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Application Notes

Product usage documentation, which was previously posted in Application Note format, has been combined into low-power flash handbooks to improve usability for our customers. To download an individual handbook section, visit the corresponding product documentation page.

  AC100: A 155 Mbps ATM Network Interface Controller Using Actel's New 3200DX FPGAs App Note  PDF 31 KB 4/1996
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  AC101: A 256 Channel Control System Using FPGAs and a PLD App Note  PDF 33 KB 4/1996
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  AC102: Bus Translation Design Using FPGAs App Note  PDF 20 KB 4/1996
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  AC103: Design of a High Speed Communications Link Using Field Programmable Gate Arrays App Note  PDF 36 KB 4/1996
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  AC104: Design of an Active Noise Control System Using Combinations of DSP and FPGAs App Note  PDF 40 KB 4/1996
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  AC105: Designing High-Speed ATM Switch Fabrics by Using Actel FPGAs App Note  PDF 105 KB 4/1996
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  AC106: Fast On and Off Chip Delays with 1200XL and 3200DX I/O Latches App Note  PDF 32 KB 4/1996
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  AC107: HDL Methodology Offers Fast Design Cycle and Vendor Independence App Note  PDF 24 KB 4/1996
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  AC108: Implementing Multipliers with Actel FPGAs App Note  PDF 84 KB 4/1996
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  AC109: Predicting the Power Dissipation of Actel FPGAs App Note  PDF 69 KB 4/1996
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  AC110: Synchronous Dividers in Actel FPGAs App Note  PDF 38 KB 4/1996
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  AC111: Three-Stating Actel Device I/O Pins for Board Level Testing App Note  PDF 26 KB 4/1996
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  AC112: Using ACT 3 Family I/O Macros App Note  PDF 108 KB 4/1996
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  AC113: Using Actel Devices in Hot Socketing Applications App Note  PDF 21 KB 4/1996
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  AC114: Using Actel FPGAs to Implement the 100 Mbit/s Ethernet Standard App Note  PDF 146 KB 4/1996
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  AC115: Using an FPGA on an S-Bus Card for High Speed Serial Data Interface App Note  PDF 60 KB 4/1996
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  AC116: Using FPGAs for 100 Mbit/sec Imagesetter Application App Note  PDF 26 KB 4/1996
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  AC117: Using FPGAs for Digital PLL Applications App Note  PDF 26 KB 4/1996
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  AC118: Estimating Performance and Capacity of Actel Devices App Note  PDF 38 KB 4/1997
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  AC119: Implementing Three-State and Bidirectional Buses with Multiplexers in Actel FPGAs App Note  PDF 58 KB 4/1997
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  AC120: Designing FIR Filters with Actel FPGAs App Note  PDF 74 KB 6/1997
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  AC121: Designing Telecommunication Applications Using Digital Signal Processing Functions with FPGAs App Note  PDF 101 KB 6/1997
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  AC122: Optimal Datapath Generation Using ACTgen App Note  PDF 124 KB 6/1997
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  AC123: Using Silicon Explorer to Debug the 100 Mbit Ethernet Dual-Port Bridge App Note  PDF 122 KB 6/1997
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  AC124: 3200DX Dual-Port Random Access Memory (RAM) App Note  PDF 29 KB 9/1997
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  AC125: 3200DX Wide Decode Modules App Note  PDF 58 KB 9/1997
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  AC126: A Power-On Reset (POR) Circuit for Actel Devices App Note  PDF 34 KB 9/1997
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  AC127: Commercial to Radiation-Hardened Design Migration App Note  PDF 56 KB 9/1997
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  AC128: Design Techniques for RadHard FPGAs App Note  PDF 64 KB 9/1997
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  AC129: Designing for Migration to Actel MPGAs App Note  PDF 37 KB 9/1997
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  AC130: Designing State Machines for FPGAs App Note  PDF 86 KB 9/1997
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  AC131: RTL Register-Based Memory Implementations App Note  PDF 261 KB 9/1997
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  AC132: Using the Silicon Explorer For System-Level Debug App Note  PDF 28 KB 9/1997
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  AC133: Benefits of the MX Family of Devices App Note  PDF 31 KB 9/1998
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  AC134: Minimizing Single Event Upset Effects Using Synopsys App Note  PDF 49 KB 9/1998
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  AC135: Implementing an 8b/10b Encoder/Decoder for Gigabit Ethernet in the Actel SX FPGA Family App Note  PDF 459 KB 10/1998
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  AC136: A Stepper Motor Controller in an Actel FPGA App Note  PDF 89 KB 3/1999
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  AC137: Integrating Multiple CPLD Functions in an Actel SX Device App Note  PDF 31 KB 3/1999
