Datasheet

LTC2978A

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APPLICATIONS INFORMATION

LTpowerPlay: AN INTERACTIVE GUI FOR POWER

SYSTEM MANAGERS

LTpowerPlay is a powerful Windows based develop

ment environment that supports Linear Technology

Power System Manager ICs with EEPROM, including the

LTC2978A 8-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 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 management scheme in

a system or to diagnose power issues when bringing up

rails. LTpowerPlay utilizes Linear Technology’s DC1613

USB-to-I

C/SMBus/PMBus Controller to communicate

with one of many potential targets, including the DC1540

demo board set, the DC1508 socketed programming board,

or a customer target system. The software also provides

an automatic update feature to keep the software current

with the latest set of device drivers and documentation.

A great deal of context sensitive help is available

within

LTpowerPlay along with several tutorial demos. Complete

information is available at: