toffee_pie
Newbie level 6
hi lads and happy holidays
I am trying to implement a routine, basic code on a fpga with verilog.
this will simply perform some calculations, adc/math operands etc to alter the supply voltage.
I am doing this to simply have control over the power usage of the fpga.
also I would like to have an additional bus for monitoring the power usage, and for example to shut down the system or reduce voltages to a trickle if there is no operations being performed for say... 20 mins etc.
I can write this code in verilog (i hope..!) without much difficulty, if will have a lot of always blocks and synchronous logic and plenty of tenrary/case statements also I would image.
I am trying to figure how or what is the best way to use this idea with a bench supply, are programmable supply's easy to get? would these be gpib?
I have done code on labview already, perhaps I could use a labview routine to monitor these?
hooking up a dmm such as a hameg via a rs232 is not going to be too difficult to actually see power levels changing, but its the commands I am worrying about from the fpga --------> bench supply and vice versa.
I am sorry if this is long winded, but would like to see what is the best way to approach this I guess.
I am trying to implement a routine, basic code on a fpga with verilog.
this will simply perform some calculations, adc/math operands etc to alter the supply voltage.
I am doing this to simply have control over the power usage of the fpga.
also I would like to have an additional bus for monitoring the power usage, and for example to shut down the system or reduce voltages to a trickle if there is no operations being performed for say... 20 mins etc.
I can write this code in verilog (i hope..!) without much difficulty, if will have a lot of always blocks and synchronous logic and plenty of tenrary/case statements also I would image.
I am trying to figure how or what is the best way to use this idea with a bench supply, are programmable supply's easy to get? would these be gpib?
I have done code on labview already, perhaps I could use a labview routine to monitor these?
hooking up a dmm such as a hameg via a rs232 is not going to be too difficult to actually see power levels changing, but its the commands I am worrying about from the fpga --------> bench supply and vice versa.
I am sorry if this is long winded, but would like to see what is the best way to approach this I guess.