Reference Designs

This design features a dual-core microcontroller implementing an integrated electricity metering solution. The meter has been tested to prove 0.5% accuracy across a current dynamic range of 2000:1 by using a precision, low-noise op-amp and a programmable gain amplifier (PGA) to provide four gain stages. The metrology calculations are performed independently of the MCUs' integrated cores, leaving both MCUs available for other applications, including Power Line Communications(PLC). Developers will benefit from this design by taking advantage of both the M3 and C28x MCUs to provide the e-meter host applications and PLC communications.