Designer – Actel's Design Implementation Software

Designer is Actel's powerful physical implementation software tool suite for all Actel FPGAs. After completing design entry and functional verification using Libero Integrated Design Environment (IDE) tools or your favorite front-end design tools, simply import the resulting netlist into Designer to set timing constraints and performing place-and-route, timing analysis, power analysis, and program file generation.

Designer provides full power optimization and analysis tools for Actel's low-power flash FPGA families, including IGLOO nano and ProASIC3 nano,the latest additions to the low-power family.

Actel's Designer software offers an easy-to-use design implementation solution for all Actel FPGA devices. It gives you the flexibility either use Libero IDE's integrated tools or other EDA tools from partners such as Synplicity, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, Cadence, and many other top names in the EDA field.

Beginning with v8.5, a new Libero Standalone (SA) license supports Designer, plus SmartDesign and the Core Catalog, enabling the quick creation of simple FPGA or complex SoC processor/bus-based designs using Actel DirectCores, SmartGen macros, and user-generated HDL modules. The Libero IDE Project Manager is also included in the SA license. Existing Designer licenses also support these features.

Designer Software Features:

• Seamlessly compatible with:
  • Actel Libero IDE
  • Industry's most popular synthesis tools
  • Popular third-party schematic entry tools
  • VHDL and Verilog simulation libraries
• Support for established EDA standards such as Verilog/VHDL/EDIF/VITAL/SDF/SDC
• SmartGen "correct by construction" library of configurable logic and memory cores
• MultiView Navigator provides physical constraint editing plus cross-probing and other design viewing capabilities with the following tools:
  • ChipPlanner - device-level floorplanning tool
  • PinEditor - package pin assignment tool
  • I/O Attribute Editor - set characteristics of I/O pins
  • NetlistViewer - design schematic viewer
• Timing- and power-driven place-and-route
• SmartPower provides comprehensive power analysis features to assist in low power optimization
• SmartTime static timing analysis and constraints management
• FlashLock design security programming software
• Silicon Explorer - real-time debugging software
• Tcl - commonly used scripting language
• Actel simulation libraries
• Supported on Windows and Linux

Note: Designer does not include OEM front-end design tools, i.e. Synplify AE, ModelSim AE, Waveformer Lite AE, or ViewDraw AE

Designer User Interface

The following chart shows the devices that are currently supported by Actel for new designs. If the product that you are looking for is not listed here, refer to Legacy or Discontinued Devices page or contact Technical Support.

Product Family	Device	Licenses/Editions
		Gold	Platinum	Eval
IGLOO (1.2 V / 1.5 V)	AGL015, AGL030, AGL060,AGL125, AGL250, AGL600, AGL1000, AGLE600
	AGLE3000
M1 IGLOO (1.2 V / 1.5 V)	M1AGL250, M1AGL600, M1AGL1000
IGLOO nano (1.2 V / 1.5 V)	AGLN010, AGLN015, AGLN020, AGLN060Z, AGLN125Z, AGLN250Z
IGLOO PLUS (1.2 V / 1.5 V)	AGLP030, AGLP060, AGLP125
ProASIC3	A3P015, A3P030, A3P060, A3P125, A3P250, A3P400, A3P600, A3P1000, A3PE600, A3PE1500
	A3PE3000
M1 ProASIC3	M1A3P250, M1A3P600, M1A3P1000, M1A3PE1500
	M1A3PE3000
M7 ProASIC3	M7A3P1000
ProASIC3 nano	A3PN010, A3PN015, A3PN020, A3PN060Z, A3PN125Z, A3PN250Z
ProASIC3L	A3P250L, A3P600L, A3P1000L
	A3PE3000L
M1 ProASIC3L	M1A3P600L
Fusion	AFS090, AFS250, AFS600, AFS1500, U1AFS250, U1AFS600, P1AFS600, P1AFS1500
M1 Fusion	M1AFS250, M1AFS600, M1AFS1500
M7 Fusion	M7AFS600
RTAX-S	RTAX250S, RTAX1000S
	RTAX2000S, RTAX4000S
RTAX-DSP	RTAX2000D, RTAX4000D
RT ProASIC3	RT3PE600L
	RT3PE3000L
RTSX-SU	RTSX32SU, RTSX72SU
Axcelerator	AX125, AX250, AX500, AX1000
	AX2000
SX-A	A54SX08A, A54SX16A, A54SX32A, A54SX72A
eX	eX64, eX128, eX256
MX	A40MX02, A40MX04, A42MX09, A42MX16, A42MX24, A42MX36
ProASICPLUS	APA075, APA150, APA300, APA450, APA600, APA750, APA1000