Linear Technology DC2518A Demo Manual page 4

DEMO MANUAL DC2518A
LTpowerPlay GUI SOFTWARE
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
SYSTEM TREE OF
ALL DEVICES
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CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
FOR ALL DEVICES IN
SYSTEM TREE
Figure 2. Screen Shot of the LTpowerPlay GUI
issues when bringing up rails. LTpowerPlay utilizes the
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DC1613 I 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:
www.linear.com/ltpowerplay
Select "Help, View Online Help" from the LTpowerPlay
menu to access technical documents.
DISPLAY OF SELECTED
REAL-TIME PARAMETER (CONFIG
OR TELEMETRY)
TELEMETRY
ACROSS SYSTEM
DATA
IDEALIZED ON/OFF
SUPPLY WAVEFORMS
CHIP DASHBOARD
AND ENERGY
METER
SCOPE-LIKE
TELEMETRY WINDOW
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