Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide

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Document Table of Contents x
1. Answers to Top FAQs 2. Overview of the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator 3. Estimating Power Consumption with the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator 4. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface 5. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Pages 6. Factors Affecting the Accuracy of the Intel® FPGA PTC 7. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide Archive 8. Document Revision History for the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide A. Measuring Static Power
2. Overview of the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator x
2.1. Accessing the Intel FPGA Power and Thermal Calculators 2.2. Intel® FPGA PTC Power Model Status 2.3. Definitions of Power Terms Used in this Document
3. Estimating Power Consumption with the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator x
3.1. Estimating Power Before Starting the FPGA Design 3.2. Estimating Power While Creating the FPGA Design 3.3. Estimating Power After Completing the FPGA Design 3.4. Estimating Power for Dual-Core Devices
3.2. Estimating Power While Creating the FPGA Design x
3.2.1. Importing a .qptc File Generated in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Power Analyzer
4. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface x
4.1. Intel® FPGA PTC Select Family Dialog Box 4.2. Intel® FPGA PTC Primary GUI Components 4.3. Intel® FPGA PTC - IP Wizard 4.4. Intel® FPGA PTC Searchable Drop-Down Lists 4.5. Deleting Rows from Data Entry Pages 4.6. Finding Resources Using the Find Dialog Box
4.2. Intel® FPGA PTC Primary GUI Components x
Power Summary/Navigation Device Selection and Thermal Analysis Windows Design Hierarchy IP Power Summary Data Entry Area 4.2.1. Intel® FPGA PTC Data Entry Pages 4.2.2. Intel® FPGA PTC Design Hierarchy 4.2.3. Intel® FPGA PTC IP Power Summary 4.2.4. Intel® FPGA PTC Field Types 4.2.5. Intel® FPGA PTC Data Entry Error Messages
4.2.2. Intel® FPGA PTC Design Hierarchy x
4.2.2.1. Using Design Hierarchies in the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator 4.2.2.2. Entering Hierarchy Information Into the Intel® FPGA PTC 4.2.2.3. Exporting, Importing, Duplicating, Renaming, and Deleting Hierarchies in the Intel® FPGA PTC 4.2.2.4. Bulk Editing Hierarchies in the Intel FPGA PTC
4.2.4. Intel® FPGA PTC Field Types x
4.2.4.1. Intel® FPGA PTC Input Field Dependencies
5. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Pages x
5.1. Intel® FPGA PTC - Power Summary/Navigation 5.2. Intel® FPGA PTC - Common Page Elements 5.3. Intel® FPGA PTC - Main Page 5.4. Intel® FPGA PTC - Logic Page 5.5. Intel® FPGA PTC - RAM Page 5.6. Intel® FPGA PTC - DSP Page 5.7. Intel® FPGA PTC - Clock Page 5.8. Intel® FPGA PTC - PLL Page 5.9. Intel® FPGA PTC - I/O Page 5.10. Intel® FPGA PTC - Transceiver Page 5.11. Intel® FPGA PTC - HPS Page 5.12. Intel® FPGA PTC - Crypto Page 5.13. Intel FPGA PTC - NOC Page 5.14. Intel® FPGA PTC - HBM Page 5.15. Intel® FPGA PTC - Thermal Page 5.16. Intel® FPGA PTC - Report Page
5.3. Intel® FPGA PTC - Main Page x
5.3.1. Intel® FPGA PTC - Device Selection and Thermal Analysis Windows
5.10. Intel® FPGA PTC - Transceiver Page x
5.10.1. Estimating E-Tile Channel PLL Power with the Intel Power and Thermal Calculator
6. Factors Affecting the Accuracy of the Intel® FPGA PTC x
6.1. Toggle Rate 6.2. I/O Bank Allocation
1. Answers to Top FAQs
2. Overview of the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator
3. Estimating Power Consumption with the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator
4. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface
5. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Pages
6. Factors Affecting the Accuracy of the Intel® FPGA PTC
7. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide Archive
8. Document Revision History for the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide
A. Measuring Static Power

4.2. Intel® FPGA PTC Primary GUI Components

The Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator (PTC) GUI is divided into the following major areas for entering power data about your design and viewing Intel® FPGA PTC results.
Figure 12.  Intel® FPGA PTC Graphical User Interface (GUI)


Power Summary/Navigation

The Power Summary/Navigation window allows you to choose the current data entry page and shows the calculated power consumption of various types of resources, based on the current values that you specify in the data entry pages. You cannot directly edit the Power Summary/Navigation window.

Device Selection and Thermal Analysis Windows

The Device Selection and Thermal Analysis windows summarize device characteristics and presumed thermal operating conditions, respectively. This information is also available on the Main and Thermal data entry pages.

Not all dockable windows may be visible by default. You can change which of the dockable windows are visible using the View menu.

Additionally, you can click the Device Select button on the PTC menu to view the Device Selection window and modify your device selection.

Figure 13. Device Selection Option on the PTC Menu

In the Device Selection dialog, you can select a device in the following ways:

  • Use the drop-down options to filter the table.
  • Directly select the desired device from the table.
  • Type the partial name of the device in the Name field.

Upon clicking the Select Device button, PTC updates to use the selected device specifications.

Figure 14. Device Selection Window

Design Hierarchy

The Design Hierarchy tab in the Hierarchy Manager displays the hierarchy of the design as you enter it in the Intel® FPGA PTC data entry pages. The Design Hierarchy allows you to enter and modify hierarchy names, import and export hierarchies, and delete unneeded hierarchy levels.

IP Power Summary

The IP Power Summary tab in the Hierarchy Manager displays each IP instance along with its power in the PTC design. You can edit each IP instance and replace it with the reinstantiated IP using the IP Wizard.

Data Entry Area

You enter values for the parameters that impact power calculation in the data entry area. The data entry area displays a named GUI page that corresponds to the various device architecture features included in the Intel® FPGA PTC power model.


Section Content
Intel FPGA PTC Data Entry Pages
Intel FPGA PTC Design Hierarchy
Intel FPGA PTC IP Power Summary
Intel FPGA PTC Field Types
Intel FPGA PTC Data Entry Error Messages

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