TI Korea (CEO Kent Chon, www.ti.com/kr) March 18, 2015 – TI (CEO Kent Chon) announced the launch of the low-cost Digital Power BoosterPack, designed to make designing digital power control easier. This BoosterPack can be used as a plug-in daughter card for the C2000™ Piccolo™ TMS320F28069M LaunchPad development kit, enabling a quick and easy understanding of digital power development using the real-time control architecture of TI's C2000 microcontrollers (MCUs). This BoosterPack is suitable for use in digital power applications such as power conditioners, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), AC/DC power supplies, and solar inverters. Along with this BoosterPack, which facilitates development, TI provides powerSUITE, which includes a suite of graphical software tools. This new Booster Pack and powerSUITE software tool will be demonstrated at the Applied Power Electronics Conference and Expo (APEC) exhibition, held at the Charlotte Convention Center in North Carolina, USA, until the 19th. (Visitor Information: Booth 1001)

Digital Power Booster Pack

TI's new Digital Power Booster Pack provides low-cost daughter cards and, when used with TI's F28069M LaunchPad, helps conveniently control buck converters. Developers can utilize TI's C2000 Piccolo F2806x MCUs to design power supplies that operate at faster switching frequencies. The F2806x MCU includes the C28x real-time processing core and sophisticated control peripherals, including fully coupled 150ps resolution PWM and an ADC with a maximum speed of 3.46MSPS. This booster pack integrates TI's CSD87588N NexFET™ power block, LM5109B and UCC27424 FET drivers, and OPA353 operational amplifiers all within a small form factor. This low-power digital power booster pack operates at 18W, eliminating the risks associated with developing high-voltage systems.

Digital Power software tools

TI's Digital Power Booster Pack includes ready-to-use code examples, enabling developers to work quickly. Additionally, this booster pack allows access to numerous software tools within powerSUITE. powerSUITE is included in controlSUITE™, a software suite that offers a "one-stop shop" for all C2000 MCU resources and code examples. powerSUITE includes graphical software tools such as Solution Adapter, Compensation Designer, and Software Frequency Response Analyzer. Using these tools, designers can quickly and easily develop and modify their digital power applications, thereby shortening time-to-market. These tools provide an easy-to-understand interface that allows developed code to be seamlessly integrated into TI's Code Composer Studio™ integrated development environment (IDE).

The Solution Adapter tool allows you to conveniently modify existing code examples for use on custom hardware using a user-friendly GUI, without the need to write new development code.

The Compensation Designer tool allows you to conveniently create various types of compensators, making it easy to tune control loops.

The Software Frequency Response Analyzer tool can quickly measure the frequency response of a digital power converter control loop developed with a C2000 MCU.

Price and Supply Timing

TI’s Digital Power Booster Pack (BOOSTXL-BUCKCONV), which allows for convenient control of digital power stages, is currently available at the TI store and authorized distributors for $59. The C2000 Piccolo F28069M Launchpad (LAUNCHXL-F28069M), which can be used with it, is currently available for $24.99. A bundle combining the Digital Power Booster Pack and the F28069M Launchpad (LAUNCH-69M-BUCK) is available for $79.99. Additionally, the powerSUITE software tool, which makes development work even easier, is available at www.ti.com.

TI's digital power products

TI offers the industry's widest range of digitally implemented, reconfigurable, and fully programmable power controllers. It also provides flexibility, efficiency, and high levels of integration to help customers meet changing system requirements and lower system costs. TI's digital power solutions support both power conversion and communication protocols, so they can be used in applications across various fields, including industrial, automotive, and communication infrastructure.

The Center of Innovation, TI MCU

Based on leading process technology, TI possesses proprietary system architecture, intellectual property, and real-world system expertise. For over 20 years, TI has continuously innovated, providing the industry with the broadest portfolio of microcontrollers, ranging from ultra-low-power MSP430™ MCUs to real-time control C2000™ MCUs, Tiva™ ARM® MCUs, and Hercules™ ARM MCUs. TI helps designers accelerate time-to-market through development tools, software, wireless connectivity solutions, and comprehensive partner products and technical support.

More detailed information

• TI's Digital Power IC White Paper

• C2000 MCU Solution for Digital Power Applications

• TI's LaunchPad development kit ecosystem

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