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System Monitor Primitive
data registers also store the maximum and minimum measurements for each of the on-chip
sensors recorded since power up or the last user reset.
In addition to monitoring the on-chip temperature for user-defined applications, System
Monitor issues a special alarm called Over-Temperature (OT) if the FPGA temperature
exceeds a user specified temperature e.g., 100°C. By default the over temperature limit is
set to 125°C. The over-temperature signal is deactivated when the device temperature falls
below a user-specified lower limit. If the FPGA power down feature is enabled, the FPGA
enters power down when the OT signal becomes active. The FPGA powers up again when
the alarm is deactivated (see
All System Monitor features are customizable at run time through the Dynamic
Reconfiguration Port (DRP) and the System Monitor control registers. These control
registers can also be initialized at design time when System Monitor is instantiated in a
design (see
Register File Interface, page 14)
. For the latest information, including FAQs,
software updates, and tutorials, refer to
http://www.xilinx.com/systemmonitor
System Monitor Primitive
System Monitor Ports
illustrates the ports on the primitive (SYSMON) used to instantiate System
Monitor in a design. A description of the ports is given in
.
X-Ref Target - Figure 2
Figure 2:
System Monitor Ports
RESET
CONVSTCLK
CONVST
DI[15:0]
DO[15:0]
DADDR[6:0]
DWE
DEN
DCLK
DRDY
Dynamic
Reconfiguration Port
(DRP)
CONTROL
and CLOCK
CHANNEL[4:0]
JTAGBUSY
JTAGMODIFIED
JTAGLOCKED
OT
ALM[2:0]
EOC
EOS
BUSY
SYSMON
STATUS
ALARMS
External
Analog
Inputs
VP
VN
VAUXP[15:0]
VAUXN[15:0]
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