Features	Proposed RT Box card	HIL uGrid DSP Interface
Microgrid system
Maximum number of converters	8	3
Allows to study communication delays	$✓$	$\times$
Allows to study packet losses	$✓$	$\times$
Communication protocols between microcontrollers
Bluetooth	$✓$	$\times$
ESP-NOW	$✓$	$\times$
CAN BUS	$✓$	$\times$
I2C	$✓$	$\times$
Possibility of including new protocols	$✓$	$\times$
Microcontroller	ESP32 devkit v1	TMDSCNCD28027
Cores	Dual	Single
Frequency (MHz)	240	60
Flash memory (KB)	4000	64
RAM (KB)	512	12
ADC resolution	12-bit	12-bit
Cost per unit (USD)	9	49
Total price (USD)	300	4100