Silicon Sculptor 3 is an FPGA programming tool that delivers high data throughput and promotes ease of use, while lowering the overall cost of ownership. The Silicon Sculptor 3 includes a high-speed USB 2.0 interface that allows a customer to connect as many as 12 programmers to a single PC. Furthermore, Silicon Sculptor 3 is compatible with adapter modules from Silicon Sculptor II, thereby preserving a customer's investment and enabling a seamless upgrade to this latest generation of the tool.

Silicon Sculptor 3 replaces the Silicon Sculptor II as Actel's programmer of choice. Silicon Sculptor I has been discontinued. Read more about product notifications.

Silicon Sculptor 3 offers four times the memory size compared to the previous Actel Silicon Sculptor II programmer and has faster data processing. With 64 MB of internal memory, the Silicon Sculptor 3 allows concurrent programming of highly-dense parts that could only be programmed non-concurrently with prior programmers, which means higher throughput is now possible for even the densest of parts. This additional memory will also support the larger algorithms of planned future parts. Silicon Sculptor 3 incorporates the industry's widely accepted high-speed USB 2.0 standard bus for communications, allowing as many as twelve Silicon Sculptor 3 systems to be connected to a single PC through a series of nested high-speed USB 2.0 hubs. This enables an easily expandable, low to medium volume production programming system to be dynamically assembled.

Silicon Sculptor 3 offers the following protection features:

• Overcurrent shutdown
• Power failure shutdown
• ESD protection
• ESD wrist straps with banana jacks (included as standard)

Silicon Sculptor 3 Benefits:

• Programs all Actel packages, including PLCC, PQFP, VQFP, VQFP, QFN, BGA, FBGA, and CSP
• Universal Actel socket adapters
• Works with Silicon Sculptor II adapter modules
• Uses the same software as Silicon Sculptor II
• Compatible with Silicon Sculptor software v4.59.2 and later
• Security fuse can be programmed to secure the devices
• Allows self-test to test its own hardware
• STAPL support for Fusion, IGLOO, ProASIC3, and ProASIC^PLUS

Supported Operating Systems:

• Windows XP Professional (SP2 recommended)
• Windows 2000 Professional (SP4 recommended)

Silicon Sculptor 3 is the ideal low-cost programmer for Actel's entire portfolio of FPGAs.

Application Notes

	HB: Programming Flash Devices (v1.1)		414 KB	3/2008	Click on the to rate this document
	High-Volume Flash Programming Guide App Note		47 KB	1/2008	Click on the to rate this document
	Implementation of Security in Actel Antifuse FPGAs App Note  Important information about security in Antifuse FPGAs		613 KB	2/2003	Click on the to rate this document
	Implementation of Security in Actel's ProASIC and ProASICPLUS Flash-Based FPGAs App Note  Important information about security in Flash FPGAs		561 KB	9/2003	Click on the to rate this document
	In-System Programming ProASICPLUS Devices App Note		412 KB	10/2007	Click on the to rate this document
	Programming Antifuse Devices App Note		155 KB	6/2005	Click on the to rate this document

User's Guides and Manuals

	ProASIC Daisy-Chain Programming		69 KB	7/2001	Click on the to rate this document
	Silicon Sculptor 6X Programming Procedure		149 KB	5/2000	Click on the to rate this document
	Silicon Sculptor II and 3 Programmers User's Guide		2.1 MB	3/2008	Click on the to rate this document
	Silicon Sculptor Quick Reference Card		457 KB	4/2004	Click on the to rate this document
	Silicon Sculptor User's Guide (DOS)		383 KB	5/2000	Click on the to rate this document
	Silicon Sculptor Verification of Calibration Guide		208 KB	11/2007	Click on the to rate this document

FAQ

Antifuse Programming FAQ

295 KB

4/2005

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