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Silicon Sculptor Software v3.74 DOS and v4.37 Windows Release Notes

(Jul 17, 2003)

Silicon Sculptor DOS v3.74 and Windows v4.37 combine all the features and support of previous releases of the software with support for new Axcelerator devices.

Supported Platforms

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v3.74 DOS

  • Windows 98, Second Edition

v4.37

  • Windows NT 4.0 with SP5 or SP6
  • Windows 2000 with SP1 or SP2
  • Windows XP

Minimum System Requirements

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  • Pentium 133 or higher (Pentium 200 or higher recommended) processor
  • 64 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

Device Support

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New Features and Enhancements

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Silicon Sculptor Software now supports the following devices:
  • AX250 - FG256
  • AX250 - FG484
  • AX125 - CS180
  • AX125 - FG256
  • RTSX32S - CC256
Silicon Sculptor software now supports the following Adapter Modules:
  • SMAX-256FGS-ACTEL
  • SMAX-484FGS-ACTEL
  • SMAX-180CS-ACTEL
  • SM256CC-ACTEL
Change in Silicon Sculptor version numbers:
    To coordinate version numbers between BP Microsystems and Actel, we are moving from v3.69 to v3.74 for DOS. There are no versions of Silicon Sculptor software from 3.70 to 3.73. Silicon Sculptor Windows v4.32 has changed from v4.32 to v4.37. There are no version numbers from 4.33 to 4.36. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Resolved Issues

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  • False Blankcheck Failures: In Silicon Sculptor software v3.69, the Blankcheck command incorrectly returned the message "Device not blank" on blank devices for the following families: SX08, SX16, SX16P, and SX32. In Silicon Sculptor software v3.74, the Blankcheck command now returns the correct message for SX devices.
  • 27459 - A500K180 ISP broadcast programming with STAPL file generated from Designer R1-2003 SP1 or later: Silicon Sculptor v4.31 and v4.32 software returns an error message when you program an A500K180-ISP in broadcast mode. Single mode programming is not affected. Silicon Sculptor software Windows v4.37 resolves this issue.
  • 27744 - Silicon Sculptor software was not reporting the fuse number correctly after programming failures for MX devices. Silicon Sculptor software DOS v3.74 and Windows v4.37 resolves this issue

Known Issues and Workarounds

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  • Design Name Readback for Flash devices - support for this feature through STAPL programming will be available in a future version of the software

Installation Instructions

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The version of software that you requested is no longer the most current version available. Please download the most recent software update.

If you need this specific version of software, please contact Actel Tech Support:
Email: tech@actel.com
Phone: 1.800.262.1060