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DEMO MANUAL DC2518A
LTpowerPlay is a powerful Windows-based development
environment that supports Linear Technology power system
management ICs with EEPROM, including the LTC2975
4-channel Power System Manager. The software supports
a variety of different tasks. You can use LTpowerPlay to
evaluate Linear Technology ICs by connecting to a demo
board system. LTpowerPlay features an offline mode to build
a multi-chip configuration file for later use with hardware.
LTpowerPlay provides unprecedented system level diag-
nostic 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
LTpowerPlay GUI SOFTWARE
issues when bringing up rails. LTpowerPlay utilizes the
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C/SMBus/PMBus Controller to communicate with
one of many potential targets, including the DC2518A 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.
Download the software from:
Select “Help, View Online Help” from the LTpowerPlay
menu to access technical documents.
Figure 2. Screen Shot of the LTpowerPlay GUI
SYSTEM TREE OF
ALL DEVICES
CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
FOR ALL DEVICES IN
SYSTEM TREE
REAL-TIME
TELEMETRY
DATA
CHIP DASHBOARD
AND ENERGY
METER
DISPLAY OF SELECTED
PARAMETER (CONFIG
OR TELEMETRY)
ACROSS SYSTEM
IDEALIZED ON/OFF
SUPPLY WAVEFORMS
SCOPE-LIKE
TELEMETRY WINDOW
