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Silicon Sculptor v3.89 DOS and v4.52 Windows Release Notes

(Jun 13, 2005)

Silicon Sculptor DOS v3.89 and Windows v4.52.0 is a new general release of the Silicon Sculptor software. All users are encouraged to upgrade to this latest release. This release features additional Axcelerator device support and an update to the power-up and power-down algorithms for APA/A500K ( bit and STAPL) programming, which produce improved programming yields.

Note: Starting with the v4.50.0 release and including all subsequent releases, RT54SX-S and RTSX-SU products now require Silicon Sculptor II programmer to program. Programming RT54SX-S and RTSX-SU products with Silicon Sculptor I has been discontinued.

Supported Platforms

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v3.89 DOS

  • Windows 98, Second Edition

v4.52

  • Windows 2000 with SP1, SP2, SP3, or SP4
  • Windows XP with SP1 or SP2

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, Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems, you must have administration rights to the local workstation for installation purposes.

Device Support

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  • Support added for programming
    • Axcelerator AX1000-CG624 devices

New Features and Enhancements

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  • SARno44854: Update A500K/APA power up/down sequence (bit/stp)
  • SARno45428: Update to the Silicon Sculptor software user's guide
  • SARno45443: Add RT54SX32/72S-xxxxx,RT54SX32/72SU-xxxxx into the menu, where xxxxx is shorthand to represent all the various package names that appear in full in the menu
  • SARno45993: Change warning message when programming the security fuse SXS
  • SARno46050: AX/AXS delta Icc step measurement test procedure. An alternative method to the cool down technique was featured in the previous version. The Icc measurement is now acquired during programming instead of post programming.

Resolved Issues

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  • SARno45448: Auto programmer module, ASM64TQA, not supported in v3.87/4.50.0
  • SARno45877: PFuse is programmed before checksum fuses on MX16 and MX09

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