Power-supply control apparatus and power-supply control method
A power-supply control apparatus uses a margin setting unit to set the value of a margin that is added to a request voltage value VID 1 of an electronic device, which dynamically changes the operation voltage. A margin adding unit calculates a control voltage value VID 2 by adding the margin to the request voltage value VID 1 and outputs the control voltage value VID 2 to a power-supply apparatus. Therefore, the power-supply apparatus can supply a margin-included voltage value that is changed in accordance with a change in the operation voltage of the electronic device. Accordingly, it is possible to check the electronic device, which dynamically changes its operation voltage, by using a margin that is properly set.
1. A power-supply control apparatus comprising:
an additional-voltage setting unit that sets an additional voltage value added to a request voltage value that is output from an electronic device; and
an adding unit that calculates a control voltage value by adding the additional voltage value to the request voltage value, the control voltage value changing in accordance with a change in the request voltage value with keeping an equivalent amount of a margin to the additional voltage value to the request voltage value, and outputs the control voltage value to a power-supply apparatus which supplies a driving voltage to the electronic device.
2. The power-supply control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device changes the request voltage value in accordance with the operational state thereof.
3. The power-supply control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first signal converting circuit that converts the request voltage value, which is output from the electronic device as a parallel signal, into a serial signal and outputs the serial signal to the adding unit; and
a second signal converting circuit that converts the control voltage value, which is output from the adding unit as a serial signal, into a parallel signal and outputs the parallel signal to the power-supply apparatus.
4. The power-supply control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the adding unit adds respective additional voltage values to request voltage values that are output from respective electronic devices, thereby calculating control voltage values, and then outputs the control voltage values to respective power-supply apparatuses that correspond to the respective electronic devices.
5. The power-supply control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a connector that connects the adding unit in a detachable manner.
6. The power-supply control apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a switch circuit that selectively outputs either the request voltage value or the control voltage value to the power-supply apparatus.
7. A power-supply control method comprising:
reading a request voltage value output from an electronic device;
calculating a control voltage value by adding a predetermined setting value to the request voltage value, the control voltage value changing in accordance with a change in the request voltage value with keeping an equivalent amount of a margin to the predetermined setting value to the request voltage value; and
outputting the control voltage value to a power-supply apparatus which supplies a driving voltage to the electronic device.
8. A power-supply control apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising:
setting an additional voltage value added to a request voltage value that is output from an electronic device;
calculating a control voltage value by adding the additional voltage value to the request voltage value, the control voltage value changing in accordance with a change in the request voltage value with keeping an equivalent amount of a margin to the additional voltage value to the request voltage value; and
outputting the control voltage value to a power-supply apparatus which supplies a driving voltage to the electronic device.