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1. Start Here Guide For FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 October 28 2008 2008 Mentor Graphics Corporation All rights reserved This document contains information that is proprietary to Mentor Graphics Corporation The original recipient of this document may duplicate this document in whole or in part for internal business purposes only provided that this entire notice appears in all copies In duplicating any part of this document the recipient agrees to make every reasonable effort to prevent the unauthorized use and distribution of the proprietary information This document is for information and instruction purposes Mentor Graphics reserves the right to make changes in specifications and other information contained in this publication without prior notice and the reader should in all cases consult Mentor Graphics to determine whether any changes have been made The terms and conditions governing the sale and licensing of Mentor Graphics products are set forth in written agreements between Mentor Graphics and its customers No representation or other affirmation of fact contained in this publication shall be deemed to be a warranty or give rise to any liability of Mentor Graphics whatsoever MENTOR GRAPHICS MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE MENTOR GRAPHICS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDEN2. you can access this Start Here Guide and the FPGA Advantage Tutorial from the FPGA Advantage Bookcase in the HDL Designer Series Help menu Windows users can also access this bookcase by choosing Bookcase from the FPGA Advantage cascade in the Programs section of the Windows Start menu Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 17 October 28 2008 Documentation Locating Documentation UNIX users can access the FPGA Advantage Bookcase by using the Adobe Acrobat reader to open the file lt install_dir gt Doc docindex pdf Release Notes Detailed information about the tools comprising this FPGA Advantage release is given in the release notes for each tool The release notes are available in the documentation bookcase for each tool or in the InfoHub in case of HDL Designer Series and ModelSim or from the Design Simulation and Synthesis cascades from the Windows Start menu For example to view release notes for HDL Designer Series choose Start gt Programs gt FPGA Advantage 8 2 gt Design gt Release Notes UNIX users can locate the release notes for each tool by exploring the install directory structure The location of documentation in this structure is shown below FPGAdy u h C C Doc Hds Modettech Exemplar Precision J R R R docs docs doc pdfdocs The documents specific to FPGA Advantage are in the top level Doc subdirectory Documents for HDS LeonardoSpectrum Exemplar and Pre
3. E be bk RT dee ean ed Reese howe eee hala 12 Using a Hardware Security Key 13 Further Licensing Information 24 242 ae xea ones keno Whew eheeons ewes aawekss 13 Migrating from pre 6 1 FPGA Advantage ccc cece cece ccc e cece eceeees 13 Preferences and Design Migration ccccccccccccccccccsscccvecsscees 15 Inventra Intellectual Property 0 sss s ss s ss s e s cee ewe ween sow sewn es ew eee e ree 15 Product Configurations FPGA Advantage is an integrated set of tools supporting VHDL or Verilog design flows including design capture and design management through simulation to synthesis All FPGA Advantage products are based on a HDL Designer Series design capture and management tool integrated with a ModelSim simulator and Precision Synthesis or LeonardoSpectrum synthesis tools UNIX and Linux Platforms Configurations When you install FPGA Advantage 8 2 on Unix or Linux platforms you are prompted to choose the HDL Designer Series licensed configuration to be either HDL Designer or HDL Author Depending on your platform you are then prompted to choose one of the following configurations Solaris amp Linux o FPGA Advantage with ModelSim SE amp Precision RTL Synthesis o FPGA Advantage with ModelSim SE amp Precision Physical Synthesis Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 9 October 28 2008 Introduction System Requirements Linux Only o FPGA Advantage with ModelSim LE amp Precisio
