Altera Cyclone V E FPGA - Manual (Page 27)

Chapter 6: Board Test System 6–11
The Power Monitor
December 2014 Altera Corporation Cyclone V E FPGA Development Kit
User Guide
The following sections describe the Power Monitor controls.
General Information
The General information controls display the following information about the
MAX V device:
■ MAX V version —Indicates the version of MAX V code currently running on the
board. The MAX V code resides in the <install
dir>\kits\cycloneVE_5cefa7f31_fpga\factory_recovery and <install
dir>\kits\cycloneVE_5cefa7f31_fpga\examples\max5 directories. Newer
revisions of this code might be available on the
Cyclone V E FPGA Development
Kit page of the Altera website.
■ Power rail —Indicates the currently-selected power rail. After selecting the desired
rail, click Reset to refresh the screen with new board readings.
f A table with the power rail information is available in the Cyclone V E FPGA
Development Board Reference Manual .
Power Information
The Power information control displays current, maximum, and minimum power
readings for the following units:
■ mAmp
Power Graph
The power graph displays 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. The yellow line indicates the minimum value read since the last
reset.
Graph Settings
The following Graph settings controls allow you to define the look and feel of the
power graph:
■ Scale select —Specifies the amount to scale the power graph. Select a smaller
number to zoom in to see finer detail. Select a larger number to zoom out to see the
entire range of recorded values.
■ Update speed —Specifies how often to refresh the graph.
Reset
This Reset control clears the graph, resets the minimum and maximum values, and
restarts the Power Monitor.