Silicon Sculptor v4.60.0 Windows Release Notes
(Sep 7, 2006)
Silicon Sculptor Windows v4.60.0 is a new general release of the Silicon
Sculptor software for supporting both the Silicon Sculptor II and Actel's
new Silicon Sculptor 3 programmers. The Silicon Sculptor 3 programmer
is a hi-speed USB 2.0 based programmer. With Silicon Sculptor 3, you
can easily chain 12 programmers to a single PC via the use of nested
powered USB hubs.
The Silicon Sculptor v4.60.0 release features everything in the 4.59.2
release with some additional enhancements, including support for new
devices in the ProASIC3 and RTAX-S families. Improvements made in the
programming yield on AX and RTAX-S parts by software changes do not affect
the antifuse programming algorithm nor does it affect the reliability
and characteristics of the antifuse.
Actel recommends that customers upgrade to the latest version of software.
Note:
RT54SX-S and RTSX-SU
Starting with the v4.50.0 release and including all subsequent releases,
RT54SX-S and RTSX-SU products require a Silicon Sculptor II programmer
to program. Programming RT54SX-S and RTSX-SU products with Silicon
Sculptor I has been discontinued.
SX-A
Starting with the v4.53.0 release and all subsequent releases, the programming
enhancement to SX-A devices is implemented with the enhancement previously
included in RT54SX-S and RTSX-SU devices. For all SX-A devices, new
AFMs are available with the Libero/Designer 6.2 SP1 release. The v4.53.0
release of the Silicon Sculptor software can take advantage of these
AFMs by automatically using new programming conditions previously only
available in the Rad Tolerant family of devices. You may continue to
use older AFMs because the software will automatically use the older
programming conditions in this case. Silicon Sculptor II must be used
to program with these new enhancements. A reduced but enhanced set
of programming conditions is used for programming all SX-A devices
on Silicon Sculptor I programmers.
v4.60.0 Windows
- Windows XP with SP1 or SP2
- Windows 2000 with SP1, SP2, SP3, or SP4
- 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 Windows 2000 and Windows XP systems, you must have administration
rights to the local workstation for installation purposes.
- SARno57395: Add RTAX2000S-CG1152 support
- SARno56752: Add support for Silicon Sculptor 3
- SARno56344: Add M7A3P1000-PQ208 support
- SARno56338: Add A3P060-VQ100 support
- SARno56337: Add A3P060-TQ144 support
- SARno56336: Add A3P060-FG144 support
- SARno56898: Smart VSV programming for AX and RTAX-S
- SARno55024: Function added to allow the Online Help
user's guide to be invoked from the Help menu
- SARno54956: Sculpt now passes Vddp calibration for
A500K050-PQ208 and A500K130-PQ208
- SARno52824: A40MX04-PL84 correct checksum is now
reported
- SARno58230: Need to update checksum/dev_status to
say J-antifuse (SXA/S)
- SARno53176: STAPL Device Entry dialog says STAPL/Jam
