Intel® MAX® 10 FPGA (10M08S, 144-EQFP) Evaluation Kit User Guide

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Date 1/08/2023
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3.7.1. Power Measurement

To measure the actual power of the FPGA, there are test pads on the board to be used as probe points for multi-meter probes. You can measure the current and using the equation P = R x I2. (Power = Resistance x Current Squared), calculate the power dissipation.

Test pads TP2 and TP3 measure the current consumed by the FPGA core. Test pads TP4 and TP5 measure the current consumed by all of the FPGA's I/O banks. All the other test pads are used to verify the voltage levels of various nodes on the board.

Table 9.  Power Measurement Details
Test Pad #’s Measuring Description Expected Value
TP1 Board input voltage Verify the USB input voltage 5.0 Ω
TP2 - TP3 FPGA core current Power calculation for FPGA Vcc-core power consumption. Resistor R1 = 0.1 Ω. Current measured by user's multi-meter. -mW
TP4 - TP5 FPGA I/O current Power calculation for FPGA Vcc-io power consumption. Resistor R4 = 0.1 Ω. Current measured by user's multi-meter. -mW
TP6 Analog voltage Verify the proper voltage required by the FPGA Vcca inputs 3.3 V
TP7 Analog GND Verify the proper voltage required by the FPGA ADC IP block GND inputs 0 V
TP8 Digital GND Verify the proper voltage required by the FPGA digital GND inputs 0 V
TP9 Digital GND Verify the proper voltage required by the FPGA digital GND inputs 0 V