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5. are omitted FPGA Advantage 6 2 FPGA Advantage 6 2 integrated the following tools e Design entry and management HDL Designer Series 2003 2 e HDL simulation ModelSim 5 7f e HDL synthesis LeonardoSpectrum 2003b and or Precision Synthesis 2003b Update1 The following defects reported against FPGA Advantage were fixed in this release CQ087694 Install instructions for Netscape users added to HTML page CQ129079 Icon in the Add Remove Programs dialog appeared randomly CQ129142 Change install to include new configurations FPGA Advantage 6 1 The FPGA Advantage 6 1 release included configurations containing either or both of the Precision Synthesis and LeonardoSpectrum synthesis tools FPGA Advantage 6 1 comprised e Design entry and management HDL Designer Series 2003 1 e HDL simulation ModelSim 5 7d PE or SE e HDL synthesis LeonardoSpectrum 2003a and or Precision Synthesis 2003a The following defects were fixed in the FPGA Advantage 6 1 release SC327452 Run Place amp Route button should be added to the Precision setup SC338781 Inappropriate shortcuts in start menu SC338355 Internal assertion on bus move SC340011 Provide shortcuts to FLEXIm and MTI license manager Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 7 October 28 2008 About This Release FPGA Advantage 6 0 The defects in the above list refer to the Scopus defect tracking system Scopus defects can also be accessed in the ClearQuest system by using
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8. the system requirements for installing FPGA Advantage on Windows workstations Operating system Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP Memory minimum 512MByte of RAM and 8MByte of VRAM large designs may require more memory Monitor A 17 inch monitor is recommended and should be set to 64K colors at resolution 1024x768 or 1280x1024 Disk space Program files require approximately 1600MByte of disk space HDS 500MByte ModelSim 300MByte Precision Synthesis 450MByte LeonardoSpectrum 300MByte Docs 3MByte TCP IP networking must be enabled in the Windows control panel and you should set your monitor display properties to use the maximum number of colors You are advised to use small fonts and the maximum desktop area Licensing FPGA Advantage FPGA Advantage licensing is based on the Macrovision FLEXIm license manager and supports the PCLS and MGLS versions of FLEXIm normally used for Mentor Graphics Corporation MGC products The licensing software is installed automatically when you install FPGA Advantage Users upgrading from a previous release and using server based licensing should upgrade their server license to FLEXIm 10 8 If you have floating licenses on an existing server you may need to add new license keys to the license file on the server and then re read the license file If you have new nodelocked uncounted licenses you will need to add them to your local license file License File Location The LM_LICENSE
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10. tools in a previous HDL Designer Series or FPGA Advantage installation the old downstream tool locations are preserved in your preferences and will need to be manually updated The table below shows the default paths to the executables for each of the downstream tools used with FPGA Advantage ModelSim SE HDS_HOME Modeltech win32 ModelSim PE HDS_HOME Modeltech win32pe LeonardoSpectrum HDS_HOME Exemplar bin win32 Precision RTL or Physical Synthesis HDS_HOME Precision Mgc_home bin Note that the paths for Precision RTL Synthesis and Precision Physical Synthesis are identical The required synthesis tool is determined automatically from the license features available when it is invoked Please refer to the Updating from a Previous Release section in the Transition Guide for the HDL Designer Series for more information about migrating designs Inventra Intellectual Property FPGA Advantage users can download Inventra Intellectual Property IP models for free evaluation For more information see the Inventra web site at http www mentor com inventra Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 15 October 28 2008 Introduction Inventra Intellectual Property 16 Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 October 28 2008 Chapter 2 Documentation This chapter provides information about the documentation available for FPGA Advantage and its constituent tools Locating Document
11. FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 October 28 2008 Documentation Further Information There are two search tools embedded in the InfoHub e A keyword search of locally installed HTML content e A comprehensive natural language search of SupportNet that includes all documentation release notes technical notes and application notes The following search methods can be performed through the InfoHub e Searching a Single HTML Document this takes place by opening a specific HTML document and running a search through the Search tab in the navigation pane e Searching a Single PDF Document this takes place by opening a specific PDF document and running a search through the Acrobat Reader e Searching the Entire HTML Library from a Document this takes place by opening any HTML document selecting the HDS ModelSim Online Library option in the Search tab and then running a search e Searching the Entire HTML Library from the InfoHub this takes place by opening the InfoHub and running a local search in the banner text box e Searching SupportNet the SupportNet can be searched through the InfoHub banner text box through the Support and Training tab in the InfoHub or through the Search tab of an opened HTML document while setting the SupportNet option The Help button on the right most side of the InfoHub opens an HTML page that provides more details on the above search methods Further Information For the latest
