August 2009

$49 Kit is a Versatile, Ready to Use, Evaluation Platform for ProcessorPM

The new ProcessorPM Development Kit is a versatile, ready-to-use hardware platform for evaluating and designing with ProcessorPM power management devices. The kit is based on a 2.5" x 2" evaluation board that features the ProcessorPM-POWR605 device in a lead-free 24-pin QFN package, a Power Manager II ispPAC-POWR6AT6, evaluation circuits that emulate a power supply bus and processor interface, and an expansion header.

ProcessorPM Development Kit

To help you get started quickly, the kit includes a pre-configured processor support demonstration design that will support hundreds of microprocessor, DSP, ASSP, or ASIC power management scenarios. Within a few minutes you can power the board and demonstrate the three key support functions for a processor: voltage supervisor, watchdog timer (WDT), and reset generator. The board is controlled with switches and push-buttons. And a slide potentiometer emulates brown-out conditions on a 2.5V supply rail. A pin header provides access to I/Os of the ProcessorPM and the POWR6AT6. You may extend or modify the pre-configured demo using PAC-Designer and ispVM System software.

ProcessorPM Development Kit Block Diagram

About the ProcessorPM-POWR605

The ProcessorPM (Processor Power Manager) POWR605 is the perfect companion for any processor, DSP, ASSP, or ASIC. It can be used instead of a discrete power supply supervisor, reset generator and watchdog timer ICs. Lattice helps lower the cost of power management solutions by pricing ProcessorPM competitively with a discrete voltage supervisor ICs and offering reset generation and watchdog timer functions for free!

To Learn More

For further information about the ProcessorPM Development Kit and the ProcessorPM device, visit the Lattice website or contact your local Lattice sales representative.