Easy-to-Use Design Software for MAX 3000A Designs

The Quartus^® II Web Edition and MAX+PLUS^® II BASELINE design software provide no-cost software support for MAX^® 3000A devices. Both tools offer an easy-to-use and comprehensive design environment for system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions with synthesis, place-and-route, design verification and simulation, and device programming capabilities. The two software platforms also offer seamless integration with third-party synthesis and simulation tools.

MAX 3000A industrial-grade devices and 256-pin FineLine BGA^® package on 128- and 256-macrocell densities will be supported by software updates for Quartus II Web Edition, MAX+PLUS II BASELINE, Quartus II, and MAX+PLUS II software.

Customers should use the Quartus II software for new projects and the MAX+PLUS II software for existing projects.

Table 1 lists the features supported by the Quartus II and MAX+PLUS II software.

Table 1. Quartus II & MAX+PLUS II Software Features
Design Method	Supported Features
Design Entry	Schematic entry Text entry Verilog VHDL AHDL
Synthesis	Integrated register transfer level (RTL) synthesis Support for third-party synthesis flows
Place-and-Route	PowerFit^™ technology in the Quartus II software Physical re-synthesis algorithms in the MAX+PLUS II software Compile times of less than one minute for the majority of MAX 3000A device designs
Design Verification & Simulation	Integrated verification & simulation tools Inter-operation with third-party EDA simulators
Device Programming	In-system programmability Programming via external hardware

To download Altera's software tools, visit the Quartus II Web Edition software and MAX+PLUS II BASELINE software web sites.

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