to the network – 15 seconds
IT800 - Documentation
IT800 General Information
IT800 Application Notes
IT800 Data Sheet