LTC3105

DC2042A - Demo Board for:
LTC3588-1 Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Power Supply
LTC3108 Ultralow Voltage Step-Up Converter and Power Manager
LTC3105 400mA Step-Up DC/DC Converter with Maximum Power Point Control and 250mV Start-Up
LTC3459 10V Micropower Synchronous Boost Converter in ThinSOT
LTC2935 Ultra-Low Power Supervisor with Power-Fail Output, Selectable Thresholds

Demonstration circuit 1587A is a boost converter optimized for relatively high impedance, very low voltage input power sources. It allows a user to quickly evaluate the LTC3105 boost converter and LDO regulator. Capable of operating with an input voltage as low as 250mV and as high as 5V, the circuit features maximum power point control (MPPC). Jumpers on the circuit board allow the user to select several MPPC voltages, three boost output voltages and three LDO regulator output voltages. Also included are jumpers for shutdown and for selecting an external pull-up voltage for the power good status output. Terminals are provided for input and output connections, power good output and external power good supply input, shutdown input, and provisions for external MPPC resistor and MPPC diode input. This demonstration board is especially designed for low power solar cell applications.

The DC2080 is a versatile energy harvesting demo board that is capable of accepting piezoelectric, solar, 4mA to 20mA loops, thermal powered energy sources or any high impedance AC or DC source. The board contains four independent circuits consisting of the following EH ICs:

• LTC3588-1: Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Power Supply
• LTC3108: Ultralow Voltage Step-Up Converter and Power Manager
• LTC3105: Step-Up DC/DC Converter with Power Point Control and LDO Regulator
• LTC3459: 10V Micropower Synchronous Boost Converter
• LTC2935-2 and LTC2935-4: Ultralow Power Supervisor with Power-Fail Output Selectable Thresholds

The board is designed to connect to the Silicon Labs EFM32^™ Wonder Gecko Starter Kit (Part No:EFM32WG-STK3800). It also includes two energy harvester transducers (TEG and Solar) and a terminal block for connecting a high impedance AC source. In addition, many turrets are provided, making it easy to connect additional transducers to the board. The board contains multiple jumpers that allow the board to be configured in various ways. The standard build for the board has 4 jumpers installed out of the possible 12 jumpers. The board is very customizable to the end users’ needs. This compatibility makes it a perfect evaluation tool for any low power energy harvesting system. Please refer to the individual data sheets for the operation of each power management circuit. The application section of the demo manual describes the system level functionality of this board and the various ways it can be used in early design prototyping.

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