Overview
Description
Timing Commander™ is an innovative Windows™-based software platform enabling system design engineers to configure, program, and monitor sophisticated timing devices with an intuitive and flexible graphical user interface (GUI). The support tool empowers customers to expedite development cycles and optimize the configuration of Renesas's industry-leading clocking solutions.
The Timing Commander platform is designed to serve user-friendly configuration interfaces, known as personalities, for various products and product families. With a few simple clicks, the user is presented with a comprehensive, interactive block diagram offering the ability to modify desired input values, output values, and other configuration settings. The software automatically makes calculations, reports status monitors, and prepares register settings without the need to reference a datasheet. The tool also automatically loads the configuration settings over USB to an evaluation board for immediate application in the circuit. Once the device has been configured and tuned for optimal system performance, the configuration file can be saved for factory-level programming prior to shipment.
Product Personality Downloads
Timing Commander product personality files are available for download from the product page specific to your device. Type your product number in the search bar to find the product page. The file download is located in the Documentation & Downloads section of that page.
Features
- Supported by dozens of popular timing products
- Interactive block diagram with click-to-toggle parameters
- Software provides detailed information about fields without the need to reference the datasheet
- Fractional input syntax avoids issues with infinite decimals
- Allows protection of input fields once they've been set
- Directly view and modify register setting individually or collectively
- Device-dependent advanced features include ability to generate phase noise plots, generated schematic symbol and termination circuit, and calculated power consumption
Release Information
Timing Commander System Requirements:
- Windows XP SP3 or later
- Processor: Minimum 1GHz
- Memory: Minimum 512MB, recommended 1GB
- Available Disk Space: Min 600MB (1.5GB 64bit), recommended 1GB (2GB 64bit)
- Network access during installation if the .NET framework and SQL compact are not currently installed on the system.
- Windows Administrative permissions to install software.
- USB 2.0 interface. The evaluation board USB module is not compatible with USB 3.0. The hardware drivers are automatically installed during the Timing Commander installation.
Target Devices
Videos & Training
Description
IDT's innovative support tool, Timing Commander™, expedites development cycles by empowering customers to program sophisticated timing devices with an intuitive and flexible Graphical User Interface. IDT's Timing Commander is a Windows™-based platform designed to serve user-friendly configuration interfaces, known as personalities, for various IDT products and product families. With a few simple clicks, the user is presented with a comprehensive, interactive block diagram offering the ability to modify desired input values, output values, and other configuration settings. The software automatically makes calculations, reports status monitors, and prepares register settings without the need to reference a datasheet. The tool also automatically loads the configuration settings over USB to an IDT evaluation board for immediate application in the circuit. Once the device has been configured and tuned for optimal system performance, the configuration file can be saved for factory-level programming before shipment. For more information about Timing Commander, visit our Timing Commander page.
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Support
Support Communities
- 6V49205BNLGI8 - Timing Commander Personality File
Dear Renesas Support Team, I am currently working with the 6V49205BNLGI8 and attempting to configure it using Timing Commander. However, the software is prompting for a personality file/device configuration file, which I do not have. Without this file, I am unable to proceed with device configuration or generate ...
May 6, 2026 - 8A34043 ClockMatrix - SYNC Pulse configuration with Timing Commander
... asynchronous/random event on CLKx input by using SYNC PULSE feature. For this application, Qx output frequency may be 10 MHz. I am using Timing Commander and I managed to output 10 MHz on Q8 nQ8 (differential LVPECL). I also configured Q9 at a random frequency of 100 kHz ...
Jun 26, 2024 - Timing commander RC32504A
Hi! Do you have a timing commander personality file for the RC32504A ?
Jul 2, 2024
Knowledge Base
- Timing Commander - Installation Error Message: You must be logged into the IDT network in order to install the application
Cause: the user has attempted to install a version of Timing Commander that is for IDT Internal Use Only. Fix: please download the public version of IDT's Timing Commander software here: https://www.renesas.com/us/en/software-tool/timing-commander
Oct 31, 2016 - Timing Commander - Installation Error: 0x80070643 or 0x643
Description: Error codes 0x80070643 or 0x643 occur when you install the .NET Framework updates.Cause: This issue may occur if the MSI software update registration has become corrupted, or if the .NET Framework installation on the computer has become corrupted.Fix: See Microsoft support: https://support.microsoft.com ...
Oct 31, 2016 - Timing Commander - Execution Error Message: System.ArgumentNullException
... version) Cause: the personality file may belong to an older version of Timing Commander or it is corrupted. Fix: Download the correct version of Timing Commander (see here). Also, look under the product you are working with as it should also have links to the correct version of Timing Commander ...
Oct 31, 2016
Support Communities
