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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

Power Analysis

Hi, Let's say my design doesnt fit in the fitter due to excessive IO pins. Is there any other way I can check on the power consumption of my design? cheers, clare
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16 years ago

You can right-click on a hierarchy and create a Design Partition. Then go to Assignments -> Design Partition viewer and make it an Empty partition. Everything that hooks up to it will be kept but the contents of that hierarchy will be empty. This is a way to remove logic, but of course the power numbers will be slightly less, and if the final design needs that much memory, it's not a valid solution. It just works for quick tests.