Altera Stratix IV GT 100G - Manual (Page 52)

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The Power Monitor
Stratix IV GT 100G Development Kit User Guide October 2010 Altera Corporation
The following sections describe the Power Monitor controls.
General Information
The General information controls display the following information about the
MAX II device:
■ MAX II version —Indicates the version of MAX II code currently running on the
board. The MAX II code resides in the
<install dir>\kits\stratixIVGT_4sgt100g5_100g\factory_recovery and
<install dir>\kits\stratixIVGT_4sgt100g5_100g\examples\max2 directories.
Newer revisions of this code might be available on the
Stratix IV GT 100G
Development Kit page of the Altera website.
■ Power rail —Selects the power rail to measure. After selecting the desired rail, click
Reset to refresh the screen with new board readings.
The Temperature information controls display the following temperature readings
for the board and the FPGA on the board:
■ FPGA —Indicates the temperature of the FPGA device.
■ Board —Indicates the overall board temperature.
Power Information
The Power information control displays current, maximum, and minimum power
readings for the mAmp unit.
Power Graph
The power graph displays the mAmp current 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.