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20 years ago

NIOS II 'low-power' or 'standby' modes?

Hi everyone, I was wondering it there is a "low-power" or "standby" mode equivalent for NIOS II cores. I need a solution to shut down a number of processors in a design if they are not being ...
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20 years ago

You could lower the power consumtion by stopping the processor clock. Alternatively you could try to reduce the clock frequency, although this might have some strange effects on pheripherals that relies on a specific clock frequency.