Subsystem Loading

The Power Module > Subsystem Loading Edit Board is broken out into one segment per subsystem. Each of these segments relates to defining the electrical loading of each respective subsystem and its constituent Components.

For more details on the specifics of each of these segments, please view the adaptive guidance in the Module's design capture interfaces.

Subsystems

In each of these segments, a given subsystem's Components are assigned load states and loads.

Load States

Load states are used to define the different loading configurations of a Component. A load state is active when one of its associated Operational Modes is the active mode. At each step, the loads under each Component's active load state are powered.

For example, a radio could have two load states: 'Rx' and 'Tx/Rx'. To capture the loading of receive mode (Rx), a load state could be created with loading on the 5V bus. This load state could then be associated to Operational Modes where only the receiver should be powered. In the transmit and receive mode (Tx/Rx), another load state could be created with loading on both the 5V and 12V buses. Like the Rx case, this load state could be associated to the Operational Modes where the transmitter and receiver should both be powered.