LTC2978
PMBus Command summary
Summary Table
COMMAND NAME
OT_FAULT_RESPONSE
OT_WARN_LIMIT
UT_WARN_LIMIT
UT_FAULT_LIMIT
UT_FAULT_RESPONSE
VIN_OV_FAULT_LIMIT
VIN_OV_FAULT_
RESPONSE
VIN_OV_WARN_LIMIT
VIN_UV_WARN_LIMIT
VIN_UV_FAULT_LIMIT
VIN_UV_FAULT_
RESPONSE
POWER_GOOD_ON
POWER_GOOD_OFF
TON_DELAY
TON_RISE
TON_MAX_FAULT_LIMIT
TON_MAX_FAULT_
RESPONSE
TOFF_DELAY
STATUS_BYTE
STATUS_WORD
STATUS_VOUT
CMD
CODE DESCRIPTION
0x50 Action to be taken by the device when an
overtemperature fault is detected.
0x51 Overtemperature warning limit.
DATA
TYPE PAGED FORMAT UNITS EEPROM
R/W Byte N
Reg
Y
R/W Word N
L11
°C
Y
0x52 Undertemperature warning limit.
R/W Word N
L11
°C
Y
0x53 Undertemperature fault limit.
R/W Word N
L11
°C
Y
0x54 Action to be taken by the device when an R/W Byte N
Reg
Y
undertemperature fault is detected.
0x55 Input overvoltage fault limit measured at R/W Word N
L11
V
Y
VIN_SNS pin.
0x56 Action to be taken by the device when an R/W Byte N
Reg
Y
input overvoltage fault is detected.
0x57 Input overvoltage warning limit measured R/W Word N
L11
V
Y
at VIN_SNS pin.
0x58 Input undervoltage warning limit
measured at VIN_SNS pin.
R/W Word N
L11
V
Y
0x59 Input undervoltage fault limit measured at R/W Word N
L11
V
Y
VIN_SNS pin.
0x5A Action to be taken by the device when an R/W Byte N
Reg
Y
input undervoltage fault is detected.
0x5E Output voltage at or above which a power R/W Word Y
L16
V
Y
good should be asserted.
0x5F Output voltage at or below which a power R/W Word Y
L16
V
Y
good should be deasserted.
0x60 Time from CONTROL pin and/or
R/W Word Y
L11 ms
Y
OPERATION command = ON to VOUT_EN
pin = ON.
0x61 Time from when the VOUT_ENn pin goes R/W Word Y
L11 ms
Y
high until the LTC2978 optionally soft-
connects its DAC and begins to servo the
output voltage to the desired value.
0x62 Maximum time from VOUT_EN = ON
R/W Word Y
L11 ms
Y
assertion that an UV condition will be
tolerated before a TON_MAX_FAULT
condition results.
0x63 Action to be taken by the device when a R/W Byte Y
Reg
Y
TON_MAX_FAULT event is detected.
0x64 Time from CONTROL pin and/or
R/W Word Y
L11 ms
Y
OPERATION command = OFF to VOUT_EN
pin = OFF.
0x78 One byte summary of the unit’s fault
R Byte
Y
Reg
condition.
0x79 Two byte summary of the unit’s fault
R Word Y
Reg
condition.
0x7A Output voltage fault and warning status. R Byte
Y
Reg
DEFAULT
VALUE
FLOAT
HEX
0xB8
75.0
0xEA58
0
0x8000
–5.0
0xCD80
0xB8
15.0
0xD3C0
0x80
14.0
0xD380
0
0x8000
0
0x8000
0x00
0.96
0x1EB8
0.94
0x1E14
1.0
0xBA00
10.0
0xD280
15.0
0xD3C0
0xB8
1.0
0xBA00
NA
NA
NA
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