Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide

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Date 5/08/2025
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
Answers to Top FAQs 1. Overview of the Power and Thermal Calculator 2. Estimating Power Consumption with the Power and Thermal Calculator 3. Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface 4. Power and Thermal Calculator Pages 5. Factors Affecting the Accuracy of the PTC 6. Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide Archive 7. Document Revision History for the Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide A. Measuring Static Power
1. Overview of the Power and Thermal Calculator x
1.1. Accessing the Power and Thermal Calculators 1.2. PTC Power Model Status 1.3. Definitions of Power Terms Used in this Document
2. Estimating Power Consumption with the Power and Thermal Calculator x
2.1. Estimating Power Before Starting the FPGA Design 2.2. Estimating Power While Creating the FPGA Design 2.3. Estimating Power After Completing the FPGA Design 2.4. Estimating Power for Dual-Core Devices
2.2. Estimating Power While Creating the FPGA Design x
2.2.1. Importing a .qptc File Generated in the Quartus® Prime Power Analyzer
3. Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface x
3.1. PTC Select Family Dialog Box 3.2. PTC Primary GUI Components 3.3. PTC - IP Wizard 3.4. PTC Searchable Drop-Down Lists 3.5. Deleting Rows from Data Entry Pages 3.6. Finding Resources Using the Find Dialog Box
3.2. PTC Primary GUI Components x
3.2.1. PTC Data Entry Pages 3.2.2. PTC Design Hierarchy 3.2.3. PTC IP Power Summary 3.2.4. PTC Field Types 3.2.5. PTC Data Entry Error Messages
3.2.2. PTC Design Hierarchy x
3.2.2.1. Using Design Hierarchies in the Power and Thermal Calculator (PTC) 3.2.2.2. Entering Hierarchy Information Into the PTC 3.2.2.3. Exporting, Importing, Duplicating, Renaming, and Deleting Hierarchies in the PTC 3.2.2.4. Bulk Editing Hierarchies in the PTC
3.2.4. PTC Field Types x
3.2.4.1. PTC Input Field Dependencies
4. Power and Thermal Calculator Pages x
4.1. PTC - Power Summary/Navigation 4.2. PTC - Common Page Elements 4.3. PTC - Main Page 4.4. PTC - Logic Page 4.5. PTC - RAM Page 4.6. PTC - DSP Page 4.7. PTC - Clock Page 4.8. PTC - PLL Page 4.9. PTC - I/O Page 4.10. PTC - Transceiver Page 4.11. PTC - HPS Page 4.12. PTC - Crypto Page 4.13. PTC - NOC Page 4.14. PTC - HBM Page 4.15. PTC - Thermal Page 4.16. PTC - Report Page
4.3. PTC - Main Page x
4.3.1. PTC - Device Selection and Thermal Analysis Windows
4.10. PTC - Transceiver Page x
4.10.1. Estimating E-Tile Channel PLL Power with the Power and Thermal Calculator
5. Factors Affecting the Accuracy of the PTC x
5.1. Toggle Rate 5.2. I/O Bank Allocation
Answers to Top FAQs
1. Overview of the Power and Thermal Calculator
2. Estimating Power Consumption with the Power and Thermal Calculator
3. Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface
4. Power and Thermal Calculator Pages
5. Factors Affecting the Accuracy of the PTC
6. Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide Archive
7. Document Revision History for the Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide
A. Measuring Static Power

3.2.2.4. Bulk Editing Hierarchies in the PTC

The Bulk Edit button in the Hierarchy Manager allows you to modify parameters of a specific hierarchical level and below if selected. All pages of the Power and Thermal Calculator reflect these changes.

Follow these steps to perform bulk edits:

  1. Select the desired hierarchy level in the Design Hierarchy tab.
  2. Click Bulk Edit to view the Bulk Edit dialog.
  3. Select Apply to all child instances checkbox if you want to apply changes to the currently selected hierarchical level and its children below.
  4. Select the desired entries under the Page & Field column that you want to modify.
  5. Double-click the corresponding field in the Setting column and enter the desired value.
  6. Click Apply to apply the changes.
Figure 21. Bulk Editing in the Hierarchy Manager
Note: When you click Bulk Edit and check Apply to all child instances, the drop-down fields show values that apply to both parent and child rows commonly. This means that values that apply only to the parent level or child-levels stay hidden. Consider the following examples:
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