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14 years ago

Simulate Design Power Consumption

Hi, I have a digital circuit that I've implemented in three different ways. I would like to know the power consumption of each design in order to make an comparation of performance. How can that b...
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14 years ago

Hi Rafael,

the cyclone iii development kit (http://www.altera.com/products/devkits/altera/kit-cyc3.html) has special A/D converters to measure the power. The DE0 does not have this. So what you can do is insert a current meter in between your plug and your board and measure the current. This current is proportional to your power consumption.

Kind regards,

sanmao