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#1 2017-Feb-24 09:34:04

marco
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Registered: 2016-Nov-06
Posts: 21

Measure the power consumption of WARP node

Hi,

How to measure the power consumption of WARP node? I need to test the energy efficiency of some schemes.

Thanks.

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#2 2017-Feb-26 11:28:13

murphpo
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From: Mango Communications
Registered: 2006-Jul-03
Posts: 5159

Re: Measure the power consumption of WARP node

The WARP v3 board has no on-board current measuring circuits. You can measure the node's overall power draw using an ammeter in series with the board's external 12VDC supply. Keep in mind the FPGA consumes both substantial static current (largely due to its SRAM configuration memory) and dynamic current (depends on the FPGA design and its clock frequency).

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