Xilinx Design entry via Schematic Capture - What tool to use

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Dan DeConinck

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Hello,

The newest Xilinx tools will not work on Win98. My Viewdraw schematic
capture win not work on XP so I will need to find a new schematic capture
tool. I know that Xilinx has one but it is not powerful or user friendly.

What 3rd party schematic capture tools work with the latest Xilinx tools ?

Thanks
Dan
 
Hi Dan,
Have you considered that this is maybe the opportunity you've been
waiting for to change to a HDL?!
cheers, Symon.

"Dan DeConinck" <pixelsmart@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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Hello,

The newest Xilinx tools will not work on Win98. My Viewdraw schematic
capture win not work on XP so I will need to find a new schematic capture
tool. I know that Xilinx has one but it is not powerful or user friendly.

What 3rd party schematic capture tools work with the latest Xilinx tools ?

Thanks
Dan
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agree.
I started to learn HDL since ISE4.1 no longer integrated Active-HDL but
provide XST.

Dan,
you can use any 3rd party schematic capture tools, and import the edif
files as Xilinx design entry.

Jay
"Symon" <symon_brewer@hotmail.com> Đ´ČëĎűϢĐÂÎĹ
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Hi Dan,
Have you considered that this is maybe the opportunity you've been
waiting for to change to a HDL?!
cheers, Symon.

"Dan DeConinck" <pixelsmart@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:pvdub.4913$ZF1.567826@news20.bellglobal.com...
Hello,

The newest Xilinx tools will not work on Win98. My Viewdraw schematic
capture win not work on XP so I will need to find a new schematic
capture
tool. I know that Xilinx has one but it is not powerful or user
friendly.

What 3rd party schematic capture tools work with the latest Xilinx tools
?

Thanks
Dan
Click to expand...
 
Symon wrote:

Hi Dan,
Have you considered that this is maybe the opportunity you've been
waiting for to change to a HDL?!
cheers, Symon.

"Dan DeConinck" <pixelsmart@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:pvdub.4913$ZF1.567826@news20.bellglobal.com...

Hello,

The newest Xilinx tools will not work on Win98. My Viewdraw schematic
capture win not work on XP so I will need to find a new schematic capture
tool. I know that Xilinx has one but it is not powerful or user friendly.

What 3rd party schematic capture tools work with the latest Xilinx tools ?

Thanks
Dan
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Nice try -- but HDL will not help me here --- I have XC4000 devices
fielded -- hence I'm stuck with the XACT 5.2.1/6.0.1 tools for place and
route -- Anyways I'm not going to migrate several gate level designs to
HDL, as it doesn't buy me anything.
 
Jay wrote:

agree.
I started to learn HDL since ISE4.1 no longer integrated Active-HDL but
provide XST.

Dan,
you can use any 3rd party schematic capture tools, and import the edif
files as Xilinx design entry.
Click to expand...
Again this is a NO go --- EDIF file does NOT get me there as the XACT
place & route tools only accepts XNF. I've found that Aldec, MYCAD, and
ORcad only outputs EDIF not XNF.
 
Dan DeConinck <pixelsmart@sympatico.ca> wrote:
: Hello,

: The newest Xilinx tools will not work on Win98. My Viewdraw schematic
: capture win not work on XP so I will need to find a new schematic capture
: tool. I know that Xilinx has one but it is not powerful or user friendly.

: What 3rd party schematic capture tools work with the latest Xilinx tools ?

Have you tried?

There are reports, that 6.1 again works with win98. Best try yourself.

Bye
--
Uwe Bonnes bon@elektron.ikp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de

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On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 07:39:09 GMT, JoeG <JoeG@spam.net> wrote:

Symon wrote:

Hi Dan,
Have you considered that this is maybe the opportunity you've been
waiting for to change to a HDL?!

Nice try -- but HDL will not help me here --- I have XC4000 devices
fielded -- hence I'm stuck with the XACT 5.2.1/6.0.1 tools for place and
route -- Anyways I'm not going to migrate several gate level designs to
HDL, as it doesn't buy me anything.
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Some of the "newer" tools support XC4000 ... up to 3.1 or so, I think
(but I'm not sure), and accept EDIF input. If you can find them...

- Brian
 
What 3rd party schematic capture tools work with the latest Xilinx tools ?
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Protel DXP does. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with Win98 (I think).
 
"JoeG" <JoeG@spam.net> wrote in message
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Symon wrote:

Hi Dan,
Have you considered that this is maybe the opportunity you've been
waiting for to change to a HDL?!
cheers, Symon.

"Dan DeConinck" <pixelsmart@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:pvdub.4913$ZF1.567826@news20.bellglobal.com...

Hello,

The newest Xilinx tools will not work on Win98. My Viewdraw schematic
capture win not work on XP so I will need to find a new schematic
capture
tool. I know that Xilinx has one but it is not powerful or user
friendly.

What 3rd party schematic capture tools work with the latest Xilinx tools
?

Thanks
Dan

Nice try -- but HDL will not help me here --- I have XC4000 devices
fielded -- hence I'm stuck with the XACT 5.2.1/6.0.1 tools for place and
route -- Anyways I'm not going to migrate several gate level designs to
HDL, as it doesn't buy me anything.

Dan, Joe, Whoever,
Click to expand...
I googled and found references to EDIF2XNF and XNF2EDIF. Would these
tools help you? I presume you have to re-enter your design anyway if you
change editor? So, could you translate it to HDL, synthesise an EDIF, run
EDIF2XNF?
You have my sympathies, these legacy things are harder and harder to
support. You should set up in business doing it!
cheers, Syms.
 
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