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Virtex4 Powerdown, Vcco questions

Hi *,

I'm planning a device with a backup battery. In case of power failure, the FPGA (a Virtex4 in this case) should be shut down to save power, whereas other components on the board need to keep working.

So, since the PWRDWN-pin doesn't do anything what I was planning to do is to simply turn off the regulators for Vccint and Vccaux as soon as the power fails. But I can't turn off Vcco, since it's used as a supply for other components as well (unless I use a separate regulator just for Vcco).

Can I damage the FPGA if the IO-banks are powered but the core isn't? And what will happen to the I/Os once the core supply goes away, but Vcco stays? Will they just start floating?

cu, Sean

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Sean Durkin
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Sean,

Nothing bad happens.

The IO banks draw 2 to 8 mA from 3.3V while remaining tristate. The center banks are smaller and draw 2 mA, the larger banks all draw ~ 8mA each.

Aust> Hi *,

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austin

austin wrote on 08.02.2006 20:04:

OK, perfect, just as I would've expected.

Very good to know, thanks for the info!

But, another question: What happens if I turn Vccint and Vccaux back on again? According to the User Guide, it doesn't matter if Vcco is powered up before Vccaux:

"The VCCAUX and VCCO power supplies can be turned on in any sequence, though VCCAUX must powered on before or with VCCO for the specifications shown in Table 5. Xilinx does not specify the current when VCCAUX is not powered on first."

But Vccint isn't mentioned at all here... So, can I just power up the FPGA-core again and reprogram the part (assuming I don't violate Tconfig)?

cu, Sean

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Sean Durkin

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