4G NIC CARD
Description
The 4G NIC card is a state-of-the-art communication module designed for the most advanced residential and commercial electric meters available in the market today. It supports a wide range of use cases for AMI and distribution monitoring and control solutions.
The NIC can easily integrate with single-phase and three-phase electricity meters and leverages any available network to form a highly resilient communication network for utilities.
Features
- The onboard MCU can handle multiple communication technologies
- Support IPv4 / IPv6 network addressing
- Support pushing the data at configured intervals to the HES
- Programmable data acquisition (Push/Pull) frequency
- Support firmware (FOTA) degradation
- Dedicated boost regulator enable/disable pin controlled by meter board TC
- PIP test setup on EC200U
Applications
- Smart Meters
Block Diagram
12 Pin Header Connector
| Pin No. | Pin Names | Input/Output to NIC | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NC | INPUT | TTL, Max 3.3 V. |
| 2 | VCC | INPUT | TTL, Max 3.3 V. |
| 3 | NC | INPUT | TTL, Max 3.3 V. |
| 4 | RESET | ||
| 5 | UART_TX | OUTPUT | TTL, Max 3.3 V. |
| 6 | NC | INPUT | TTL, Max 3.3 V. |
| 7 | UART_RX | OUTPUT | TTL, Max 3.3 V. |
| 8 | NC | INPUT | TTL, Max 3.3 V. |
| 9 | GND | ||
| 10 | NC | INPUT | TTL, Max 3.3 V. |
| 11 | POWER KEY | INPUT | |
| 12 | NC | INPUT | TTL, Max 3.3 V. |