The Internet Power Line Adapter - University of Queensland

Home Automation, Power Lines and the Internet Quenten Alick
4.1 HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION................................................................................................ 18
4.2 POWER LINES NETWORK CONTROLLER.................................................................................... 18
4.3 POWER MEASUREMENT & SWITCHING..................................................................................... 19
4.4 MICROPROCESSOR .................................................................................................................. 20
4.5 POWER SUPPLY....................................................................................................................... 22
4.6 INTERNET CONNECTIVITY ....................................................................................................... 23
4.7 HARDWARE DESIGN SUMMARY............................................................................................... 23
CHAPTER 5 ...................................................................................................................................... 25
5.1 SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................................................. 25
5.2 MICROPROCESSOR CODE......................................................................................................... 25
5.3 PC OPERATING SYSTEM.......................................................................................................... 27
5.4 WEB SERVER & PC INTERFACE............................................................................................... 27
5.5 SOFTWARE SUMMARY............................................................................................................. 28
CHAPTER 6 ...................................................................................................................................... 29
6.1 DESIGN EVALUATION.............................................................................................................. 29
6.2 POWER LINES COMMUNICATION EVALUATION......................................................................... 29
CHAPTER 7 ...................................................................................................................................... 32
7.1 REVIEW OF THE DESIGN .......................................................................................................... 32
7.2 FUTURE DIRECTION ................................................................................................................ 33
CHAPTER 8 ...................................................................................................................................... 35
8.1 CONCLUSION .......................................................................................................................... 35
APPENDIX A – SCHEMATICS ....................................................................................................... 36
APPENDIX B – PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD................................................................................ 40
APPENDIX C – CODE FLOWCHARTS ......................................................................................... 42
APPENDIX D – ASSEMBLER CODE LISTING............................................................................. 44
APPENDIX E – C CODE LISTING ................................................................................................. 50
REFERENCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................... 61
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