Ltpowerplay Software Gui - Linear Technology DC1936A Demo Manual

Dual output step-down dc/dc controller with power system management

DEMO MANUAL DC1936A

LTpowerPlay SOFTWARE GUI

LTpowerPlay is a powerful Windows based development

environment that supports Linear Technology power sys-

tem management ICs, including the LTC3880, LTC3883,

LTC3882, 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 mul-

tichip 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

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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 LTC3882's

DC1936A demo system, or a customer board. The soft-

ware 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:

To access technical support documents for LTC Digital

Power Products visit Help. View online help on the

LTpowerPlay menu.

Figure 7. LTpowerPlay Main Interface

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