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15. _FILE environment variable is used to specify the location of the license file Thus LM_LICENSE_FILE can be used by applications that use standard FLEXIm licensing These settings are search paths and can be set to multiple locations by entering multiple pathnames or port specifications separated by a colon on UNIX and Linux or by a semi colon on Windows For example 12 Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 October 28 2008 Introduction Migrating from pre 6 1 FPGA Advantage 1700 mylichost usr opt license dat UNIX or Linux 1700 mylichost CNicense dat C hds license dat Windows You can check the variable and registry settings on Windows by using the PCLS_OK utility which can be accessed from the Licensing cascade for FPGA Advantage in the Programs section of your Windows Start menu Using a Hardware Security Key Licensing can be locked to a hardware identifier provided by a FLEXid hardware security key It can be used for nodelocked licenses or to identify a license server for floating licenses The driver for the hardware key is normally loaded during installation It can be checked using the LMTOOLS utility which can be accessed from the Licensing cascade for FPGA Advantage in the Programs section of your Windows Start menu Further Licensing Information Detailed information about the Mentor Graphics Licensing System MGLS is given in the Licensing Mentor Graphics Software manual which is availab
16. aae uee E REAR RER E E E R E 12 Using a Hardware Security Key 13 Further Licensing Information useana aaaeeeaeo 13 Migrating from pre 6 1 FPGA Advantage 0 0 cece eee eens 13 Preferences and Design Migration unnan nane 15 Inventra Intellectual Property cic oycie oy ooh de ee HE ee hw iw enn ees bees 245 15 Chanter 2 Documentation TTT 17 Locating Documentation 2eacnseedo tieo nc keene Sek TR ee e te ete ereere sees 17 Release NOS TTT 18 Tutorials e aos sob S bee cheung Cane ene ei See shes ERE A n R E a 18 User Manel Soc ax cise o eed eed eee notes E aE ede ee ead eed une eee ae 19 Using the Bookcase Search 234 seceaiee Shee Renard AR R PEE EEG eee DE R Nier SEES 21 Attaching Document Indexes 21 Search TIPS xcacdkats paedeandd a UKRE EREEREER T EER EA E EEEE E EERTE 23 sine the InfoHub Search seos reo aE a a K K R dR R KRN aii ER a a a a ia 24 Further Information d044c4 sn soos a oe 4 eae eRe sa Ge ee bebe eee eee evam aes 25 End User License Agreement Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 3 October 28 2008 Table of Contents Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 October 28 2008 About This Release FPGA Advantage 8 2 FPGA Advantage 8 2 integrates the following tools e Design entry and management HDL Designer Series 2008 1 s HDL simulation ModelSim 6 4a e HDL synthesis LeonardoSpectrum 2008a and or Precision Synthesis 2008a Refer to th
17. are Version 8 2 October 28 2008 Documentation Using the Bookcase Search Using the Bookcase Search The FPGA Advantage Bookcase allows you to attach document indexes which allow you to perform a full text search through all of the available documentation This facility is available if you have installed the Adobe Acrobat Reader with search capabilities The latest version of the Acrobat Reader can be obtained from the Adobe web site at http www adobe com products acrobat readstep2 html1 Attaching Document Indexes The following indexes should be available in the lt install_path gt Doc directory of the FPGA Advantage installation fpga_index pdx FPGA Advantage documents Is_index pdx LeonardoSpectrum documents ps_index pdx Precision Synthesis documents Note For information on how to search the HDL Designer Series and ModelSim documentation refer to Using the InfoHub Search on page 24 Some of these indexes may already be available in the dialog box However you may need to add or remove indexes for the FPGA Advantage configuration you wish to use For example you will typically want only one of the LeonardoSpectrum and Precision Synthesis indexes Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 21 October 28 2008 Documentation Using the Bookcase Search If you are using Acrobat 6 0 you can attach a document index by choosing Search from the Edit menu to display the Search PDF window and sel
