Lattice Radiant Version History

Radiant Update 2022.1.1

  • Device Support:
    • CertusPro™-NX (LFCPNX)
      • 50K (-7/-8/-9) 1.00V (COM/IND) – ASG256
      • 50K (-7/-8/-9) 1.00V (COM/IND) – BBG484
      • 50K (-7/-8/-9) 1.00V (COM/IND) – BFG484
      • 50K (-7/-8/-9) 1.00V (COM/IND) – CBG256
  • Tool and Other Enhancements:
    • Power Calculator – The Power Calculator for CertusPro-NX (LFCPNX) has been updated to reflect a roughly 10% improvement (lower power consumption) for designs using PCIe over previous versions due to improved silicon correlation data.
    • Reveal Logic Controller/Analyzer – The Reveal User Status and User Control Register features have been updated to expand the values of the control and status signals to 32-address locations with a maximum data-width of 8 bits.
    • Simulation Library – The Simulation Library has been updated to include compilation of PMI and source libraries.

Radiant 2022.1

  • Device Support:
    • Lattice Avant™ (LAV-AT-E)
      • 500K (-1/-2/-3) 0.82V (COM/IND) – LFG676
      • 500K (-1/-2/-3) 0.82V (COM/IND) – LFG1156
      • GSR is not available for the LAV-AT-E device.
    • The license maintenance number has been updated to support the current Radiant software’s version number. Please visit the Lattice Software Licensing page to request for a new license. To check the license maintenance number, open the Radiant license file located in ..\<install_directory>\license.
    • CrossLink™-NX (LIFCL)
      • SGMIICDR primitive is not supported in LIFCL (40K/17K) WLCSP72 and QFN72 packages.
      • The -7 speed grade option has been removed from the LIFCL-33 device.
  • Tool and Other Enhancements:
    • FPGA Libraries – The FPGA Library Guide has been updated to include the LAV-AT-E device.
    • Netlist Analyzer – The Netlist Analyzer tool now supports post-synthesis schematic view for Synplify Pro.
    • PAD Specification File – The PAD report has been updated to include the complete IO properties information of device families.
    • PLL Foundation IP – The PLL parameter calculation script has been updated to optimize the tuning algorithm for all devices except the iCE40UP and LAV-AT-E device.
    • Pre-Synthesis Constraint Editor (previously Timing Constraint Editor) – The Pre-Synthesis Constraint Editor tool has been updated to support the set_max_skew constraint for the Radiant 2022.1 software.
    • Programmer – The Programmer tool has been updated to support the LAV-AT-E device.
    • Project Navigator – The Message Promotion/Demotion option has been added to Project > Message Promotion/Demotion. This new feature allows you to use TCL commands to promote/demote a message if you do not want it to be visible in non-GUI mode.
    • Reports
      • The MAP Resource Usage section has been updated to display the Logic, Distributed RAM, and RIPPLE Logic information of the project.
      • Constraint Propagation section has been added to Synthesis Reports.
      • Constraint Summary has been added to the Post-Synthesis and MAP Reports.
    • Timing Analysis Reports – The Timing Analysis Reports format has been updated to include the following sections:
      • The “Setup at User Specified Speed Grade Corner at Minimum Degrees” section has been added to the PAR Timing Analysis Report for the LAV-AT-E device.
      • A new command line parameter -dump_uncovered has been added for the PAR Timing Analysis Report. This results in timing dumping connections that are not covered in the uncoveredConn.log file.
    • Reveal Logic Controller/Analyzer
      • The User Memory, User Control, and User Register options have been added to the Reveal Logic Controller/Analyzer tool.
      • The Reveal Controller tool has been updated to add the simulation model feature.
      • For the LAV-AT-E device, adding the PAR Strategy command line option, “-exp WARNING_ON_PCLKPLC1=1” when using Reveal and JTAGH25 is required to avoid errors.
    • SSO Calculator – The SSO Calculator has been updated to support the LAV-AT-E device.
    • Synthesis Tool – The Synthesis default option has been added to Tool > Options. In the dropdown menu, you can choose between Lattice LSE or Synplify Pro.

