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WEBENCH® Tools: New and Improved Webench

Olli Mannisto
Expert 1750 points

Tool/software: WEBENCH® Design Tools

The "classic" Webench keeps on badgering about moving to the "improved" HTML5 webench. Yes, the new version does have a cleaner look and I suppose it's easier to use for someone who doesn't want to get into feedback loop design. Unfortunately there are key pieces of functionality missing that does exist in the flash version. Tweaking feedback loop and thermal simulation are missing completely. For custom parts you have limited parameters you can define for inductors and capacitors. 

The HTML5 Webench hasn't changed much since I first tried the beta. Is the missing functionality being developed or the HTML5 version will remain as Webench "lite"? Is the "classic" tool going to be discontinued in near future? Especially tweaking the feedback loop is an enormously useful feature that's almost trivialised SMPS design for me, and Texas SMPS controllers have been a staple of my designs for many years now.. 

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    TI__Genius 14455 points

    Hi Olli,

        Thanks for giving us valuable feedback on the WEBENCH features. The custom parts in the HTML5 tool for capacitors, inductors etc. are intentionally made simple, so that it does not burden you to create a custom component. Also, only the important fields are now being requested in the HTML5 tool instead of numerous fields that were requested in the Flash tool. If there are some fields that you think are important but are missing, please let us know.

    We do not have the thermal simulation capability enabled in the HTML5.  But we currently have a thermal alert capability in HTML5 that will alert you if the temperature of critical power components in the design are above the rated temperature. 

    For being able to recompensate your design, we have an automatic-recompensation capability that will automatically compensate if you change components and if stability is affected. Regarding the added flexibility of the recompensation tool, we are hearing you.

    We encourage you to use the HTML5 tool and move away from the Flash tool. 

    Regards,

    Gerold

  • 0 in reply to Gerold Dhanabalan - High Performance Radar
    Expert 1750 points

    We encourage you to use the HTML5 tool and move away from the Flash tool. 

    Sure, as soon as you offer capacity to fine-tune the feedback loop, I'll think about it.