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Chapter 5: Board Test System

The Power Monitor

Cyclone V SoC Development Kit

November 2013

Altera Corporation

User Guide

Figure 5–8

shows the Power Monitor.

The following sections describe the Power Monitor controls.

U34 and U26

The U34 and U26 groups show the power rail graphs. They display the mA power
consumption of your board over time.

The green line indicates the current value. The red line indicates the maximum value
read since the last reset.

1

You can enlarge a graph by clicking on it. Click it again to restore the original size.

Temp on 2978

The temperature controls display only the temperature from the power supply
manager, not the FPGA.

Total Power

These controls display the sum of all four rails for each group, U34 and for U26.

Controls

This group contains the following controls:

Start

—Starts the communication with the board to monitor power.

Figure 5–8. The Power Monitor