18. ation s s ccc cece cece cece eee 17 Release Olen 4 3 cosaededcd dues i erates ue Pan ewan eal dose eameees 18 UIE Ss 6 0 R as 4 oe ee So hoes one ee kek Ee eee oe ashe RER 18 User Manuals soto verre br di Rie ees CoRR EERE Teas ds Renee eo ek eee 19 Using the Bookcase Search soos sss essea e0e5 wees esas eee es bee eee ease ees 21 Attaching Document Indexes 21 Search KT 4 2 r oneer e So eS eee Se EO Re eee hee oe oe eee eee Sees 23 Using the InfoHub Search sss ss es sse eee eee 24 Further Information sss ss s 49406 0a e x e x e eee eee 25 Locating Documentation Documentation for HDL Designer Series ModelSim LeonardoSpectrum and Precision Synthesis is available from the Help menu within each application All documents are provided in Adobe Acrobat portable document format PDF No hardcopy documentation is provided However any Acrobat PDF document can be printed out for your own personal use if a printer is available Note In case of HDL Designer Series documents are provided in PDF and HTML format as well The documents can be accessed through the HDS InfoHub which is opened by clicking Help and Manuals from the Help menu This also applies to ModelSim which has an InfoHub including both PDF and HTML versions of documents in addition to a separate bookcase including PDF versions only of documents Both the ModelSim InfoHub and Bookcase can be accessed through the Help menu of ModelSim In addition
19. ber 28 2008 Documentation Using the InfoHub Search For information about search options search relevance and refining searches refer to the online help for your version of the Acrobat Reader Using the InfoHub Search HDL Designer Series and ModelSim have an InfoHub which provides documentation in both HTML and PDF versions A documentation search can be run through the InfoHub itself To open the InfoHub select Help and Manuals from the Help menu Z HDS InfoHub Microsoft Internet Explorer el Es File Edit View Favorites Tools Help GL 9 A D ee OE Address e File D Applications HDS docsfinfohubs commonshtmlfindex html infohub hds_ih HDS InfoHub L lana 9 Local SupportNet Help amp Support amp Release Manuals Training Management What s New L e See What s New in HDL Designer Series 7 Quick Reference Index L s Open alist of Quick Reference topics 7 Manuals DesignChecker User Guide DesignPad User Manual Designw ave WaveForm Editor User Guide Graphical Editors User Manual HDS Tcl Manual HDS User Manual Open HTML Open PDF Application Notes L Designing with Altera s NIOSII Embedded Processor Designing with Xilinx Embedded Processors Predicting the Output of Finite State Machines PSL Flow Running DesignChecker in Batch Mode Simulating Timing Documentation using Design ave HDS v2007 1 2007 Mentor Graphics Corp All rights reserved ype CSE ff fa Remper 24 Start Here Guide for
20. cision are in the docs doc and pdfdocs subdirectories respectively The current ModelSim release notes in HTML and plain text format are in the Modeltech subdirectory with all other ModelSim documents including an archive of previous release notes in a docs subdirectory Tutorials All users should perform the FPGA Advantage Tutorial which 1s available from the FPGA Advantage Bookcase 18 Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 October 28 2008 Documentation Locating Documentation The following HDL Designer Series tutorials are also available e The nterface Based Design Tutorial is an introduction to interface based design IBD which uses HDL import tabular IO an IBD view and ModuleWare parts to capture a VHDL or Verilog text design Simulation and synthesis design flows are illustrated using the ModelSim and LeonardoSpectrum tools e The Design Exploration Tutorial is an introduction to the HDL Detective tool This tutorial shows how this tool can be used to import an existing VHDL or Verilog text design visualize the design using graphical views and export these views in HTML format e The DesignChecker Tutorial is an introduction to the DesignChecker tool This tutorial shows how to configure DesignChecker settings analyze a design and investigate the analysis results e The SystemVerilog for AVM 2 0 and QuestaSim 6 2g and SystemVerilog for AVM 3 0 and QuestaSim 6 3 You can learn more about using M
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22. doSpectrum and Precision Synthesis release notes for information about problems fixed in the latest versions of these tools FPGA Advantage 7 1 FPGA Advantage 7 1 integrates the following tools e Design entry and management HDL Designer Series 2005 1b e HDL simulation ModelSim 6 1a e HDL synthesis LeonardoSpectrum 2005a Updatel and or Precision Synthesis 2005a Update2 Refer to the separate HDL Designer Series ModelSim LeonardoSpectrum and Precision Synthesis release notes for information about problems fixed in the latest versions of these tools FPGA Advantage 7 0 FPGA Advantage 7 0 integrates the following tools e Design entry and management HDL Designer Series 2004 1b s HDL simulation ModelSim 6 0c e HDL synthesis LeonardoSpectrum 2004b Updatel and or Precision Synthesis 2004c Update FPGA Advantage 6 3 FPGA Advantage 6 3 integrates the following tools e Design entry and management HDL Designer Series 2004 1 s HDL simulation ModelSim 5 8c 6 Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 October 28 2008 About This Release FPGA Advantage 6 2 e HDL synthesis LeonardoSpectrum 2004a Update and or Precision Synthesis 2003c Update The following defect reported against FPGA Advantage has been fixed in this release CQ168924 Link to the Quick Reference Index was missing for FPGA Advantage For clarity the prefix CQ represents the ClearQuest database prefix dtsO and other leading zeros
