May 19, 2013 #1 M mehran1367 Member level 3 Joined May 7, 2013 Messages 65 Helped 0 Reputation 0 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,286 Activity points 1,677 hi, all I have 2 questions! 1) how can I use a .vcd file to calculate the dynamic power in design comiler? 2) when I use the command below, modelsim does not dump my type into .vcd file . how can I have my own type in vcd file too? command : vcd dumpports -file m.vcd mydesign0 i have a port like this mytype type is record in1 :std_logic; in2: std_logic_vector(31 down to 0); end record; help
hi, all I have 2 questions! 1) how can I use a .vcd file to calculate the dynamic power in design comiler? 2) when I use the command below, modelsim does not dump my type into .vcd file . how can I have my own type in vcd file too? command : vcd dumpports -file m.vcd mydesign0 i have a port like this mytype type is record in1 :std_logic; in2: std_logic_vector(31 down to 0); end record; help
May 23, 2013 #2 englishdogg Full Member level 5 Joined Jan 10, 2012 Messages 249 Helped 38 Reputation 76 Reaction score 40 Trophy points 1,308 Location India Activity points 2,742 I am not sure if DC can be used for power estimation -- i think power compiler is the one .. not sure. Well it will read the vcd file and after synthesis it will report more accurate dynamic power - but no estimation here i feel.
I am not sure if DC can be used for power estimation -- i think power compiler is the one .. not sure. Well it will read the vcd file and after synthesis it will report more accurate dynamic power - but no estimation here i feel.