MILPITAS, Calif., May 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Intersil
Corporation (NASDAQ: ISIL), a leading provider of innovative power
management and precision analog solutions today unveiled
PowerNavigator™ version 5.2, a free, downloadable graphical user
interface (GUI) that helps system designers quickly configure,
validate and monitor their power supply architectures. The new
features included in PowerNavigator 5.2 enable a high degree of
power supply optimization. Combined with the drag-and-drop GUI
interface, PowerNavigator 5.2 makes it straightforward to change
features and functions of a digital power supply design without
writing a single line of code.
![PowerNavigator 5.2 adds PowerMap, Rail Inspector and RailScope features to simplify design of densely populated power systems. PowerNavigator 5.2 adds PowerMap, Rail Inspector and RailScope features to simplify design of densely populated power systems.](https://photos.prnewswire.com/prnvar/20150429/212778)
The PowerNavigator 5.2 software GUI allows for configuration and
monitoring of Intersil's portfolio of PMBus™-enabled digital power
products, including digital regulators, controllers, multiphase
devices, power modules, and digital power monitors. Using a PC, USB
interface and a few mouse clicks, designers can configure and
change any parameter, telemetry or rail sequencing for their
digital power supply. Intersil's PowerNavigator version 5.2
includes three new innovations:
- PowerMap adds more real-time information to the power
rail blocks, such as device name, phase count, output voltage,
output current, PMBus addresses, and current sharing capability.
This additional information helps users more quickly visualize
their system. PowerMap's realistic system level view, with
zoom-in/out and scrolling, replicates a system with multiple power
rails delivering point-of-load current to ASICs, processors, DSPs
or FPGAs.
- Rail Inspector quickly guides users through the power
supply parameters set up. Rail Inspector brings up rail name and
shows the number of devices, device address and status, as well as
important supply parameters: input voltage, switching frequency,
output voltage, and load current. Device options include clock
synchronizing, sequencing, and current sharing. Users can then load
and save configuration files in both text and hex formats.
- RailScope simplifies system validation, giving users the
ability to plot all device telemetry – such as input voltage,
output voltage, output current and temperature – for up to four
rails at a time. RailScope's system logging feature automatically
logs telemetry and fault data for later analysis.
PowerNavigator 5.2 Features Summary
- Graphical monitoring makes display easy to read with entire
system on one page
- Visual sequencing lets users sequence up and down multiple
rails using drag-and-drop
- Fault monitoring tells user exactly why a rail shut down in a
fault condition, speeding system development
- Full support for Intersil digital power products including
point-of-load, digital regulators, multiphase, power module, and
digital power monitors, covering a wide range of applications
- Configuration files can be created, saved and loaded for
production programming, speeding system development
- Full projects can be saved, allowing configuration settings to
easily be transferred from board-to-board during system
development
To download the PowerNavigator 5.2 GUI, watch a tutorial video
and begin a design, visit: www.intersil.com/powernavigator. To
learn more about digital power, download our whitepaper.
About Intersil
Intersil Corporation is a leading
provider of innovative power management and precision analog
solutions. The company's products form the building blocks of
increasingly intelligent, mobile and power hungry electronics,
enabling advances in power management to improve efficiency and
extend battery life. With a deep portfolio of intellectual property
and a rich history of design and process innovation, Intersil is
the trusted partner to leading companies in some of the world's
largest markets, including industrial and infrastructure, mobile
computing, automotive and aerospace. For more information about
Intersil, visit our website at www.intersil.com.
Intersil, PowerNavigator and the Intersil logo are trademarks
or registered trademarks of Intersil Corporation. All other brands,
product names and marks are or may be trademarks or registered
trademarks used to identify products or services of their
respective owners.
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