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A project log for KNX Raspberry Pi HAT

A HAT to easily interface a Raspberry Pi with a KNX bus.

tijl-schepensTijl Schepens 05/23/2020 at 10:090 Comments

As almost every Electronics project, it starts with designing the hardware. I've kept the schematic entry as
simple as possible. Copying the largest part from the typical application diagram in the datasheet.

Some parts still have to be dimensioned:

The Raspberry Pi is not being fed from the KNX bus as there is not enough available power. As the device must be able to operate even at bus voltages as low as 21 V, the maximum available bus power is 21 V x 40 mA = 840 mW. And that is assuming that the NCN5130 is 100% efficient which is not the case...

To calculate the most important component values, there is a handy calcualtor sheet.

After some weeks of work, this is the outcome:

The two feedback resistors for the second DC-DC converter were placed at the left of the PCB far apart so that they would be easily accessible for resoldering. This way the output voltage can be adjusted easily.
On the right hand side of the PCB there are two 3-pins headers which can be used to select the UART baud rate and the usage of a parity bit.

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