13th IEEE International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP'02)
Power Estimation Based on Transition Activity Analysis with an Architecture Precise Rapid Prototyping System
Darmstadt, Germany
July 01-July 03
ISBN: 0-7695-1703-X
In this paper, a technique is proposed to gather statistical data concerning transition activity of the interface signals in a complex application. By using an architecture precise rapid prototyping system, the signals can be analyzed over a long period of time and therefore a realistic estimation of the signal activity characteristics can be obtained. This information can be used for estimating the power consumption in the final system as well as for a later refinement of the communication structures and single processing blocks. Because of the huge amount of data that would be generated by a real time monitoring, a statistical compression module was implemented. This module allows the trade off between hardware efficiency and accuracy in order to offer a flexible use in prototyping systems. The proposed approach has been validated in a baseband implementation of a simplified OFDM transmitter.
Citation:
Ralf Ludewig, Alberto García Ortiz, Tudor Murgan, Manfred Glesner, "Power Estimation Based on Transition Activity Analysis with an Architecture Precise Rapid Prototyping System," rsp, pp.138, 13th IEEE International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP'02), 2002