Appendix: Power Monitoring
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11.2
Installing PowerMonitor
The following steps describe how to install PowerMonitor:
1.
From the design files folder go to the
Installer
folder and double-click the
setup.exe
file.
2.
Follow the instructions displayed on the installation wizard.
After successful installation, PowerMonitor appears on the Start Menu of the host PC desktop.
3.
From the Start menu, click
PowerMonitor
.
The
COMPort SetUp
dialog opens.
4.
Select the highest numbered COM port, and click
Connect
.
The PowerMonitor GUI appears on the host PC.
11.3
About Microsemi PowerMonitor
The following figure shows the PowerMonitor GUI.
Figure 22 •
PowerMonitor GUI
The PowerMonitor GUI has the following panes:
CurrentMonitor
—This pane displays the current and power measured on VDD, VDDA, VDDA25,
VDD25 rails. The I/Os are excluded.
VoltageMonitor
—This pane displays the maximum and minimum voltage measured along with present
voltage value on each voltage rail over a period of time.