The DC2703A-A-KIT contains the DC2703A (LT8491demo board) and DC1613A (USB-to-I2C controller). Together they provide a high performance buck-boost battery charger converter with an I2C interface. The LT8491 implements a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) function and flexible charging profiles, suitable for most battery types such as flooded and sealed lead acid batteries and Li-Ion batteries. A Microsoft Windows-Based GUI (Graphical User Interface) application called “simpleLT8491” is provided which can be downloaded here. The DC2703A-A-KIT demo board is configured for 17V to 54V input voltage range and the power source can be a solar panel with 36 to 72 cells (up to 200W) or a DC voltage source. The LT8491 converter can operate from input voltages above, below or equal to the battery voltage. Two input connectors are provided. An ideal diode controller LTC4359 protects the DC power supply output from being back fed from the solar panel. This allows, for example, a 24VDC supply to be plugged in while a solar panel with higher voltage is being used to power the circuit. The DC2703A-A-KIT demo board output is set up for charging a 12V SLA battery with up to 16.6A charge current. The DC2703A-A-KIT demo board can be modified to support much higher output voltage, with modifications including higher voltage rating output side MOSFETs and capacitors. The LT8491 includes a slave I2C compatible interface for digital control of the charger settings and digital readouts of charger telemetry and status. A Microsoft Windows- Based GUI (Graphical User Interface) application is provided for this demo board, which makes it very easy to read charger telemetry and status data, as well as the ability to change the charging algorithm by writing to the appropriate configuration registers. The LT8491 EEPROM on the DC2703A-A-KIT demo board is programmed with the onboard resistor values to accurately read charger telemetry and status registers data. On-chip logic provides automatic true power point tracking (MPPT) for solar powered applications. The MPPT function not only continuously tracks the maximum power point, but also periodically sweeps the input panel voltage in order to select the correct maximum on the power curve. In doing so, an increase in power harvested from the panel during partial shade conditions is possible when multiple peaks occur on the power curve. During periods of low light, a low power mode allows the charger to deliver a small charge current even if there is not enough light for the MPPT function to operate. An RJ25 modular jack can be used to connect an external NTC temperature sensor mounted at the battery. This allows temperature compensation of the charge voltage, which is important for lead acid batteries. The same connector can be used for remote sensing of battery voltage, to compensate for voltage drops in long battery cables. The onboard LED displays the charge state. The LT8491 data sheet gives a complete description of the device, operation and application information. The data sheet must be read in conjunction with this demo manual for DC2703A-A-KIT. The LT8491EUKJ is assembled in a 64-lead (7mm × 11mm) plastic QFN package with a thermal pad underneath the chip. Proper board layout is essential for maximum thermal performance.

Demonstration circuit 2638A-B is a high efficiency, high density, μModule regulator with 4.5V to 16V input range. The output voltage is adjustable from 0.5V to 3.3V, and it can supply 150A maximum load current. The demo board has three LTM4678 µModule® regulators, and the LTM4678 is a dual 25A or single 50A step-down regulator with PMBus power system management. Please see LTM4678 data sheet for more detailed information. DC2638A-B powers up to default settings and produce power based on configuration resistors without the need for any serial bus communication. This allows easy evaluation of the DC/DC converter. To fully explore the extensive power system management features of the part, download the GUI software LTpowerPlay® onto your PC and use ADI’s I2C/SMBus/PMBus dongle DC1613A to connect to the board. LTpowerPlay allows the user to reconfigure the part on-the-fly and store the configuration in EEPROM, view telemetry of voltage, current, temperature and fault status. GUI Download: The software can be downloaded from: LTpowerPlay. For more details and instructions of LTpowerPlay, please refer to LTpowerPlay GUI for LTM4678 Quick Start Guide.

Demonstration circuit 1750A is a 42V, 2.5A micropower synchronous step-down regulator with current sense featuring the LT8611. The LT8611 is a compact, high efficiency, high speed synchronous monolithic step-down switching regulator that consumes only 2.5μA of quiescent current when the output is regulated at 3.3V. The demo board has an input voltage range from 3.8V to 42V and provides an output of 3.3V @ 2.5A. The current limit can be moved to the input side for application where input supply current is limited, such as energy harvesting application. ICTRL and IMON on the board set and monitor the regulated current respectively.

The LTC2380-24 and LTC2368-24 are low power, low noise, high speed, 24-bit SAR ADCs with an integrated digital averaging filter that operates from a single 2.5V supply. The demo manual refers to the LTC2380-24 but applies to both parts, the only difference being that the LTC2380-24 has fully differential inputs and the LTC2368-24 has pseudo-differential inputs. The LTC2380-24 has –117dB THD, consumes only 28mW and achieves ±4ppm INL max with no missing codes at 24 bits. The DC2289A demonstrates the DC and AC performance of the LTC2380-24 in conjunction with the DC590 or DC2026 QuikEval™ and DC890 PScope™ data collection boards. Use the DC590 or DC2026 to demonstrate DC performance such as peak-to-peak noise and DC linearity. Use the DC890 if precise sampling rates are required or to demonstrate AC performance such as SNR, THD, SINAD and SFDR. The Demonstration Circuit 2289A is intended to show recommended grounding, component placement and selection, routing and bypassing for this ADC.

DC249A-A: Demo Board for the LTC1682 Doubler Charge Pumps with Low Noise Linear Regulator.

Demonstration circuit 2598A is a 60V 2MHz synchronous buck-boost controller featuring the LT8390A. It accepts an input voltage from 4V to 24V (with transient to 60V) and regulates 12V output at up to 4A. DC2598A features high efficiency and 2MHz switching frequency, a high speed for a 4-switch buck-boost controller. It has a PGOOD flag, short-circuit fault protection, ISMON current-monitoring output signal, and spread spectrum frequency modulation (SSFM) or frequency synchronization.

DC1563A-B: Demo Board for the LTC2313-12 12-Bit, 2.5Msps Serial Sampling ADC in TSOT.

Demonstration circuit 776 is a 36V-72VIN, 2-switch forward converter with synchronous secondary-side control featuring the LTC3705 and LTC3706. This circuit was designed specifically to attain a high stepdown ratio power supply in one stage in order to efficiently power 1.5V loads from a typical telecom input voltage range. Isolation voltage is 1500VDC. This circuit features secondary-side control of the supply without the need of an optocoupler.

DC439A-A: Demo Board for the LTC1929 2-Phase, High Efficiency, Synchronous Step-Down Switching Regulators.

It is suitable for multiplexed systems that switch full-scale voltage levels in successive channels