IT900 – Yitran’s DCSK Turbo

IT900 DCSK Turbo is the first fully integrated SoC PLC modem and application solution on a single chip to feature DCSK Turbo speed and robustness.  

IT900 offers a full protocol stack to meet the demands of applications as Energy Management/Smart Grid including (AMR/AMM/AMI), Indoor/Outdoor Lighting Control and Home/Building Automation. IT900 Feature high in-phase and cross-phase reliability and offer Yitran’s DCSK Turbo technology to enable a high level of code efficiency, robustness and transmission speeds of up to 500Kbps. IT900 is fully interoperable with Yitran’s IT800 and IT700 series and complies with worldwide regulations (FCC, ARIB, CENELEC).

The IT900 is available in two versions:

 The Protocol Controller Architecture version includes Yitran’s Y-Net network protocol stack. A UART interface and simple command language provide seamless connection to an external Host controller and simplify application development. In this version, no access to the microcontroller’s resources is provided.

 The Open Solution Architecture version allows utilization of the IT900 microcontroller’s peripheral functions such as timers, interrupts, communication interfaces, A/D, spare memory resources and general-purpose I/Os to implement the application code, thereby eliminating the requirement for an external host controller. An Application Programming Interface (API) will enable easy integration of the application code with Yitran’s code.

Applications

Smart Grid Applications:

  • Automated Meter Reading (AMR)
  • Advanced Meter Management (AMM)
  • Demand Response & Real-Time pricing

Smart Home & Energy Management:

  • Home & Building Automation
  • Appliance Control & Diagnostics
  • Security and Access Control
  • Environmental Control

Commercial Applications:

  • Street Light Control
  • Vending Machine Control
  • Signage Control
PHY Layer
  • PLC optimized PHY (Physical Layer)
  • DCSK (Differential Code Shift Keying) Yitran’s patented modulation technique provides extremely high reliability.
  • High immunity to signal fading, various noise characteristics, impedance modulation and phase/frequency distortion.
  • High in-phase and cross-phase reliability.
  • PLC optimized PHY (Physical Layer)
  • DCSK (Differential Code Shift Keying) Yitran’s patented modulation technique provides extremely high reliability.
  • High immunity to signal fading, various noise characteristics, impedance modulation and phase/frequency distortion.
  • High in-phase and cross-phase reliability.
DLL / Network Layers
  • 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 automatic rate control mode
  • CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance) channel access scheme
  • Adaptive back-off algorithm based on IEEE802.11 and optimized for the power line medium (patent pending)
  • 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
IT900 General Information Documents