For evaluation support on the modules, there are two types of boards available. The blue demo boards are for quick bench verification. They demonstrate the minimum BOM and the minimum PCB area that is possible with these products. A demo board is available for the LMZ10504, LMZ12003, LMZ14203, LMZ23605, LMZ12010, and LMZ13610. The green evaluation boards are optimized for evaluation and prototyping. These boards have been optimized for EMI and are compliant to the EMI standard CISPR22 class B for radiated emission. Also, there are extra footprints for input and output capacitors on this board to make prototyping easy. The evaluation board is available for all modules. Making high current prototyping even easier, the LMZ22008/10 evaluation board is enabled for “plug-and-play” current sharing prototyping. The boards feature a connector on each side of the board allowing multiple boards to plug in to each other. Up to six boards can be connected together for extremely easy current sharing prototyping. Visit ti.com/switcher to see videos on the latest power modules and features such as current sharing and frequency synchronization. The current sharing demonstration video walks through the process using plug-and-play evaluation boards and shows the thermal performance of a current sharing system. All the SIMPLE SWITCHER power modules are fully WEBENCH enabled to accelerate design time. Use WEBENCH FPGA and Power Architect to rapidly create, optimize, and implement multiple-output high-performance DC-DC power supplies for an entire system. With the WEBENCH tools, the designer can optimize to several performance parameters, modify design criteria and observe effects, and zero in on optimal DC-DC power supply, selecting the required balance of system cost, footprint and efficiency. Also, current sharing capability has been added to the WEBENCH tool allowing customers to simulate high current designs in the WEBENCH environment. Lastly, application notes are available to explain the solutions to some of the most common application challenges. These include “Thermal Design by Insight, Not Hindsight”, “Texas Instruments' SSPM and EMI”, “Inverting Application for the LMZ14203”, and “The Effect of PCB Design on the Thermal Performance of SSPMs”. Application notes can be found at ti.com/switcher.