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DEMO MANUAL DC1605B
ltpowerplay Gui software
LTpowerPlay is a powerful Windows-based development
environment that supports Linear Technology power
system management ICs with EEPROM, including the
LTC2936 6-channel voltage supervisor. The software
supports a variety of different tasks. You can use LTpow-
erPlay to evaluate Linear Technology ICs by connecting
to a demo board system. LTpowerPlay can also be used
in an offline mode (with no hardware present) in order to
build a multi-chip configuration file that can be saved and
re-loaded at a later time. LTpowerPlay provides unprec-
edented system level diagnostic and debug features. It
becomes a valuable diagnostic tool during board bring-up
to program or tweak the power management scheme in
a system or to diagnose power issues when bringing up
rails. LTpowerPlay utilizes the DC1613 I
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C/SMBus/PMBus
controller to communicate with one of many potential tar-
gets, including the DC1605B demo system or a customer
board. The software also provides an automatic update
feature to keep the software current with the latest set
of device drivers and documentation. The LTpowerPlay
software can be downloaded from:
http://www.linear.com/ltpowerplay
To access technical support documents for LTC power
system management products visit “Help, View Online
Help” on the LTpowerPlay menu.
Figure 3. Screenshot of the LTpowerPlay GUI
