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12 years ago

dynamic power

i want to know how to get dynamic power in altera cyclone II family Iam getting only static power,I/O power what steps to be follow? give one example for simple nand gate with input 00 a...
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11 years ago

Step 1) run a modelsim gate level simulation and set it to generate the .vcd file. The simulation must be long enough and with enaugh variations on the inputs to be representative of the actual working conditions of your circuit.

step 2) change the power analyzer settings abd tell it to use the generated .vdc file

step 3) run the power analyzer. Read the data, Verify the confidence metrics to see if there are signals that are not properly stimulated by your simulation.