Usability - 2021.2 English

Power Design Manager User Guide (UG1556)

Document ID
UG1556
Release Date
2021-11-19
Version
2021.2 English
Standard Excel type features and User tab are not supported
PDM currently does not support multiple-row copy and paste or the standard Excel features where a cell can be based on a calculation of other cells. The User tab is currently not available.
Graphs and Snapshot tabs are not available
These features will be added in a future release.
Quick estimate is not available
This feature will be added in a future release.
Open recent design may not list the most recent PDM projects
It will be fixed in a later version.
PDM does not allow the import of a .xpe file into an existing project
For the initial release, a new project must be created to import a .xpe file.
Undo and redo options are not available
Undo or redo option is not available currently. Delete option should be used instead.
Auto complete/auto correct issues
When entering data, PDM tries to auto complete the entry. For example, if you have already entered 10000, and when you add 10 the next time, PDM tries to auto complete the entry to 10000 as shown in the following figure:
Figure 1. Auto Complete Example

Pressing spacebar or backspace prevents auto complete.

There are no export XDC constraints in the PDM
The following options will be added in a later version of the PDM. Instead use the following constraints used to constrain Vitis™ or Vivado® :
  • set_operating_conditions -design_power_budget <Power in Watts>
  • set_operating_conditions -process maximum
  • set_operating_conditions -ambient_temp <Max Supported by Application>
  • set_operating_conditions -thetaja <Increase in Tj for every W dissipated C/W>
Tip: When constraining the Vivado design, the design power budget should be the K26 SOM power estimate, it should not be the Kria K26 SOM 5V power estimate. The Vivado report power does not estimate the power of the on-board components as PDM does.