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DEMO MANUAL DC2691A
LTPOWERPLAY GUI SOFTWARE
LTpowerPlay is a powerful Windows-based development
environment that supports Linear Technology Power
System Management ICs with EEPROM. The software
supports a variety of different tasks. You can use LTpow-
erPlay to evaluate Linear Technology ICs by connect-
ing 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 re-loaded at a later time. LTpowerPlay pro-
vides 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
targets, including the DC2691A programming board 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
