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DEMO MANUAL DC2023A
ltpowerplay Gui softWare
LTpowerPlay is a powerful Windows-based development
environment that supports Linear Technology Power
System Management ICs with EEPROM, including the
LTM2987 16-channel PMBus 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 can
also be used in an offline mode (with no hardware pres-
ent) in order to build a multi-chip 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 DC1613 I
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C/SMBus/PMBus
Controller to communicate with one of many potential tar-
gets, including the DC2023A 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 1. Screen Shot of the LTpowerPlay GUI
