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Altera_Forum
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15 years ago

Power simulation

Hi. I have a design that I'd like to run through a power simulation before I actually program it into the device (Stratix III). I'd like to check some different operating modes of the design and s...
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Altera_Forum
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15 years ago

You should run a long simulation with realistic (or worst case condition) input data.

Only in this case the .vcd file will reflect the realistic transition probabilities of the circuit. This will the lead to a more accurate estimation of the power dissipation (the dynamic component).

Have you tried this?