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24. e separate HDL Designer Series ModelSim LeonardoSpectrum and Precision Synthesis release notes for information about problems fixed in the latest versions of these tools FPGA Advantage 8 1 FPGA Advantage 8 1 integrates the following tools e Design entry and management HDL Designer Series 2007 1 e HDL simulation ModelSim 6 3a e HDL synthesis LeonardoSpectrum 2007a and or Precision Synthesis 2006a Update 2 Refer to the separate HDL Designer Series ModelSim LeonardoSpectrum and Precision Synthesis release notes for information about problems fixed in the latest versions of these tools FPGA Advantage 7 3 FPGA Advantage 7 3 integrates the following tools e Design entry and management HDL Designer Series 2006 1 e HDL simulation ModelSim 6 2d e HDL synthesis LeonardoSpectrum 2006a and or Precision Synthesis 2006a Update 1 Refer to the separate HDL Designer Series ModelSim LeonardoSpectrum and Precision Synthesis release notes for information about problems fixed in the latest versions of these tools Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 5 October 28 2008 About This Release FPGA Advantage 7 2 FPGA Advantage 7 2 FPGA Advantage 7 2 integrates the following tools e Design entry and management HDL Designer Series 2005 3 e HDL simulation ModelSim 6 1c e HDL synthesis LeonardoSpectrum 2005b and or Precision Synthesis 2005b Update 1 Refer to the separate HDL Designer Series ModelSim Leonar
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26. ected Indexes from the Look In dropdown list of the Search PDF window Then enter a search string select one or more options and use the button The search results are displayed in the Search PDF window which also provides options to sort by relevance ranking date modified filename or location You can double click on a search result to display the corresponding document If you are using Acrobat 5 0 you can search the attached indexes by clicking Search in the FPGA Advantage Documentation Bookcase or by choosing Query from the Search cascade of the Acrobat Reader Edit menu to display the Adobe Acrobat Search dialog box Adobe Acrobat Search x Find Results Containing Text GT Clear LeonardoSpectrum Options IZ Word Stemming T Thesaurus T Match Case T Sounds Like T Proximity Searching 2 out of 2 indexes Enter a search string select one or more options and use the button The Search Results dialog box displays the results of the search with an indication of their relevance Search Results x Title Found 13 out of 39 documents ieo Ins bk rt book H FPGA Advantage Document Index d Untitled Document lt mo D Builds FPGAdv53ExemplarLeoSpecw2002adocleo_cmds p You can double click on a search result or use the button to display the document or use the button to display information about the corresponding document Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 23 Octo
27. ecting Use Advanced Search Options Search PDF Hide What word or phrase would you like to search For Return results containing match Exact word or phrase Look In A Select Index Use these additional criteria ni fis exactly D a Whole words only T Case Sensitive E Proximity D Stemming T Search in Bookmarks T Search in Comments a Search Be Search PDFs on the Internet E Use Basic Search Options Complete Acrobat 6 0 Help Choose Select Index from the Look In dropdown list to display the Index Selection dialog box If you are using Acrobat 5 0 you can display the Index Selection dialog box directly by choosing Select Indexes from the Search cascade in the Acrobat Reader Edit menu You can use the Add button to browse for additional indexes or the Remove button to remove an index The attached indexes are automatically loaded the next time that you use the Acrobat Reader Index Selection Available Indexes Acrobat 5 0 Online Guides Eessoecosoesesossesesoeoesosceseeosceoesossesesoesssosscoesecsesesesssosocsossssossosesosssossosssesossossessssesesssees fpgadvantage60 currently unavailable indexes are grayed out Add Remove Inte 22 Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 October 28 2008 Documentation Using the Bookcase Search Search Tips If you are using Acrobat 6 0 you can perform a bookcase search by selecting Currently Sel
