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MSN12AD60-RUD EVB GUIDE
POWERSMART™ DESIGN TOOL: GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE:
PowerSMART is graphical user interface (GUI) based design tool. This interface allows the
user to communicate with the digital control IC on the power supply via the user’s computer.
PowerSMART runs on the user’s machine and exchanges information over a common USB
connection. Cyntec evaluation boards are provided with a USB/I2C interface that allows the
user to communicate with the control IC through its SMBus lines.
Using the design tool, the user is able to communicate with the Cyntec power module to
receive/monitor information from the power supply and IC, as well as program settings to
the controller. The user is able to view the power supply’s status, input/output voltages,
output current, phase current sharing, and fault conditions detected by the controller. More
than 60 parameters (e.g., switching frequency, VOUT level, and protection and fault limits)
may be configured and adjusted within the GUI environment.
Figure 7: GUI Tool
