Prototyping in a FLASH!
Aldec® and Microsemi have joined together, offering a new, innovative, reprogrammable prototyping solution for Microsemi RTAX-S/SL, RTAX-DSP and RTSX-SU space-fight system designs. Unlike the traditional OTP (One Time Programmable) anti-fuse space-qualified FPGAs, the Aldec prototype adaptor uses flash-based, Microsemi ProASIC®3E FPGA technology, for design prototype re-programmability. In addition, a GUI based EDIF Netlist Converter is offered for automatic pin re-mapping from anti-fuse to flash based architecture.
Top Features
- Allows cost effective Microsemi RTAX-S/SL, AX and RTSX-SU/SX-A prototyping
- Flash based re-programmability
- Footprint compatible with RTAX-S/SL and AX CQ208, CQ256, CQ352 (Commercial and Industrial), CG624 (Commercial and Industrial)
- Footprint compatible with RTSX-SU/SX-A CQ208, CQ256
- Support for RTAX4000S-CQ352
- Automatic device EDIF netlist conversion
- Automatic memory conversion
- Automatic Physical Design Constraint (PDC) file conversion
The RTAX EDIF Netlist Converter performs automatic conversion of the RTAX-S/SL EDIF netlist to a ProASIC3E netlist, which means replacement of the primitives has to be done, with consideration of the limitations (differences between RTAX-S/SL anti-fuse and ProASIC3/E flash-based technologies). A pin remapping utility allows automatic Physical Design Constraint (PDC) file conversion which eliminates the need for additional and time consuming manual work.
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