The Platform Manager 2 Development Kit is a versatile, ready-to-use hardware platform for evaluating and designing with Platform Manager 2 and L-ASC10 devices. This kit includes a board, programming cable, and assorted example designs and documentation available for download. You can implement and debug your hardware management functions (power, thermal and control plane management) and test them out with this kit.
The Board - The core of the Platform Manager 2 Development Kit is the main board, featuring a combination of the LPTM21 and the L-ASC10 devices. Provisions are included on the board to emulate Power management functions (such as power supply monitoring, temperature monitoring, supply fault logging, margining & trimming, voltage scaling using VID), thermal management functions such as (temperature monitoring and measurement, fan speed control, power dissipation control and fault logging) and control plane functions (such as reset sequencing, I2C GPIO, level translation and JTAG chain management). The board also supports expansion of hardware management using ASC Evaluation Boards, featuring the L-ASC10 (available separately).
Programming and Power - The devices on the board can be programmed using the Lattice Diamond Programmer software via an included USB cable. Power for the board comes from a 12VDC wall plug supply or 5V or a 3.3V supply or through USB.