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Altera Cyclone II PowerPlay Early Power Estimator User Manual

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Altera

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PowerPlay Early Power Estimator User Guide For Cyclone II FPGAs

May 2006

PowerPlay Early Power Estimator Spreadsheet Inputs

Figure 3–10. I/O Power Representation

The V

REF

pins consume minimal current (less than 10

μA) and is

negligible when compared to the power consumed by the general
purpose I/O pins. Therefore, the PowerPlay Early Power Estimator
spreadsheet does not include the current for V

REF

pins in the calculations.

Each row in the I/O section represents a design module where the I/O
pins have the same frequency, toggle percentage, average capacitive load,
I/O standard, data rate, and I/O bank. You must enter the following
parameters for each design module:

I/O standard

Clock frequency (f

MAX

) in MHz

Number of output, input, and bidirectional pins

I/O bank

Pin toggle percentage

Output enable percentage

Average capacitance of the load

I/O data rate

V

CCINT

V

CCIO

I

CCINT

I

CCIO

Thermal P

INT

Thermal P

IO

External P

IO

Cyclone II Device