Types of Microchip development tools and supported devices
Describes the types of Microchip non-volatile FPGA development tools and supported devices. Broadly speaking, there are two types of development tools, and the supported devices differ depending on the tool and version.
development tools
Libero® SoC
Libero® SoC software is an integrated development tool for Flash-based FPGAs. This integrated development tool supports industry-standard Synopsys SynplifyPro synthesis and Mentor Graphics ModelSim simulation, constraint management, programming, debugging tools, and secure programming.
Note) Libero® SoC PolarFire
Libero SoC PolarFire v2.3 will be the final version. Libero SoC PolarFire has been integrated in Libero SoC v12.0.
Libero® IDE
Libero® IDE software is an integrated development tool for Rad-Tolerant FPGAs, Antifuse FPGAs and legacy (including discontinued) Flash FPGAs.
This integrated development tool manages the entire design flow from design entry, logic synthesis, simulation, place and route, timing analysis and power analysis.
Support device
Table 1 shows the supported devices for each development tool.
The latest version of Libero SoC only supports PolarFire for G5 (5th generation) products, IGLOO2 for G4 (4th generation) products, SmartFusion2 and RTG4.
G3 (3rd generation) products IGLOO, SmartFusion, ProASIC3, Fusion, etc. are only supported in v11.9 and earlier versions.
device family | technology | Libero SoC v12.0 or newer | Libero SoC 11.9 and earlier | Libero IDE |
Polar Fire |
28nm Flash |
✔ |
||
RTG4 |
65nm Flash |
✔ |
✔ |
|
IGLOO2 |
65nm Flash |
✔ |
✔ |
|
SmartFusion2 |
65nm Flash |
✔ |
✔ |
|
SmartFusion |
0.13um Flash |
✔ |
✔ |
|
IGLOO | 0.13um Flash |
✔ |
✔ |
|
ProASIC3 | 0.13um Flash |
✔ |
✔ |
|
RT ProASIC3 | 0.13um Flash |
✔ |
||
Fusion | 0.13um Flash |
✔ |
✔ |
|
ProASICPLUS | 0.22um Flash |
✔ |
||
Pro ASIC | 0.25um Flash |
✔ |
||
Accelerator | 0.15um Antifuse |
✔ |
||
SX-A | 0.25um Antifuse |
✔ |
||
eX | 0.22um Antifuse |
✔ |
||
MX | 0.45um Antifuse |
✔ |
Table 1 Supported devices for each development tool
Please check the manufacturer page for the latest information.
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Latest version of Libero SoC
Libero SoC v11.9 and earlier
Libero IDE
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