Microsemi FPGA and cSoC Development Software

Libero® System on Chip (SoC) and Libero Integrated Design Environment (IDE) Microsemi are comprehensive software toolset for designing with Microsemi FPGAs, including Microsemi's new SmartFusion® family, the world's only customizable SoC with hard-wired ARM® Cortex™-M3 and programmable analog.

Up to now Microsemi SoC Products Group (formerly Actel) has provided a single FPGA design tool, Libero Integrated Design Environment (IDE), which supports all of our silicon devices. As we move forward to new and exciting innovations in software and silicon, it is time for us to make a change to our Libero product offering as announced in PCN 1108

Libero IDE will continue to be available for customers designing antifuse and older flash devices. Going forward, we will update Libero IDE as needed in order to support these products. Libero IDE v9.1 SP4 is the most recent release. The next major release will be Libero IDE v9.2 in 2012. Please Review the Product Family Support Table

Libero SoC v10.0 released recently supporting ProASIC®3, IGLOO®, Fusion and SmartFusion® device families and future silicon products. Libero SoC introduces a redesigned user interface, specifically targeted to simplify the design of our newest flash FPGAs. Standalone tools such as Silicon Sculptor, FlashPro and Synphony Model Compiler AE are not changing and will continue to include support for all silicon devices.

Current licenses are valid for both software releases, a new license is not required for Libero SoC.

From design, synthesis and simulation, through floorplanning, place-and-route, timing constraints and analysis, power analysis, and program file generation, Libero manages the entire design flow quickly and efficiently. Libero IDE's SmartDesign provides an efficient methodology for creating complete simple and complex embedded processor-based system-on-chip (SoC) designs with ease.

The SmartFusion design flow provides the designer the choice of using the powerful microprocessor subsystem (MSS) standalone or creating a more complex system by utilizing available programmable gates in the SmartFusion fabric. Libero enables the designer to configure the hard-wired Cortex-M3, analog, and peripherals within MSS, plus extend additional logic functionality into the FPGA fabric, thus taking full advantage of the specific SmartFusion device resources.

Libero provides full power optimization and analysis tools for Microsemi's low-power flash FPGA families, IGLOO® Series and ProASIC®3 Series, and mixed signal FPGAs, SmartFusion, and Microsemi Fusion®.

Libero offers the latest and best-in-class FPGA development tools from leading EDA vendors such as Mentor Graphics® and Synopsys®. These tools, combined with tools developed by Microsemi, allow you to quickly and easily manage your Microsemi FPGA designs. An intuitive user interface and powerful design manager guide you through the process while organizing design files and seamlessly managing exchanges between the various tools.

Libero Software Features:

• Powerful project and design flow management
• Full suite of integrated design entry tools and methodologies:
  • SmartDesign graphical SoC design creation with automatic abstraction to HDL
  • Core Catalog and configuration
  • Fabric utilization for SmartFusion designs
  • HDL and HDL templates
  • User-defined block creation flow for design re-use
  • ViewDraw schematic capture
  • Microsemi cell libraries
• Synplify Pro® AE synthesis fully optimizes Microsemi FPGA device performance and area utilization
• Synphony Model Compiler AE performs high-level synthesis optimizations within a Simulink® environment
• ModelSim® AE VHDL or Verilog behavioral, post-synthesis and post-layout simulation capability
• Designer physical design implementation, floorplanning, physical constraints, and layout
• Timing-driven and power-driven place-and-route
• SmartTime environment for timing constraint management and analysis
• SmartPower provides comprehensive power analysis for actual and "what if" power scenarios
• Interface to FlashPro programmers
• Post-route probe insertion and Identify® AE debugging software for Microsemi flash designs
• Silicon Explorer debugging software for Microsemi antifuse designs
• Supported on Microsoft® Windows® and RedHat Linux operating systems

Part numbers and licensing for Libero Products will remain unchanged. The same license will work for Libero IDE and for Libero SoC.

Family support in Libero IDE and Libero SoC is listed in the Product Family Support table above, the following chart shows the licensing support for devices that are currently supported by Microsemi for new designs. If the product that you are looking for is not listed here, refer to the Legacy or Discontinued Devices Devices pages or contact Technical Support.

Product Family	Device	Licenses/Editions
		Gold	Platinum/SA/Eval
IGLOO (1.2 V / 1.5 V)	AGL015, AGL030, AGL060,AGL125, AGL250, AGL400, AGL600, AGL1000, AGLE600
	AGLE3000
M1 IGLOO (1.2 V / 1.5 V)	M1AGL250, M1AGL600, M1AGL1000
	M1AGLE3000
IGLOO nano (1.2 V / 1.5 V)	AGLN010, AGLN015, AGLN020, AGLN030Z, 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, A3PN030Z, A3PN060Z, A3PN125Z, A3PN250Z
ProASIC3L	A3P250L, A3P600L, A3P1000L, A3PE600L
	A3PE3000L
M1 ProASIC3L	M1A3P600L, M1A3P1000L
SmartFusion	A2F200, A2F500, A2F060
Fusion	AFS090, AFS250, AFS600, AFS1500, U1AFS250, U1AFS600, P1AFS600, P1AFS1500
M1 Fusion	M1AFS250, M1AFS600, M1AFS1500
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