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  AC138: Power Requirements: Actel A54SX08 vs. Altera CPLDs App Note  PDF 77 KB 4/2000
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  AC139: Using Synplify to Design in Actel Radiation-Hardened FPGAs App Note  PDF 127 KB 5/2000
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  AC140: Design for Low Power in Actel Antifuse FPGAs App Note  PDF 158 KB 9/2000
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  AC141: MP3 Personal Digital Players Using Actel FPGAs App Note  PDF 216 KB 9/2000
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  AC142: I/O Cell Selection for ProASIC 500K Devices App Note  PDF 138 KB 11/2000
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  AC143: Power Conscious Design with ProASIC App Note  PDF 563 KB 11/2000
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  AC144: Using JTAG Boundary-Scan with ProASIC 500K Devices App Note  PDF 210 KB 11/2000
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  AC145: Power-Up and Power-Down Behavior of 54SX and RT54SX Devices App Note  PDF 79 KB 1/2001
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  AC146: Two-Way Mixed-Voltage Interfacing of Actel's SX FPGAs App Note  PDF 113 KB 3/2001
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  AC147: Using the BUFD and INVD Delay Macros App Note  PDF 78 KB 3/2001
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  AC148: Using Actel's A54SX08A FPGA to Interface a PowerQUICC Microprocessor to a MUSIC-IC LANCAM App Note  PDF 111 KB 7/2001
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  AC149: Design Migration from the RT54SX32 to the RT54SX32S Device App Note  PDF 205 KB 8/2001
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  AC150: Using External SRAM Memory with Actel SX/SX-A FPGAs App Note  PDF 129 KB 8/2001
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  AC151: Termination of the Vpp and Mode Pin for RH1020 and RH1280 Devices in a Radiation Environment App Note  PDF 49 KB 10/2001
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  AC152: Using Synopsys Design Constraints (SDC) with Designer App Note  PDF 120 KB 10/2001
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  AC153: Analysis of SDI/DCLK Issues for RH1020 and RT1020 App Note  PDF 136 KB 1/2002
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  AC154: Efficient Use of ProASIC Clock Trees App Note  PDF 264 KB 1/2002
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  AC155: Power-Up Behavior of ProASIC 500K Devices App Note  PDF 91 KB 3/2002
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  AC156: Power-Up Device Behavior of Actel FPGAs App Note  PDF 53 KB 3/2002
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  AC157: SX to SX-A Migration App Note  PDF 87 KB 5/2002
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  AC158: Actel SX-A and RT54SX-S Devices in Hot-Swap and Cold-Sparing Applications App Note  PDF 149 KB 7/2002
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  AC160: IEEE Standard 1149.1 (JTAG) in the SX/RTSX/SX-A/eX/RT54SX-S Families App Note  PDF 568 KB 10/2002
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  AC161: Using Schmitt Triggers for Low Slew-Rate Input App Note  PDF 223 KB 11/2002
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  AC162: RAM Initialization and ROM Emulation in ProASICPLUS Devices App Note  PDF 259 KB 12/2002
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  AC163: Axcelerator Carry-Connect Macros App Note  PDF 121 KB 1/2003
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  AC164: Axcelerator Family Memory Blocks App Note  PDF 155 KB 1/2003
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  AC165: Introduction to Actel FPGA Architecture App Note  PDF 55 KB 1/2003
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  AC166: 3200DX Quadrant Clocks App Note  PDF 24 KB 1/2003
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  AC167: IEEE Standard 1149.1 (JTAG) in the 3200DX Family App Note  PDF 69 KB 1/2003
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  AC168: Implementation of Security in Actel Antifuse FPGAs App Note 
Important information about security in Antifuse FPGAs
PDF 614 KB 2/2003
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  AC169: Using A54SX72A and RT54SX72S Quadrant Clocks App Note  PDF 596 KB 2/2003
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  AC170: Prototyping RTAX-S Using Axcelerator Devices App Note  PDF 134 KB 4/2003
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  AC171: ISP and STAPL App Note  PDF 184 KB 4/2003
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  AC172: Post-Programming Burn-In (PPBI) for Actel RT54SX-S and SX-A FPGAs App Note 
Information about programming, screening, and performing burn-in on Actel FPGAs
PDF 953 KB 5/2003
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  AC173: Differences Between RTAX-S/SL and Axcelerator App Note  PDF 63 KB 5/2003
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  AC174: Assembly Instructions for CQFP Packages SMT on PCB App Note  PDF 163 KB 6/2003
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  AC175: Axcelerator Family PLL and Clock Management App Note  PDF 179 KB 6/2003
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  AC176: Implementing Multi-Port Memories in ProASICPLUS Devices App Note  PDF 187 KB 7/2003
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  AC177: Implementing Multi-Port Memories in Axcelerator Devices App Note  PDF 191 KB 7/2003
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  AC178: Optimal Usage of Global Network Spines in ProASICPLUS Devices App Note  PDF 618 KB 7/2003