> William Chops Westfield wrote:
>
> > >> XC9572XL
> >
> > The thing I find depressing about CPLDs (and PLDs, for that matter) is
> > the power consumption figure...
>
>
>
> The CPLD at hand has a 30 mA (typical) supply current.
> (@ 1Mhz, "low power mode", "active", and no load on the
> I/O pins). It then goes up with 0.2 mA / Mhz (if all
> "macrocells" are used).
>
> In "high performance mode", it's between 50 mA (@ 0 Mhz !)
> and 83 mA (@ 100 Mhz).

        Hehe, wow, but you know, there WAS a time when that WAS considered low
power! :) we're so spoiled these days!

> Anyway, *this* design isn't ment to be battery powered, right ?

        Certainly not, but even so, most of the time the clock isn't running, so
consumption wouldn't be that horrific. TTYL

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