Actel Launches FlashPro4 Programmer

Actel Corp. has released the FlashPro4, its latest hardware programmer supporting its flash FPGAs including the IGLOO and ProASIC3 series (including RT ProASIC3), SmartFusion and Actel Fusion families. FlashPro4 also supports FPGA embedded software program and debug managed by Actel's SoftConsole Integrated Design Environment (IDE) for embedded processors.

FlashPro4 offers high performance communication through the use of USB 2.0 and is high-speed compliant for full use of the 480 Mbps bandwidth. For IGLOO nano 1.2V core FPGAs, 1.2V programming is supported.

"FlashPro4 provides our flash FPGA customers with the latest hardware technology for performing both hardware design implementation and software program implementation for embedded processor designs," said Wendy Lockhart, Senior Manager, Design Solutions, Actel. "In addition, it provides a common approach for facilitating FPGA debug for tools such as Synopsys Identify RTL debugger and Actel's on-chip debug, plus SoftConsole, Actel's embedded software IDE. It is also low enough in cost that our customers can include it with their end systems, so their customers and support personnel can readily perform in-system programming updates in the field."

The FlashPro4 replaces and is fully backward compatible with the previous FlashPro3 programmer.

Actel FlashPro4 Programmer

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