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Advanced PLD and Advanced Schematic
Protel International Pty Ltd.
Level 3/12A Rodborough Road
Frenchs Forest, NSW 2086
Australia
Tel: +61 2 9975 7710
Fax: +61 2 9975 7720
Protel Technology is the leading provider of Windows desktop EDA tools.
Protel Advanced PLD brings device and supplier independent PLD/FPGA
design into the EDA/Client environment.
Define your programmable logic design with CUPL, the device-independent
Hardware Description Language. CUPL supports expression substitution for
equations and shorthand notation for lists, address ranges, and bit fields.
State machine syntax provides a means of implementing any synchronous application
using either Mealy or Moore state machine models. Truth table syntax provides
a way to clearly express certain logic descriptions.
Advanced PLDs Compiler contains the fastest and most powerful minimizer
offered for programmable logic equation reduction, with four levels of
minimization. The Compiler simplifies Boolean expressions by the distributive
property and DeMorgan's Theorem.
Perform functional simulation with Advanced PLD. The simulation syntax
supports high-level language concepts such as; conditional looping, conditional
simulation, arithmetic and random vector generation, and multiple order
statements in your simulation input file.
Advanced PLD supports both Xilinx EPLD and FPGA devices. EPLDs are automatically
fitted with the XEPLD fitter, producing a download program file. FPGAs
are optimized for place and route by the ImproveX module.
Product Highlights
- Integrated Windows development environment
- Device independent CUPL Hardware Description Language
- Universal device support, including an extensive library of over 400
generic devices
- Syntax aware Text Editor with integrated error reporting
- Simulation Waveform Editor
Xilinx-Specific Highlights
- Supports XC3000, XC4000, XC5000, XC7000 device families
- XEPLD fitter for Xilinx EPLDs producing a download file FPGA designs
optimized by ImproveX, producing an XNF file ready for XACT
Design Flow
Designs are written in the CUPL Hardware Description Language utilizing
boolean equations, expression substitution, state machine and truth table
syntax. EPLD designs are compiled and functionally simulated, then fitted
into the device. The XEPLD fitter produces a download file. FPGA designs
are compiled and optimized by ImproveX, producing an XNF file ready for
XACT.
Protel Advanced Schematic is the front end
to an integrated development system, which in its third generation runs
as a server in the EDA/Client environment. Advanced Schematic can generate
single sheet, multiple sheet, and fully hierarchical designs of virtually
any size, limited only by the available memory and storage capacity of
your system. Advanced Schematic standard component libraries include over
20,000 parts, with ANSI, DeMorgan, and IEEE display options.
Advanced Schematic has been developed with the designer in mind. Guided
wiring and auto-junction make wiring a breeze. Powerful global editing
allows changes to be applied across the entire project, backed up by multi-level
Undo/Redo.
With Advanced Schematic the Xilinx design is integrated directly into
the project schematic. Descend from your PCB-ready schematic directly into
the Xilinx schematic.
Over thirty netlist formats are generated by Advanced Schematic including
industry standard EDIF 2.0 and EDIF 2.0 hierarchical formats, special formats
for Spice and other simulation environments, as well as Xilinx XNF hierarchical
netlists.
The open architecture of the EDA/Client environment includes a syntax
aware test editor, two macro scripting languages and completely customizable
user resources.
Product Highlights
- Multi-sheet hierarchical schematic design, including complex hierarchy
- Totally customizable user environment
- Client Pascal and Client Basic macro scripting languages, providing
cross-server macro capabilities
- Comprehensive Electronic Rules Checking
- EDA/Client technology, with a Server Development Kit to support third-
party server development
- An Open API providing direct program access to the schematic database
- Complimentary EDA products, including Advanced PLD, Advanced PCB and
Advanced Routs
Xilinx-Specific Highlights
- Complete component libraries for XC3000, XC4000, XC5000, XC7000 and
XBLOX
- Netlist generator creates Xilinx hierarchical XNF files
Design Flow
Use Advanced Schematic to capture your entire design. Descend from the
target component directly into the Xilinx design. Capture the Xilinx design
as a single or multi-sheet hierarchical schematic, using the supplied Xilinx
libraries then create the Xilinx XNF netlist, ready for processing with
the Xilinx XACT toolset.
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