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10 years ago

about fpga power consumption, cyclone vs max

about FPGA power consumption problems, without regard to other, simple 100 lines of code, 30 IO usage,50% ram usage, a PLL phase-locked loop

cyclone iv

cyclone v

max 10

Which power dissipation is lower? Ep4ce6?

Has not installed quartus, no powerplay assessment, please give advice.

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    10 years ago

    The max 10 will probably have much lower power consumption because it is much smaller. If you're concerned about power and your design fits in the Max 10, use it. For the same design, power consumption goes Max 10 << Cyclone V < Cyclone IV. Keep in mind that FPGAs need more power rails than the Cyclone as well as a configuration method (often a serial flash chip).