Radiant Update 3.2.1

  • Device Support:
    • CertusPro™-NX (LFCPNX)
      • 100K (-7/-8) HP/LP 1.0V (AUTO) – ASG256
      • 100K (-7/-8) HP/LP 1.0V (AUTO) – BBG484
      • 100K (-7/-8) HP/LP 1.0V (AUTO) – CBG256

Radiant 3.2

  • Device Support:
    • MachXO5™-NX (LFMXO5)
      • 25K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0V (COM/IND) – BBG256
      • 25K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0V (COM/IND) – BBG400
    • CrossLink™-NX (LIFCL)
      • 33K (-7/-8) HP/LP 1.0V (COM) – WLCSP84
      • 33K (-8) HP/LP 1.0V (IND) – WLCSP84
  • Tool and Other Enhancements:
    • License Debugger – The License Debug tool now displays all Network Feature Card (NIC) IDs. A direct link to LmTools has also been added to access the license server.
    • Power On Reset (POR) Debug – This new feature has been added to the Reveal Analyzer/Controller tool for the Radiant 3.2 software.
    • Programmer, Reveal Logic Analyzer/Controller, SEI Editor
      • These tools have been updated to support the MachXO5-NX (LFMXO5) and CrossLink-NX (LIFCL-33) devices with bitstream generation capability and full encryption/ authentication.
      • Added I3C Bridge support to Programmer.
    • Radiant File Type Support – The "Force File Type" option has been added to the “Add Existing File” dialog box. This new feature allows users to change their file types to Verilog or VHDL.
    • Radiant Project File – The Radiant Project (.rdf) file has been updated to include the Radiant version number.
    • Simulation Wizard – The Simulation Wizard tool has been updated. Users can now specify the simulation run length if the “Run simulation” option is selected.
    • Timing Analyzer – The “-datapath_only” option has been added to the set_max_delay constraint

Radiant 3.1.1 MachXO5-NX Device Update

  • Device Support:
    • MachXO5™-NX (LFMXO5)
      • 25k (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0 V (COM/IND) – BBG256
      • 25k (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0 V (COM/IND) – BBG400
  • Tool and Other Enhancements:
    • Programmer – The Programmer tool has been updated to support the MachXO5-NX (LFMXO5) device with plain bitstream only, no security or encryption features.
    • Reveal Logic Analyzer – The Reveal Logic Analyzer tool has been updated to support the MachXO5-NX (LFMXO5) device.
    • Update installer allows user to specify installation path – The user can specify the installation path when installing the MachXO5-NX Device Update

Radiant Update 3.1.1

  • Device Support:
    • CertusPro™-NX (LFCPNX)
      • 100K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0 V (COM/IND) – BFG484
      • 100K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0 V (COM/IND) – CBG256
      • Available under subscription licensing
    • Certus™-NX-RT (UT24C)
      • 40K (-7) HP/LP 1.0 V (AUTO) – CABGA256 is license controlled
    • CertusPro™-NX-RT (UT24CP)
      • 100K (-8) HP/LP 1.0 V (IND) – BBG484 is license controlled
  • Tool and Other Enhancements:
    • Radiant Device Selector – UT24C and UT24CP OPNs (Ordering Part Number) have been added to the Device Selector for the RT (Radiation Tested) Devices.

Radiant 3.1

  • Device Support:
    • Certus™-NX Auto Device PSR (LFD2NX)
  • Tool and Other Enhancements:
    • Device Constraint Editor – The default configuration of JTAG_PORT, DONE_PORT, INITN_PORT, and PROGRAMN_PORT has been set to “ENABLE.”
    • IO Eye-Opening Monitor (IO EOM) – The IO EOM feature has been added to the Reveal Analyzer/Controller tool for devices with PCS hard IP such as LFCPNX device family.
    • IP Encryption Flow – Improved protection for IEEE1735 compliant IP Encryption Flow.
    • IP Packager – The IP Packager tool has been updated. Radiant software now uses the Propel software version of IP Packager.
    • JTAG Debug – This new feature has been added to support simultaneous debugging of processor system and Reveal hardware debugging.
    • Standalone Timing Analyzer – This new feature can be used to run experimental timing analysis on designs using post-synthesis, post-map, post-PAR Unified Design Database (.udb), and associated timing constraints specified in the .pdc file of the design. The Standalone Timing Analyzer content has been added to the Radiant Software Help.
    • VHC File Extension Support – This release of the Radiant software adds the ability to recognize files with the .vhc file extension as VHDL files. VHC files inherit the same characteristics as .vhd (VHDL) files.
    • Virtual IO Ports Support – This new feature allows easy timing/resource estimation for over exceeding IO designs. A “Virtual” column has also been added to the Device Constraint Editor.

