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LatticeNEWS February 2009

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Lattice Announces New Mixed-Signal Design Software Tool Suite  

PAC-Designer 5.0 tools support new ispClock5400D devices and enable complex power management designs in smaller Power Manager ICs.

Lattice has announced Version 5.0 of its PAC-Designer mixed signal design tool suite with new device support and improved quality of results. The PAC-Designer 5.0 software now supports the new ispClock5400D family of in-system programmable ICs, which are ideal for applications that require low-cost SERDES clock references and distributing high speed differential clocks.

ispClock5400D Design Support

The PAC-Designer environment makes ispClock5400D design entry and verification easy with an interactive graphical user interface schematic diagram, which provides access to all ispClock options such as reference frequency, output buffer driver type and divider settings. Programmable analog blocks, like the FlexiClock I/Os and CleanClock PLL of the ispClock5400D are easily modified to accommodate a variety of circuit board requirements.

Improved Quality of Results

Lattice Power Manager devices integrate programmable analog and CPLD technologies to support digital power management solutions. PAC-Designer 5.0 includes an upgrade to the LogiBuilder component, which can reduce the logic consumption of CPLD core macrocell resources 30-50%. LogiBuilder now supports sequencer instructions with concurrent output expressions. This instruction style can dramatically reduce the number of macrocells required to implement the embedded state machines used for intelligent power sequencing.

About the PAC-Designer Tool Suite

PAC-Designer is the design and verification tool for Lattice ispPAC devices. The PAC-Designer software is a complete design environment, including everything needed for design, implementation, simulation and programming of supported devices. The PAC-Designer software is available free-of-charge as a download from the Lattice website and is also included with ispLEVER software distributions on CD-ROM and DVD for Windows platforms.

To Learn More

For more information about the PAC-Designer design tool suite, visit the Lattice website or contact your local Lattice sales representative.