Linear Technology DC2087A Demo Manual page 7

DEMO MANUAL DC2087A
LTpowerPlay QUICK START PROCEDURE
The following procedure describes how to use LTpowerPlay
to monitor and change the settings of LTM4676.
1. Download and install the LTPowerPlay GUI:
http://www.linear.com/ltpowerplay
2. Launch the LTpowerPlay GUI.
a. The GUI should automatically identify the DC2087A. The
system tree on the left hand side should look like this:
b. A green message box shows for a few seconds in the
lower left hand corner, confirming that LTM4676 is
communicating:
c. In the Toolbar, click the "R" (RAM to PC) icon to read the
RAM from the LTM4676. This reads the configuration
from the RAM of LTM4676 and loads it into the GUI.
d. If you want to change the output voltage to a different
value, like 1.5V. In the Config tab, type in 1.5 in the
VOUT_COMMAND box, like this:
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Then, click the "W" (PC to RAM) icon to write these register
values to the LTM4676. After finishing this step, you will
see the output voltage will change to 1.5V.
If the write is successful, you will see the following message:
e. You can save the changes into the NVM. In the tool bar,
click "RAM to NVM" button, as following
f. Save the demo board configuration to a (*.proj) file. Click
the Save icon and save the file. Name it whatever you
want.
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