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- Page 1 Actel Silicon Explorer II ® Quick Start Windows Environments ®...
- Page 2 U.S. Toll Free Line: 888-99-ACTEL • Customer Service: 408-739-1010 • Customer Service FAX: 408-522-8044 Customer Applications Center: 800-262-1060 • Customer Applications FAX: 408-739-1540 Actel Europe Ltd. • Daneshill House, Lutyens Close • Basingstoke, Hampshire RG24 8AG • United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)125-630-5600 • Fax: +44 (0)125-635-5420 Actel Japan •...
- Page 3 Actel Silicon Explorer II ® Quick Start Windows Environments...
- Page 4 No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written consent of Actel. Actel makes no warranties with re- spect to this documentation and disclaims any implied warranties of merchantabil- ity or fitness for a particular purpose.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Software Settings ..... . . 2 Connecting Silicon Explorer II ....3 Powering Silicon Explorer II . -
Page 7: Silicon Explorer Ii Quick Start
Silicon Explorer II uses the remaining 16 channels of the logic analyzer to examine other signals on the board. Actel also offers Silicon Explorer II Lite. SE II Lite enables only the Command module and relies on an external scope or logic analyzer for... -
Page 8: System Requirements
• Microsoft Windows 95, 98 or NT ® Connecting to the PC Silicon Explorer II and Silicon Explorer II Lite connect to a standard serial port using an 8250 or 16550 UART. Establish communication via the 9-Pin D-Sub connector. Software Settings Silicon Explorer II sets itself to Demo mode on installation. -
Page 9: Connecting Silicon Explorer Ii
Connecting Silicon Explorer II Connecting Silicon Explorer II This section describes the procedures required to connect Silicon Explorer II to your ProASIC device, powering Silicon Explorer II, SE II connector types, logic analysis, and the Explore software. Powering SE II draws power from the external power supply (provided) or by... -
Page 10: Connector Types
500ma 100 MHz 700ma Connector Silicon Explorer II has a 22-pin (18 channels, a clock, VCC, GND, and Types clock GND) and a 16-pin connector for controlling the ActionProbe circuitry and reading the design checksum. Actel uses the 26-pin connector for programming ProASIC devices. Silicon Explorer Lite has... -
Page 11: Logic Analysis
Actel Silicon Explorer II ships with a replaceable target cable assembly (TCA-8020A) that interfaces Silicon Explorer with your target system. To connect Silicon Explorer II, align the short red wire on the TCA- 8020 with the red dot on the case and fully insert the 2mm header. The contacts on the TCA-8020 accept standard 0.025"... - Page 12 Figure 1. Frame_CLK ERRORn MODE SDO/TDO DCLK/TCK SDI/TDI Figure 1. Silicon Explorer II Probe Connector Pin-Out Connect the probe leads according to Table 4 below. Table 4. Matching Probe Pins to Device Pins ACT2, 42MX, Probe Act1, 40MX 3200DX...
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Page 13: Explore Software
Connecting Silicon Explorer II Table 4. Matching Probe Pins to Device Pins (Continued) ACT2, 42MX, Probe Act1, 40MX 3200DX ISP Kit The ISP kit includes a programming ribbon cable and a plug-in connector. The programming cable and ProASIC connector provide all the necessary connections to program a ProASIC device on the system board. - Page 14 Silicon Explorer II Quick Start automatically displays the signals for both probe outputs (and up to 16 additional signals) on the target system. Signal Name Zoom Buttons Trigger Position Bus Control Silicon Explorer Status COM port Status Figure 2. Silicon Explore Window...
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Page 15: Using The Command Module
Using the Command Module The Command module is the interface used to select internal nodes in the Actel FPGA family. Use the Command module (Figure 3) to program Actel’s ProASIC devices. The following sections describe exploring with the probe and programming a ProASIC device. - Page 16 File menu. Choose (*.prb) as the File type and double-click the desired probe file. You may also open a probe file in Silicon Explorer by double-clicking the “Open Actel Probe File” icon. Explore uses a .prb file exported from Designer during analysis.
