For a power system, making changes in software is generally faster, cheaper and easier than making changes in hardware during any stage of a product’s lifecycle. In the LTpowerPlay™ software snapshot shown here, determining which of the 4 power supplies faulted is simple and requires the same effort whether one is currently in the middle of a design, trying to debug prototypes or troubleshooting equipment deployed in the field. Does the designer need to perform a field upgrade via firmware? This visual insight provides the designer with real-time monitoring capabilities of key system parameters, like current or temperature, which allow the designer to protect systems by proactively avoiding catastrophic failures before they occur. Along the same lines, one can easily change the output voltages of any digitally managed supply in real time, allowing things like microprocessor bining or energy utilization management of multiple systems and divert resources where necessary. An example would be a data center that wants to minimize power and needs to optimize the compute cycle per watt by adjusting microprocessor clocks and supply voltages as data traffic changes. Digital Power is especially valuable in systems that normally require multiple components to enhance power supply functionality, since Digital Power devices easily replace multiple supervisors, sequencers, temperature sensors, ADCs, DACs and a whole lot more.