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29. information about FPGA Advantage see the FPGA Advantage web site at http www mentor com fpga advantage To go directly to the contacts page visit http www mentor com fpga advantage contact_us html Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 25 October 28 2008 End User License Agreement The latest version of the End User License Agreement is available on line at www mentor com terms_conditions enduser cfm IMPORTANT INFORMATION USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IS SUBJECT TO LICENSE RESTRICTIONS CAREFULLY READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE USE OF SOFTWARE INDICATES YOUR COMPLETE AND UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT ANY ADDITIONAL OR DIFFERENT PURCHASE ORDER TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL NOT APPLY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT Agreement This is a legal agreement concerning the use of Software between you the end user as an authorized representative of the company acquiring the license and Mentor Graphics Corporation and Mentor Graphics Ireland Limited acting directly or through their subsidiaries collectively Mentor Graphics Except for license agreements related to the subject matter of this license agreement which are physically signed by you and an authorized representative of Mentor Graphics this Agreement and the applicable quotation contain the parties entire understanding relating to the subject matter and supersede all prior or
30. le in the Precision Synthesis or LeonardoSpectrum bookcases These bookcases also include a copy of the FLEXIm End Users Guide Both manuals are also available in the release_documents directory on the FPGA Advantage CD ROM or from the Mentor Graphics SupportNet web site http www mentor com supportnet For more information about FLEX m visit the Macrovision Corporation web site at http www macrovision com Migrating from pre 6 1 FPGA Advantage The FPGA Advantage install program provides eight install options on Windows four on UNIX and two on Linux These options support the various combinations of HDL Designer HDL Author ModelSim SE ModelSim PE LeonardoSpectrum Precision RTL Synthesis and Precision Physical Synthesis Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 13 October 28 2008 Introduction Migrating from pre 6 1 FPGA Advantage If you are migrating from a pre 6 1 version of FPGA Advantage or from a pre 2003 1 HDL Designer Series tool your existing license may enable old HDL Designer Series configurations that have been superseded in the latest versions HDL Designer Text hdldesignertxt HDL Designer Graphics hdldesignergfx HDL Designer Pro hdldesignerpro HDL Designer The Text and Graphics configurations have been discontinued from the 2003 1 release of HDL Designer Series Users who have previously installed FPGA Advantage which included either the Text or Graphics configuration must select
31. n RTL Synthesis o FPGA Advantage with ModelSim LE amp Precision Physical Synthesis Solaris Only o FPGA Advantage with ModelSim SE LeonardoSpectrum amp Precision RTL Synthesis o FPGA Advantage with ModelSim SE LeonardoSpectrum amp Precision Physical Synthesis o FPGA Advantage with ModelSim SE amp LeonardoSpectrum The UNIX invoke scripts can be accessed in the lt install_path gt Fpgadv bin directory For example lt install_ path gt Fpgadv bin fa_with_ps Windows Platform Configurations The installation process of FPGA Advantage 8 2 on a Windows platform allows you to specify the licensed configuration of HDL Designer Series as either HDL Designer or HDL Author You then specify your simulation tool by choosing to install either ModelSim SE or ModelSim PE The last step is to specify your synthesis tool You can choose to install one or more of the following tools Precision RTL Synthesis Precision Physical Synthesis Leonardo Spectrum Invoke shortcuts for the Windows configurations are available in the Windows Start menu and from shortcuts created on your desktop Refer to the Start Here Guide for the HDL Designer Series for more information about the HDL Designer and HDL Author tools System Requirements All tools can be run on Microsoft Windows XP and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 except Leonardo 10 Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 October 28 2008 Introduction System Re
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35. odelSim by performing the ModelSim SE Tutorial or the ModelSim LE PE Tutorial Note ee ______LLLLCCCCObCC ofc cccc _s The ModelSim PE Tutorial is available if you have installed one of the FPGA Advantage Personal configurations The ModelSim SE Tutorial is available in all other configurations User Manuals General user procedures for using the HDL Designer Series are described in the HDL Designer Series User Manual Additional procedures for using the symbol tabular IO block diagram IBD view flow chart and truth table editors are described in the HDL Designer Series Graphical Editors User Manual Procedures for using the state diagram and algorithmic state machine editors are described in the State Machine Editors User Manual Procedures for using the integrated DesignPad HDL text editor are described in the DesignPad Text Editor User Guide Procedures for using ModelSim are given in the ModelSim SE User s Manual or ModelSim LE PE User s Manual Procedures for using LeonardoSpectrum are given in the LeonardoSpectrum User s Manual Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 19 October 28 2008 Documentation Locating Documentation Procedures for using Precision RTL Synthesis are given in the Precision RTL Synthesis User s Manual Procedures for using Precision Physical Synthesis are given in the Precision Physical Synthesis User s Manual 20 Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Softw
