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LTpowerPlanner III System-Level Design Tool Quick Start Guide Ver. 3.0.0 January 2016 Design Tool Development Team Applications Engineering Power Products, Linear Technology Corp. LTpowerCAD@linear.com Linear Technology Corporation Copyright. Last Update: 1/2016 2 LTpowerPlannerTM A System-Level Power Architecture Planning Tool:  Create a “Power Tree” diagram of your Power Management System  Estimate Total System Power, Efficiency and Solution Size  Compare different system architectures for optimum solution  Display and Copy Block Diagram for System Presentation  Save and Load System Design Files for Project Organization  Interface with LTspiceTM Simulation file  Interface with LTpowerCADTM Design Tool file  Available in LTpowerCAD Toolbox, free download at www.linear.com/ltpowercad  Offline program on PC with Windows 7, 8 or 10. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 3 LTpowerPlannerTM Located inside the LTpowerCAD “LTC Toolbox”: • Both LTpowerPlanner III and LTpowerPlanner II programs are listed. • The previous LTpowerPlanner II program is NOT recommended for new designs. • LTpowerCAD program is available at www.linear.com/LTpowerCAD LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 4 LTpowerPlannerTM Intuitive Power System Planning Create System “Power Tree” Save Design Design / Calculation Print Interface With LTpowerCADTM Design Tool Interface With LTspiceTM Simulation Tool LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 5 LTpowerPlannerTM A Simple Design Example LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 6 LTpowerPlannerTM Get Started with an Example LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 7 Main Screen Toolbar Tool Strip / Icons Drawing Area LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 8 Components Toolbar Place input power source Place load device Place Power Converter (Voltage Regulator) LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 9 Components Line Input Supply Rectangle Box Single Output Converter Resistor Linear Regulator (LDO) Load Device Net Name Text Connector Capacitor LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 10 The Basics – Step 1: Add Parts Click Power, Converter or Load Icon on the tool strip and drop the part onto the drawing area. • By default, the input power source only has an output terminal. Converters have both input and output terminals. The load only has input terminals. •The input is always on the left side and the output is always on the right side. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 11 The Basics – Step 2: Make Connections Add connections. Add a wire connecting Converter 2 to Load 3: First click on the Icon. While in “Draw Wire” mode, the cursor will become a cross-hair. Click Converter2’s output terminal. Then release the mouse. Next click on Load3’s input terminal to create the wire. Right-click the Drawing Area to cancel “Draw Wire” mode. Notes: 1. Using an external mouse makes it easy to draw wires (instead of laptop PC touch pad/mouse) 2. The current program does NOT support “click-and-drag” to draw connection wire. 3. Routes requiring 90° turns must be placed by the user. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 12 The Basics – Step 3: Part Properties Change part properties. Double click on part labeled “Converter 2” to open the “Properties Tab”. Update the text box entries appropriate to the desired values. Pressing this arrow will keep the “Properties Tab” always open or always closed when a single part is selected. Shortcut is “Space” Double Click Note: the values with blue cell background color are used for power calculation or interface with LTpowerCAD search. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 13 The Basics – Step 3: Part Properties Each component has a unique “Properties” box which allows the appropriate fields to be edited. Power Source Properties LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide Load Device Properties 1/2016 14 The Basics – Step 4: Calculate Parameters Calculate parameters. Click the “Run” icon on the tool strip to calculate system efficiency, losses and total solution size. Updates Currents, Voltages and Losses Creates a “Summary Report” A design project is saved as an .ltp3 file. Note: 1. The user needs to manually enter the estimated efficiency and size of each converter to generate estimated total efficiency and board space. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 15 Design Example – Functions & Features(1) Move. Click and drag a part to move it to a new location. Dragging will snap parts in line with other parts and wire lines. Step 1. Drag (to select) Step 2. Click & Hold (to drag) Step 3. Drag and Release (to a new location) LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 16 Design Example – Functions & Features(2) Zoom. Click the “Zoom In” icon on the tool strip menu. This will increment the zoom by one step. “Zoom Out” is opposite this function. “Zoom to Fit” automatically sizes the zoom. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 17 Design Example – Functions & Features(3) Delete. Click the icon to enter “Delete” Mode. Deleting components will automatically delete wires that are no longer relevant without the component. Right-click the Drawing Area to exit “Delete” mode. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 18 Design Example – Functions & Features(4) Delete. Deleting a wire will automatically delete joining wires that are no longer relevant. Right-click the Drawing Area to exit “Delete” mode. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 19 Advanced Functions – Drag Delete Drag (Group) Delete. Delete groups of parts by dragging the Delete tool LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 20 Design Example – Functions & Features(5) Group Copy/Paste. Duplicates the selected components and their properties. Note: copy/paste connection wires are not supported yet. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 21 Design Example – Functions & Features(6) Resize Component. Resize parts by dragging the corner of the part when the cursor changes to the resize icon. Rectangles, lines and text can be resized from multiple corners. