Specifications

CHAPTER 10: POWER ANALYSIS
SPECIFYING POWER ANALYZER OPTIONS
176 ■ INTRODUCTION TO QUARTUS II ALTERA CORPORATION
Specifying Power Analyzer Options
You can specify default settings for power analysis in the PowerPlay Power
Analyzer Settings page, which is available from the Settings dialog box
(Assignments menu). You can specify default settings for what type of input
file is used, what type of output file is written, and whether the signal
activities are written to the report file, as well as settings for default toggle
rates. See Figure 3.
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Using the quartus_pow utility
You can also run the PowerPlay Power Analyzer separately at the command prompt
or in a script by using the quartus_pow executable. You must run the Quartus II
Fitter, quartus_fit, successfully before running the PowerPlay Power Analyzer.
The quartus_pow executable creates a separate text-based report file that can be
viewed with any text editor.
If you want to get help on the quartus_pow executable, type one of the following
commands at the command prompt:
quartus_pow -h
r
quartus_pow -help r
quartus_pow --help=<topic name> r
f
For Information About Refer To
Using the Quartus II PowerPlay Power
Analyzer
“PowerPlay Power Analyzer,” in the
Quartus II Handbook, vol. 3, on the Altera
web site