Radiant 3.0

  • Device Support:
    • CertusPro™-NX Device Family (LFCPNX):
      • 100K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0V (COM/IND) - ASG256
      • 100K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0V (COM/IND) - BBG484
      • 100K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0V (COM/IND) - LFG672
      • 100K devices bitstream enabled
  • Tool and Other Enhancements:
    • Device Selector – When creating a new project in the Radiant software, the Device Selector now defaults to LICFL (CrossLink-NX), Performance Grade: 9_High-Performance_1.0 V, Part Number: LICFL-17-9BG256C. Also, the Device Selector now shows both device Part Name and device Family Name in the Family list. For example: LIFCL (CrossLink-NX).
    • FPGA Libraries – FPGA Libraries have been added for the CertusPro-NX Device Family (LFCPNX).
    • License Debug – Added license debug capability to specify the location of the license file and show the features that are available with the license in the Help > License Debug menu.
    • Security Settings Tool – The Security Settings Tool now supports .pem and .der file formats.
    • Signal Traceability – This new feature allows you to trace signals from Report View and Output Window and display signals in Netlist Analyzer.
    • Tutorial – The Lattice Radiant 3.0 Tutorial with CrossLink-NX (LIFCL) adds support for the newest CrossLink-NX Evaluation Board, Revision B. Tasks for programming the chip and for on-board logic analysis have been added.
    • Unified Constraints and Timing Analysis Flow – Pre-synthesis Timing Constraints Editor now works for both Lattice Synthesis Engine (LSE) and Synplify Pro.

Radiant Update 2.2.1

  • Device Support:
    • CrossLink-NX Automotive Devices (LIFCL):
      • 17K (-7) HP/LP 1.0V – CSFBGA121
      • 17K (-7) HP/LP 1.0V – CABGA256
      • 40K (-7) HP/LP 1.0V – CSFBGA121
      • 40K (-7) HP/LP 1.0V – CABGA256
      • 17K and 40K devices bitstream enabled.
    • CrossLink-NX (LIFCL) & Certus-NX (LFD2NX) PSR for C/I
  • Tool and Other Enhancements:
    • Power Calculator – Updates have been added to I/O, MIPIDPHY, and PCIE.
    • Mentor ModelSim Lattice Edition – ModelSim Lattice Edition has been updated to Revision 2021.02

Radiant 2.2

  • Device Support:
    • CrossLink-NX Device Family (LIFCL)
      • 17K and 40K devices bitstream enabled.
    • Certus-NX Device Family (LFD2NX):
      • 40K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0V (COM/IND) - CABGA196
      • 40K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0V (COM/IND) - CSFBGA121
      • 40K devices bitstream enabled
  • Tool and Other Enhancements:
    • Programmer – Supports full encryption and authentication
    • Simulation tool change – Mentor ModelSim® is the new OEM simulation tool included with Radiant software. ModelSim replaces Aldec-Active HDL™.
              NOTE: For post-routing simulation, please use a full version of ModelSim PE. The OEM version will be addressed in an upcoming software release
    • Reveal – Reveal Analyzer/Controller support for CrossLink-NX (LIFCL) and Certus-NX device families.
    • Soft Error Injection – Soft Error Injection (SEI) Editor allows you to generate single-bit errors, insert them into a bitstream, and detect them for analysis, simulating the effect of radiation damage on the device’s configuration memory./li>

