LTC2980 Datasheet, PDF (3/26 Pages) Linear Technology – 16-Channel Power Supply System Featuring the LTC2980 Power System Manager

DEMO MANUAL DC2198A
LTpowerPlay GUI SOFTWARE
LTpowerPlay is a powerful Windows-based development
environment that supports Linear Technology Power
System Management ICs with EEPROM, including the
LTC2980 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 re-loaded 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 I²C/SMBus/PMBus
Controller to communicate with one of many potential tar-
gets, including the DC2198A 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:
www.linear.com/ltpowerplay
To access technical support documents for LTC Power
System Management Products visit “Help, View Online
help” on the LTpowerPlay menu.
SYSTEM TREE OF
ALL DEVICES
CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
FOR ALL DEVICES IN
SYSTEM TREE
REAL-TIME
TELEMETRY
DATA
DISPLAY OF SELECTED
PARAMETER (CONFIG
OR TELEMETRY)
ACROSS SYSTEM
CHIP DASHBOARD
(KEY ASPECTS OF
SELECTED CHIP)
IDEALIZED ON/OFF
SUPPLY WAVEFORMS
Figure 1. Screen Shot of the LTpowerPlay GUI
SCOPE-LIKE
TELEMETRY WINDOW
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