PAC-Designer 6.21 provides up to date support for Lattice Power, Platform and Clock Management products. PAC-Designer 6.21 is associated with Lattice Diamond 1.4.2 to incorporate advanced HDL design features. Installation of Lattice Diamond 1.4.2 is required before installation of PAC-Designer 6.21 to enable access to extended digital design features available for the Platform Manager family products.
PAC-Designer is a complete design and verification solution supporting platform management, power management and programmable clock device families. PAC-Designer is supported on Windows 7, Windows Vista (32-bit), and Windows XP operating systems.
The PAC-Designer 6.21 software tool was updated on 11-Apr-2012.
Follow the steps below to Download and Install PAC-Designer. To download software from the Lattice Semiconductor web site, you must have a Lattice web site account. Before you begin downloading and installation, log-in or request a Lattice web site account. If you don't have an account, you will be prompted to create one.
The following table contains links to installation and usage documentation. More support documentation can be found by following links on the page to application notes, Reference Designs and Development kit support collateral.
| Document | Download |
|---|---|
| PAC-Designer 6.21 Installation Notice: The installation notice describes in detail, the requirements for installing Lattice Diamond and PAC-Designer software. Download this notice first if complete, step by step installation instructions are desired. | PAC-Designer Installation Notice, PAC-D_Install_Notice_6.21.PDF |
| PAC-Designer Software User Manual 6.2: This is the detailed user manual on how to use and design with PAC-Designer. It is also available within the tool via Windows Help functionality. | PAC-Designer Software User Manual 6.2, PAC-D_SW_Manual_6.2.pdf |
Download the following files to a temporary location on the computer where Lattice Diamond and PAC-Designer are going to be installed. Only the link to the core Lattice Diamond executable for Platform Management product support is given here. For more Diamond 1.4 download and licensing options, go to Diamond Software Downloads.
| Windows Software | Description | Version | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond for Windows | Lattice Diamond installer for Windows (XP, Vista 32-bit, 7 32-bit & 64-bit) | 1.4.2 | 1.8GB |
| PAC-Designer 6.21 Design Software Executable | PAC-Designer installer for Windows (XP, Vista 32-bit, 7 32-bit & 64-bit) | 6.21 | 128MB |
| Licensing | Description |
|---|---|
| Diamond Free License | Use this link to request a Diamond free license which provides access to many popular Lattice devices such as the Platform Manager product family, MachXO2™ PLD family, MachXO™ PLD family, the LatticeXP2™ FPGA family and the LatticeECP2™ FPGA family at no cost. The Diamond free license also enables Synopsys Synplify Pro for Lattice synthesis and Aldec Lattice Edition II mixed language simulation features. |
To create or open a PAC-Designer (.PAC) file, start PAC-Designer 6.21 and either select "File -> New" to create a new design file, or use the "File -> Open" funtion to open and resume design on an existing design file. For more details on the operation and usage of PAC-Designer, refer to the user manual or select the internal HELP utility.
Note: To permanently associate PAC-Designer 6.21 to its default design file type extension (.PAC), use Windows File Explorer or Control Panel functionality. This will make PAC-Designer 6.21 the default program that runs when .PAC design files are "double-clicked". The location for the PAC-Designer 6.21 executable is "C:lsccdiamond.4pacPACD621.exe" when Windows asks for the program to associate with .PAC file types.
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