- Page 17 1. Select the desired signal from the tree by clicking the net name (see Figure 2). 2. Click the PRA or PRB button. Silicon Explorer II routes the selected node to the probe pin and switches the corresponding analyzer input to the probe connector. The Analyze module displays the net name.
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Page 18: Using The Analyze Module
Note: This section does not apply to Silicon Explorer II Lite. Open Silicon Explorer II and check the status in the lower right corner of the display. If you have properly selected the COM port and powered up Silicon Explorer II, then the status is IDLE. The Analyze... - Page 19 Using the Analyze Module module captures 64K samples and uploads them to the host over the serial port. Figure 6. Analyze Module Set acquisition parameters from the tool bar or the pull-down menus. See Table 6 for a summary of the parameters. Table 6.
- Page 20 “PRE” for the pretrigger state (although you may not see it if the trigger pattern matches quickly). Next, Silicon Explorer II enters the “POST” state and samples data after the trigger pattern (or stop button) until it fulfills the posttrigger requirement.
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Page 21: Troubleshooting Faqs
Q1: I’ve connected Silicon Explorer II and the window display reads N/C. Why? A: Look on the top of the Silicon Explorer II for the flashing yellow “heartbeat.” If it isn’t flashing make sure you have properly connected an adequate power supply. - Page 22 Silicon Explorer II Quick Start A: The Analyze module bursts data back in blocks at high speeds, with built-in retry for a bad block (it uses both checksum and byte count). Some third-party serial programs block all interrupts, forcing the analyzer into a retry loop.
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Page 23: Programming Proasic Devices
Silicon Explorer II uses this programming file. Before programming a device, check the following: • Make sure all signals driving the device are 2.5V; Actel recommends that you power down the board during programming. • Connect only ProASIC parts to the switching voltage supplies. -
Page 24: Programming Proasic Devices
Programming ProASIC Devices This section describes the procedures and equipment for connecting and programming Actel’s ProASIC devices with Silicon Explorer II. Actel includes the ISP Kit to facilitate ISP (in-system programming) of ProASIC 500K devices. 1. Power down the board. -
Page 25: Io Considerations During Isp
Programming ProASIC Devices information. Click the program button to program the device (Figure 7). Figure 7. Command Module for Programming ProASIC Device 8. Verify the device. Verify the FPGA after programming. Click the Verify button to verify the programmed device. 9. -
Page 26: Programming Voltages
Programming ProASIC Devices Actel recommends powering down the board during programming. Do not drive tristated I/O’s with 3.3V signals during programming or the I/ O pads will latch up and a high current will flow through the I/O pad cell, which can damage the device. -
Page 27: Debugging Sx Devices Using Silicon Explorer
SX or SX-A devices. SX Probe Circuit Control Pins The Silicon Explorer II tool uses the IEEE 1149.1 ports (TDI, TCK, TMS and TDO) to select the desired nets for debugging. The user assigns the selected internal nets to the PRA/PRB pins for observation. Figure 8 illustrates the connection between Silicon Explorer II and the SX FPGA required to perform in-circuit debugging. -
Page 28: Sx Diagnostic Pin Consideration
When you select the “Reserve JTAG Pin” box, you place the FPGA in JTAG Mode Dedicated JTAG mode, which configures TDI, TCK, and TDO pins for JTAG boundary scan or in-circuit debug with Silicon Explorer II. Also, you enable an internal pull-up resistor on both the TMS and TDI pins... -
Page 29: Sx Flexible Jtag Mode
Note that you require an external 10K Ohm pull-up resistor on the TMS pin (Figure 11). Silicon Explorer II transforms TDI, TCK and TDO pins from user I/Os into JTAG diagnostic pins when a rising edge at TCK is detected while TMS is at logical low. -
Page 30: Probe Pins
Debugging SX Devices Using Silicon Explorer II Table 9 enumerates all the possible configuration of the diagnostic pins. Table 9. Diagnostic Pin Configuration Dedicated JTAG Mode Flexible JTAG Mode • Use TCK, TDI and TDO as I/Os. • TCK, TDI, and TDO are dedicated •...