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 22 Design Example – Functions & Features(7) Add Converter Output Terminals. Click the “+” button to add an output to the selected converter. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 23 Design Example – Functions & Features(8) Add Output Terminals. Each converter can have up to 8 outputs with separate efficiencies and output voltages. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 24 Design Example – Functions & Features(9) Add Load Input Terminals. Add an unlimited amount of Terminals to Load Parts by clicking the “Add New Load Terminal” button. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 25 Design Example – Functions & Features(10) Change Load Visual (Symbol). Change the appearance of Single Load Parts and Input Parts by clicking the “Change Visual” button. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 26 Design Example – Functions & Features(11) Change Load Visual. Experiment with different sizes and configurations to achieve the desired appearance. Input Visuals Load Visuals Stack this visual and change the color to create a multiple input load with individual labels LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 27 Design Example – Functions & Features(12) Net Naming Part. Net naming parts with the same name are connected. This part cannot be connected by dropping onto existing wires. You have to manually connect wires to it to establish connections. (- Treat the net naming tag as a single input converter. Does NOT support “drop” onto an existing net for connection yet. ) LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 28 Design Example – Functions & Features(13) Copy an area of the drawing to image. Click the “Camera” icon. Left click and drag the cursor until the area covers the image you want to copy. This highlighted area of the drawing has been copied to the clipboard which can now be pasted elsewhere as a picture/image. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 29 Design Example – Functions & Features(14) Add text boxes and highlights. Icons from the Shapes group allow you to add commenting text and bring attention to specific areas. Shapes Group • Note: the commenting text color, size and commenting line/rectangular box color and style can be changed in their properties window. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 30 Design Example – Functions & Features(15) New Tab. Click the “Page” icon to create a new tab. Each tab is included under the same project. Save will save all tabs into one project file. Rename Tab. Double click the Tab Name to rename the tab. Delete Tab. Right click the Tab Name to bring up the delete option. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 31 Design Example – Functions & Features(16) Save/Open. “Save” and “Open” apply to ALL TABS! Each tab is designed to be a part of one solution. This means “Save” saves all your tabs to one file which has multiple tabs. When you “Open” a file, all your tabs will be replaced by the new project. Print. Print will Zoom-to-Fit the current tab and open your printing options. Undo/Redo. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 32 Design Example – Functions & Features(17) Change Background Color. Click the “Color Switch” icon next to the “LTpowerCAD” icon. This will bring up a Color box that will let you change the color of the drawing area background. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 33 Design Example – Functions & Features(18) Printing. Landscape printing is the default setting and can be changed in printing preferences. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 34 Functions – Link LTspice/LTpowerCAD Files Link Files. Click “Browse” in a converter’s Property Window to link an existing LTSpice or LTPowerCAD design file (previously created by user in a PC folder) to a specific converter. Open Linked Design / Simulation files. Click the LTPowerCAD or LTSpice button to open the linked files. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 35 Functions – Open LTpowerCAD Parametric Search Parametric Search. Clicking the LTpowerCAD button without a linked file will open LTpowerCAD’s parametric search using parameters pulled from the LTpowerPlanner converter. Clicking LTspice without a linked file will open a new LTspice window. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 36 Advanced Functions – Wire Snapping Snaps left of cursor location to line up with the corner Must click wire to make connection, even though it snaps to the correct place Easy clean connection Drawing wires will snap to corners for easier and cleaner connections LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 37 Advanced Functions – Keybindings & Shortcuts      Ctrl + N = New Tab Ctrl + O = Open File Ctrl + S = Save File Ctrl + Shift + S = Save File As Ctrl + P = Print           Delete = Delete Mode Ctrl + C = Copy/Paste Mode W = Wiring Mode B = Run Calculation         I = Draw Line A = Draw Arrow E = Draw Rectangle T = Text    Space = Open/Close Properties Tab P = Create Power S = Create Single Converter D = Create Dual Converter R = Create Resistor O = Create LDO Converter C = Create Capacitor L = Create Load - or Ctrl + Scroll Down = Zoom Out = or Ctrl + Scroll Up = Zoom In 0 = Zoom Fit Scroll = Vertical Scroll Shift + Scroll = Horizontal Scroll LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 38 Backward Compatibility with LTpowerPlanner Rev.2. • Due to the major program structure change, the LTpowerPlanner III can open the LTpowerPlanner II project files. Only the components are imported. The wiring connection is not imported. • We will keep the backward compatibility for future LTpowerPlanner III and beyond program versions. LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 39 Future Functions – In Development In Development: • Delete Extra Input/Output Terminals • Group Copy/Paste with Wiring • Support Negative Output Voltage • Support Multiple Output LDO LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016 40 Thank You Now you have gone through the main features of the program and are ready to use LTpowerPlannerTM ! There are still more features to explore… Questions? Suggestions? Email to: LTpowerCAD@linear.com LTpowerPlanner III Design Tool Quick Start Guide 1/2016