Galvanic Isolation Adapters

Galvanic isolation is used where two electric circuits must communicate, but their grounds may be at different potentials. It is an effective method of breaking ground loops between the two circuits. Galvanic isolation is also used for safety reasons, preventing accidental current from reaching ground through a person's body. You can find more information about galvanic isolation in Technical Note Galvanic Isolation.

Power Supply

Embedded Target and the BlueBox debugger are separately powered and isolated from each other. Galvanic Isolation Adapters are powered separately as well via a USB-C Power supply adapter.

Using the Galvanic Isolation Adapters with various Microcontrollers architectures

iSYSTEM Galvanic Isolation Adapters are designed for a variety of Microcontroller architectures:

• Infineon AURIX
• ARM Cortex
• NXP / ST Power Architecture

Safety

iSYSTEM Galvanic Isolation Adapters provide a basic isolation that withstands high voltages. It is mandatory to have a second protection measure in place, in case the first insulation barrier fails. How should a double isolation be implemented depends on the use-case or application setup.