Lattice Diamond官方培训.ppt

RECOMMENDED USAGE OF POWER CALCULATOR Planning (Estimation Mode) Designer can get an early estimate based on utilization estimates and conditions under which design would run Design or Post-PAR Power Calculations (Calculation Mode) Once the design is in place, designer can get an more exact power dissipation based on utilization from the actual design based on conditions under which design would run. Post-Design if needed (Calculation Mode) This analysis is needed when device has some unexpected behavior when placed in an actual system POWER ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY Run typical and worse case process Use the right board and conditions under Thermal Environment in order to determine right effective Theta-JA Effective Theta-JA can also be measured by a Thermal Lab and Power calc allows users to input the measured value Check and see what is the Max Safe Ambient temperature that the design can run under Typical and Worse Case process Make sure the Junction Temperature (as indicated in the tool) is never in the red for effective operation, under defined conditions POWER CALCULATOR FLOW Existing design from Diamond project Power Calculator behavior differs depending on files present and actions Click on Power Calculator icon or use tool menu No active PCF file – read design data from shared memory Active PCF file – read design data from PCF file Double-click PCF file – read design data from PCF file New Design for Power Estimation Create Diamond project Create new PCF file Edit design data using Power Calculator Estimation mode automatically used POWER CALCULATOR MODES Calculation mode Opening Power Calculator with an existing Diamond project design is always in calculation mode Editing voltages, frequency, activity factor, thermal data does not change mode (data in cells colored white) Editing design data (data in cells colored blue) will change calculation mode to estimation mode Estimation mode New PCF file from File menu is in estimation mode Editing design data on exist