SIMPLE SWITCHER® DC/DC Converters

Award-winning SIMPLE SWITCHER DC/DC converters deliver robust power supplies with the minimum set of external components. All SIMPLE SWITCHER products work with the enhanced WEBENCH Power Designer end-to-end design and prototyping tools.

Power for FPGAs

WEBENCH® FPGA Power Architect

WEBENCH FPGA Power Architect incorporates the detailed supply requirements of the newest FPGA and CPLD devices including supply voltage, current, ripple, noise filtering, synchronization, soft start, and supply separation. Creating a complete power supply design is easy:

  • Select your FPGA(s)
  • Review load requirements and adjust with the inputs from your FPGA vendor's power spreadsheet
  • Turn the Optimizer dial to complete your design

You can tune the recommended power supply with the turn of a dial, reducing size, increasing efficiency or lowering complete system cost in seconds. You can also order components for prototyping, share the design with others, and easily print a complete project report including schematics, bill of materials (BOM), and performance characteristics.

WEBENCH FPGA Power Architect Guided Tour (5:51 minutes)

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For an in-depth demonstration of this tool, watch the extended WEBENCH FPGA Power Architect Webinar (25:26 mins).

Altera® Cyclone® IVe FPGA DE2-115 Development Kit

Delivers a complete FPGA development suite

Features Cyclone IV-e FPGA (60 nm) with 115k LE (logic)

Powered exclusively by National Semiconductor:

  • LMZ12003 SIMPLE SWITCHER power module
  • LM3150 SIMPLE SWITCHER controller
  • LP38692 Low Dropout linear regulator
Altera CycloneF IV-e FPGA DE2-115 Development Board

Xilinx® Spartan®-6 LX150T Evaluation Kit 

Made in partnership with Avnet and Xilinx, the Spartan-6 LX150T Development Kit provides a complete development platform for the Spartan-6 LXT FPGA family. The Spartan-6 LX150T is powered by National's LMZ power modules and includes onboard serial gigabit transceiver interface interfaces (GTP) which, when used with the appropriate FPGA IP, enable support for PCI Express or SATA. The board also includes FMC expansion slots to extend the application specific functions.

Xilinx Spartan-6 LX16 Evaluation Kit