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Henry
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7 years ago

How to heat FPGA at max power consumption?

I am new to Intel FPGA. Is there any code or tutorial about stress FPGA at max power consumption? I try to use a lot of register, however compiler seems will simplify my design, so that I can't get...
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AndyN
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7 years ago

Keep in mind that the test as you are currently doing it is only toggling registers - there's presumably no use of DSP or transceivers, both of which are big power draws when in use. It's all a question of what you are actually trying to achieve with this test...