TIDUF34A July   2023  – August 2025

 

  1.   1
  2.   Description
  3.   Resources
  4.   Features
  5.   Applications
  6.   6
  7. 1System Description
    1. 1.1 Key System Specifications
  8. 2System Overview
    1. 2.1 Block Diagram
    2. 2.2 Design Considerations
    3. 2.3 Highlighted Products
      1. 2.3.1  DP83TD510E
      2. 2.3.2  AM2434
      3. 2.3.3  TPS2660
      4. 2.3.4  TPS79801-Q1
      5. 2.3.5  MSP430FR2476
      6. 2.3.6  TLV7031
      7. 2.3.7  ATL431
      8. 2.3.8  LM74700-Q1
      9. 2.3.9  TPS62825A
      10. 2.3.10 TPS61023
      11. 2.3.11 TLVM13630
      12. 2.3.12 LSF0108
  9. 3System Design Theory
    1. 3.1 Power Supply
    2. 3.2 PoDL PD and Coupling Network
    3. 3.3 Sitara Technology Module
    4. 3.4 Boot Mode
    5. 3.5 PHI and BoosterPack Headers
  10. 4Hardware, Software, Testing Requirements, and Test Results
    1. 4.1 Hardware Requirements
      1. 4.1.1 Boot Switch Configuration
      2. 4.1.2 Reference Design Start-Up
    2. 4.2 Software Requirements
      1. 4.2.1 PD Firmware
      2. 4.2.2 MCU Firmware
    3. 4.3 Test Setup
    4. 4.4 Test Results
  11. 5Design and Documentation Support
    1. 5.1 Design Files
      1. 5.1.1 Schematics
      2. 5.1.2 BOM
    2. 5.2 Tools and Software
    3. 5.3 Documentation Support
    4. 5.4 Support Resources
    5. 5.5 Trademarks
  12. 6About the Author
  13. 7Revision History

Description

This reference design shows an implementation of a singe-pair Ethernet (SPE) communication back end including power over data lines (PoDL). The design uses a Sitara AM2434 MCU interfacing an analog front end on one side and a Ethernet physical (PHY) layer on the other. The powerful MCU allows not only forwarding sensor data to Ethernet, but also for performing data processing on the edge.