Radiant 2.1

  • Device Support:
    • Certus™-NX Device Family (LFD2NX) offers the following 40K device:
      • 40K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0V (COM/IND) – Bitstream Disabled
        • CABGA256
      Note: Bitstream generation is disabled for CrossLink-NX devices for this release, but bitstream for LIFCL-40K is expected to be enabled in the upcoming Service Pack (Radiant 2.1 SP1).
  • Tool and Other Enhancements:
    • Physical Designer – The Physical Designer provides a central location where a user can do all the floor-planning and be able to view the physical layout of the design.
    • FPGA Libraries -- New Primitives:
      • CRE (LFD2NX) only. License controlled.)
      • FIFO16K
    • Pin Migration - This release adds Pin Migration support, allowing user to view devices that are of the same family and package as your current device and view incompatible pins.
    • Security – The LFD2NX device supports user mode Cryptographic Engine (CRE).
    • SystemVerilog Support – as follows:
      • Lattice Synthesis Engine – The ability to read and synthesize SystemVerilog.
      • File Hierarchy View – The ability to read and produce a hierarchical file view of design.
      • Hierarchy Viewer – The ability to read and produce hierarchical view in Design Constraint Editor, Netlist Analyzer, Floorplan View.
      • Reveal – support for SystemVerilog for Reveal Controller, Reveal Analyzer, and Reveal Inserter.

Radiant Update 2.0.1

  • Device Support:
    • CrossLink-NX™ Device Family offers new 17K devices and adds new 40K packages:
      • 17K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0V (COM/IND) – Bitstream disabled
        • CABGA256
        • CSFBGA121
        • QFN72
        • WLCSP72
      • 40K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0V (COM/IND)
        • CSFBGA121
        • CABGA256
  • Tool and Other Enhancements/Updates:
    • IP Evaluation for CrossLink-NX 40K devices – If you don’t have licenses for the soft intellectual properties (IPs) downloaded from “IP on Server,” you can evaluate these soft IPs for approximately four hours before the device resets itself.
    • New Foundation IPs - Four new foundation IPs are added:
      • 1D Filter
      • Adder Tree
      • Barrel Shifter
      • DSP_Mult_Mult_Accumulate
    • Programmer – Programmer has enhanced support for the Security features including Flash protection (128-bit device password) and AS-256 Encryption and Lock.
    • Security Tools (Key Generation) – A new Radiant Bitstream Security Setting tool has been added that allows you to generate and verify keys that are used for bitstream obfuscation. The GUI provides user entry for Flash protection (128-bit device password) and AES-256 Encryption.
    • sysCONFIG – A new attribute, CONFIGIO_VOLTAGE_BANK0/1, has been added for sysCONFIG.
    • Updated Radiant Tutorial for CrossLink-NX – An updated Tutorial has been added using the CrossLink-NX Evaluation Board.

Radiant 2.0

  • Device Support:
    • CrossLink-NX Device Family for the following packages:
      • 40K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0V (COM/IND) - CABGA400
      • 40K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0V (COM/IND) - CSBGA289
      • 40K (-7/-8/-9) HP/LP 1.0V (COM/IND) - QFN72
      The Lattice Radiant Software Guide for Lattice Diamond Users has been enhanced to help users to migrate their designs to CrossLink-NX devices using the Radiant software. Users with designs on such Lattice devices as CrossLink and ECP5, designed using Lattice Diamond software, can use this guide to quickly grasp concepts of the new features of CrossLink-NX devices and designing with the Radiant software.
  • Tool and Other Enhancements:
    • Device Constraint Editor – Updates and enhancements have been added to Device Constraint Editor.
    • ECO Editor – A new Radiant software tool has been added that supports interactive Engineering Change Order (ECO) editing.
    • Floorplan View – Updates and enhancements have been added to Floorplan View. Updates include a new I/O placement feature that is used for I/O assignment such as DDR interface, DQS and clock assignments.
    • IP Catalog – Updates and enhancements have been added to Modules.
    • Power Calculator – Updates and enhancements have been added to support CrossLink-NX devices.
    • Propagation of IP Constraints – Radiant software now supports hierarchical constraints in IP applications and writes a new constraint file to propagate lower level constraints to top level under predefined constraint design rules.
    • Reveal Controller – A new Radiant software tool has been added for the CrossLink-NX family to create virtual control switches/LEDs; reading/writing to bank of registers/memory; and read/write access to control and status registers of PLL, I2C/FIFO, DPHY, CDR and PCIe hard-IPs.
    • Run Manager – A new Radiant software tool has been added that is used to run multiple synthesis and place and route passes, compare the results of multiple implementations for further analysis to get best solutions.
    • Source Templates – New CrossLink-NX templates have been added for both Verilog and VHDL in Source Template. In Source Template Editor, see:
      • Verilog > Primitive Templates > lifcl Primitive
      • VHDL > Primitive Templates > lifcl Primitive
    • Simultaneous Switching Outputs (SSO) Calculator – A new Radiant software tool has been added that estimates Simultaneous Switching Noise (SSN) affecting a victim pin according to the switching characteristics of aggressor pins.
    • Timing Constraint Editor – Updates and enhancements have been added to Timing Constraint Editor.