36. quirements All tools can run on Solaris 9 Leonardo is not officially supported on 9 but it still can run on it UNIX The table below shows the system requirements for installing FPGA Advantage on UNIX workstations Operating System Sun UltraSPARC or Blade workstation running Solaris 8 Memory minimum 512MByte of RAM large designs will require more memory Disk space Program files require approximately 1800MByte of disk space HDS 500MByte ModelSim 350MByte Precision Synthesis 600MByte LeonardoSpectrum 300MByte Docs 3MByte It is recommended that the latest operating system patches should be installed Solaris workstations should also have the latest recommended J2SE patch bundle for the Java Runtime Environment JRE Information about Solaris patches is available from Sun customer support or from the SunSolve Online Public Patch Access web site at http sunsolve sun com pubpatch Linux The table below shows the system requirements for installing FPGA Advantage on Linux workstations Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Memory minimum 512MByte of RAM large designs may require more memory Disk space Program files require approximately 1450MByte of disk space HDS 450MByte ModelSim 350MByte Precision Synthesis 600MByte Docs 3MByte Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 11 October 28 2008 Introduction Licensing FPGA Advantage Windows The table below shows
37. the Prompt Old Defect public query For example entering Scopus defect SC340011 returns the ClearQuest defect dts0100106837 FPGA Advantage 6 0 The FPGA Advantage 6 0 release included the new Precision Synthesis tool in place of the LeonardoSpectrum synthesis tool which was included in previous releases of the software FPGA Advantage 6 0 comprised e Design entry and management HDL Designer Series 2002 1b s HDL simulation ModelSim 5 6d s HDL synthesis Precision Synthesis 2002b The following defects were fixed in FPGA Advantage 6 0 SC308980 VHDL code example added to the tutorial flow SC309786 Note added about unsetting MODEL TECH to resolve licensing issues SC329401 ModelSim evaluation files not deleted when full product is installed 8 Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 October 28 2008 Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter is an introduction to the FPGA Advantage products including content configuration and licensing information Product Configurations 6 6060 ias s s s s eco lt x e wees eee ee Ses ee os ae eee ee eee we 9 System Requirements sss ceca dace se vides kee bie eanaen cee bone bebe shee acer 10 UNDE E aCe A ea Sw de A ep eed ah GE ee ee OS 11 Ci eee eke ee eee See eee ee ee ee eee Se eee Te ee eee ree ee re ere 11 WINUOWS ci duen dhe rneer ne towed pone ndet Seee nee renee hel teesee ra e 12 Licensing FPGA Advantage sss s s s e s e eee eee eee 12 License File Location uxs2 oe 0 aR
38. the corresponding pre 2003 1 install option to ensure that they can continue using the existing licenses Note that the HDL Designer Pro configuration was renamed HDL Designer and similarly HDL Author Pro was renamed HDL Author There are no changes to the license features for these configurations The install program will then create the correct shortcuts on Windows or invocation scripts on UNIX and Linux For example if you have a hdldesignergfx license select HDL Designer Graphics in the license selection page during installation This will add a graphics switch in the shortcut or invoke script The following table shows which switch will be added when the HDL Designer configuration is selected HDL Designer Configuration Invocation Argument HDL Author Text hdlauthortxt authortext HDL Author Graphics hdlauthorgfx authorgraphics HDL Designer Text hdldesignertxt text HDL Designer Graphics hdldesignergfx graphics HDL Designer Pro hdldesignerpro none HDL Author Pro hdlauthorpro 14 Start Here Guide for FPGA Advantage Software Version 8 2 October 28 2008 Introduction Preferences and Design Migration Preferences and Design Migration If you are updating from a previous version of FPGA Advantage your HDL Designer Series preferences library mapping and design libraries will be migrated for use with this release However if you have used ModelSim LeonardoSpectrum or Precision Synthesis downstream
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