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Silicon Explorer Software Version 3.0 Release Notes

Silicon Explorer 3.0 for Windows 95/NT is the latest version of software for the Silicon-Explorer and Silicon Explorer-Lite products. New features added:
  • Silicon Explorer is now fully Windows 95/NT compliant.
  • Silicon Explorer now supports the 54SX family.
  • Silicon Explorer now reads the device checksum.
  • Silicon Explorer is now integrated and independent from Designer Series Software.

Installation Notes

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Minimum Required Software: Designer Series version R3-1998

Do not download or install Silicon Explorer version 3.0 if you do not have Designer Series version R3-1998.

A Probe file (.prb file) is used by the Silicon Explorer 3.0 software to perform debugging. The probe file can only be exported from Designer Series version R3-1998 or later. To export a .prb file from Designer, select the Export command from the file menu, then choose Auxiliary File as the File Type and Probe as the Type.

(Designer Series R3-1998 install CD also contains the Silicon Explorer version 3.0 software. To install the software from the CD ROM , double click "setup.exe" in the "Silicon Explorer 3.0" directory.)

Note: Verify that the installed version of Designer is version R3-1998 prior to installing this update.

Run the executable to extract the necessary set up files.

Run "setup.exe" in the "Silicon Explorer 3.0" directory.