Silicon Explorer Software Version 5.0 SP2 Release Notes
(Mar 22, 2004)
Silicon Explorer II, an easy to use integrated verification and logic
analysis tool for the PC, accesses the probe circuitry. Silicon Explorer
II allows designers to complete the design verification process at their
desks.
- 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
- 16 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, Windows 2000 and Windows XP 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 for new devices in Actel's
family of Axcelerator devices:
- RTAX1000S
- RTAX2000S
- AX2000
- SARno33760: The RT1280 device in the wrong section of the ini file·
- SARno32473: Program error switching probe file from large to small & probe
assigned
- SARno30823: Unable to read checksum on AX2000-FG896
- SARno36596, SARno21736: Load times for an AX1000 file may exceed
10 min.
- SARno36127: Re-filtering the signals in the probe list will take
time.
- Signals in Axcelerator devices can only be probed for speeds of 28
MHz or less.
- SARno21399: Synchronous capture does not work for Silicon Explorer
II, only Silicon Explorer I.
- SARno31675: 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.
