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
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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 Communities
- 5P49V60 with IDT Timing commander wrong output frequency
I have 5P49V60 (on Sparkfun module). I've downloaded and installed IDT timing commander (v 1.17), downloaded "VersaClock 6E Timing Commander Personality File v1.4.1". Sparkfun module have 16MHz XTAL on board. I've configured IDT Timing Commander (further on IDT) to:- generate 64MHz on output 4- generate ...
Nov 23, 2022 - The Timing Commander cannot connect to the chip
1. My IC is IDT 8T49n241. 2. My connection interface is Aardvark 3. 8T49n241 I2C Address is 0xF8 4. I used the oscilloscope and TOTAL PHASE BEAGLE to observe I2C communication, I2C communication has been ACK, but why did the Timing Commander still prompt that the chip could not be ...
Nov 19, 2022 - 8A34xxx evaluation board and 24LC64 EEPROM support by Timing Commander
Hello I have the 8A34xxx EVK evaluation board with the IDT8A340001. This boards comes with a 24LC64 eeprom. It is 8KB. Is it possible to program the eeprom from Timing Commander ? The embedded EEPROM utility is designed for 24x1024 and 24x1025 (2x64KB), not for 24LC64 (8KB) ? Or do I need ...
Sep 21, 2024
Knowledge Base
- When opening a personality file, what causes Timing Commander to assert the error “System.Data.DataException …Cannot open the shared memory region"?
... or is being accessed by a different process. Do not place in the Programs or Windows folders because they may not have write-access. Resolution:Timing Commander personality files must be placed in a directory with write access, such as the Documents folder. Timing Commander requires write permissions for the ...
Oct 31, 2016 - What kind of data can be programmed into the VersaClock 5 part and where is this data stored?
The data that can be programmed includes the settings for the desired input and output configurations, various PLL counter settings, etc. Anything that can be controlled with the Timing Commander settings is programmed into the device. This programmed data is stored inside the registers of the one-time programmable memory ...
Oct 31, 2016 - What are integer boundary spurs?
... other manufacturers.These spurs are deterministic, so you can calculate their locations in the RF spectrum, but their intensity depends on the DSM algorithm. The Timing Commander GUI helps with calculating the position of the highest integer boundary spur.To illustrate the concept of integer boundary spurs, we can take ...
Oct 31, 2016
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