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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

Maximum power dissipation

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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16 years ago

Considering a realistic temperature range, you can dissipate 3 to 4 W in the Cyclone III. I see, that a full featured application can slightly exceed this budget. In this case a heatsink and/or a fan would be meaningful.