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
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| Synthesis |
- Integrated register transfer level (RTL) synthesis
- Support for third-party synthesis flows
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| 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
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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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