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DEMO MANUAL DC2052A
LTpowerPlay SOFTWARE GUI
LTpowerPlay is a powerful Windows-based development
environment that supports Linear Technology power sys-
tem management ICs, including the LTC3880, LTC3883,
LTC2974 and LTC2978. 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 can also be used in an offline mode
(with no hardware present) in order to build a multichip
configuration file that can be saved and reloaded at a later
time. LTpowerPlay provides unprecedented 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
DC1613A USB-to-SMBus controller to communicate with
one of many potential targets, including the LTC3880 and
the LTC3883’s DC2052A 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://linear.com/ltpowerplay
To access technical support documents for LTC Digital
Power Products visit Help. View online help on the
LTpowerPlay menu.
Figure 5. LTpowerPlay Main Interface
