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Hello, I am designing a Cyclone III EP3C25 and/or EP3C40 prototyping board. Since the main purpose is for design development, I would like to remain as flexible in the power requirements as pos...
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Honored Contributor --- Quote Start --- the maximum ambient temperature is 80 degrees C --- Quote End --- If so, you may want some more effective cooling than placing the part in still air... --- Quote Start --- Are these components really limited to 1.6W? --- Quote End --- No, see above. --- Quote Start --- I would not be able to use even 1/10th of the resources of the chip! --- Quote End --- How did you calculate the power demand in this case? I know, that you are able to create a design with unusual high average register toggle rate. But I never saw such a design in practice. I mostly over-estimated core power consumption of real designs.
