Silicon Explorer Software Version 5.0 SP1 Release Notes
(Sep 15, 2003)
Silicon Explorer II is an easy-to-use integrated, verification, and
logic analysis tool for your PC that accesses the probe circuitry. Silicon
Explorer II enables you to complete the design verification process at
your desk. The Silicon Explorer 5.0 SP1 release provides support for
Actel's Axcelerator family of devices
- Windows NT 4.0 with SP5 or SP6
- Windows 2000 with SP1 or SP2
- Windows XP
- Pentium 133 or higher (Pentium 200 or higher recommended) processor
- 32 MB of available memory for use
- 50 MB of available hard disk space
- VGA or higher-resolution video adapter (SVGA 256-color and 800x600
or higher resolution recommended)
- For NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 systems, you must have administration
rights to the local workstation for installation purposes.
- Support for all Antifuse Families
- Support for Axcelerator devices
Silicon Explorer software now has support Actel's new family of Axcelerator
devices:
- Axcelerator Checksum read back is now supported: Checksum read back
for Axcelerator devices is supported in v5.0 SP1.
- Signals in Axcelerator devices can only be probed for speeds of
28 MHz or less.
- SAR 21399: Synchronous capture does not work for Silicon Explorer
II, only Silicon Explorer I.
- SAR 31675: FPGA Checksum Read back: When reading the checksum of
a FPGA with Silicon Explorer, the Explorer window may go into a 'confused'
state where the "Acquire / Auto Run" button and the "Stop" button
randomly toggle.
Workaround: When the software is in this 'confused' state, click
on the "Acquire" button then the "Stop" button.
This releases the software from the 'confused' state.