Radiant 1.1

  • iCE40 UltraPlus device enhancements and bug fixes
    • New HDL attribute RGB_TO_GPIO.
    • Four new iCE40 UltraPlus bitstream strategy options have been added:
      • Enable Warm Boot
      • Set All Unused IO No Pullup
      • Set NVCM Security
      • SPI Flash Low Power Mode
  • Enhanced Intellectual Property (IP) tools and flow
  • Constraints Syntax and Flow updates
    • Timing Constraints: Added Object Access Command (-of_objects) support which allows flexible and efficient object accesses. Note that this option is supported in constraint files only in Radiant software 1.1. Graphical User Interface support for this option is expected in Radiant 1.2.
    • Physical Constraints: Added -region option support in ldc_prohibit constraint. This option is also supported in ldc_set_location.
    • Timing Constraint Editor:
      • Added set_load constraint
      • Added Disable/Enable checkbox that allows you to easily disable or enable constraints.
  • Tool and Other Enhancements
    • Cross-probe timing path from timing reports. Map and PAR timing reports now have hyperlinks that allow users to view timing paths in Netlist Analyzer, Physical View, and Floorplan View.
    • Detachable Tool Windows. Detach and attach functionality has been added for all tools and views, allowing user to work on a tool outside of the Radiant software environment.
    • Lattice Synthesis Engine (LSE). LSE has significant performance improvements from Radiant software 1.0 including:
      • Improvements in embedded block RAM (EBR), finite state machine (FSM), and digital signal processor (DSP) extraction.
      • Improvements in Area implementation and run time.
    • Power Estimator. A new stand-alone Power Estimator has been added.
    • Simulation Wizard. The Simulation Wizard has been updated to support post-synthesis simulation.
    • Source Template. A new Source Template tab has been added to make it easier to access various templates without the need to have the Source Editor running. The selection of templates has been enhanced. Available templates, in both VHDL and Verilog, include:
      • Common Templates
      • PMI Templates
      • Primitive Templates
      • Attribute Templates
      • Encryption Templates
      • Timing Constraints
      • Physical Constraints
    • Ubuntu operating system. Support for Ubuntu operating system LTS 16.4 has been added

Radiant 1.0 SP1

  • Re-compile with this service pack if users uses the LVDSE IO type in their design.
  • If CCU2 primitives are indicated in the Area Report of the LSE synthesis report file, there is a chance of getting an incorrect synthesis result from carry chain optimizations. It is advised to re-compile the design using this service pack to avoid a simulation and/or hardware operation failure. This fix is applicable for LSE only.
  • Fixed several other key customer defects resolving instability relating to map, place and route in the timing engine.

Radiant 1.0

  • Standardized Timing and Physical Constraints utilizing the popular SDC format to help you easily apply constraints to your designs.
  • Unified Static Timing Analysis from Synthesis to Place & Route to accelerate design timing closure.
  • Enhanced IP Security Flow and Ecosystem to allow efficient distribution of Soft IP’s and to improve 3rd Party Soft IP security.
  • New and Simplified GUI design with option of light or dark color theme.
  • Simplified and Efficient Design Flows and Tools to improve Ease-of-Use.

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