EX128-PTQG100 Datasheet, PDF (16/49 Pages) Actel Corporation – eX Family FPGAs

eX Family FPGAs
Development Tool Support
The eX family of FPGAs is fully supported by both Actel's
Libero™ Integrated Design Environment and Designer
FPGA Development software. Actel Libero IDE is a design
management environment that streamlines the design
flow. Libero IDE provides an integrated design manager
that seamlessly integrates design tools while guiding the
user through the design flow, managing all design and
log files, and passing necessary design data among tools.
Additionally, Libero IDE allows users to integrate both
schematic and HDL synthesis into a single flow and verify
the entire design in a single environment. Libero IDE
includes Synplify® for Actel from Synplicity®, ViewDraw
for Actel from Mentor Graphics, ModelSim™ HDL
Simulator from Mentor Graphics®, WaveFormer Lite™
from SynaptiCAD™, and Designer software from Actel.
Refer to the Libero IDE flow (located on Actel’s website)
diagram for more information.
Actel's Designer software is a place-and-route tool and
provides a comprehensive suite of backend support tools
for FPGA development. The Designer software includes
timing-driven place-and-route, and a world-class
integrated static timing analyzer and constraints editor.
With the Designer software, a user can lock his/her
design pins before layout while minimally impacting the
results of place-and-route. Additionally, the back-
annotation flow is compatible with all the major
simulators and the simulation results can be cross-probed
with Silicon Explorer II, Actel’s integrated verification
and logic analysis tool. Another tool included in the
Designer software is the SmartGen core generator, which
easily creates popular and commonly used logic
functions for implementation into your schematic or HDL
design. Actel's Designer software is compatible with the
most popular FPGA design entry and verification tools
from companies such as Mentor Graphics, Synplicity,
Synopsys, and Cadence Design Systems. The Designer
software is available for both the Windows and UNIX
operating systems.
Related Documents
Datasheet
eX Automotive Family FPGAs
http://www.actel.com/documents/eXAuto_DS.pdf
Application Notes
Maximizing Logic Utilization in eX, SX and SX-A FPGA
Devices Using CC Macros
http://www.actel.com/documents/CC_Macro_AN.pdf
Actel's Implementation of Security in Actel Antifuse FPGAs
http://www.actel.com/documents/
Antifuse_Security_AN.pdf
Actel eX, SX-A, and RT54SX-S I/Os
http://www.actel.com/documents/antifuseIO_AN.pdf
Actel SX-A and RT54SX-S Devices in Hot-Swap and Cold-
Sparing Applications
http://www.actel.com/documents/
HotSwapColdSparing_AN.pdf
Design For Low Power in Actel Antifuse FPGAs
http://www.actel.com/documents/Low_Power_AN.pdf
Programming Antifuse Devices
http://www.actel.com/documents/
AntifuseProgram_AN.pdf
User Guides
Silicon Sculptor II User's Guide
http://www.actel.com/techdocs/manuals/
default.asp#programmers
Miscellaneous
Libero IDE flow
http://www.actel.com/products/tools/libero/flow.html
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