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Xilinx Power Expert - Release Notes

Ver 1.97

  • Added support for Spartan-6 LX, LXT and LX low power FPGAs
  • Added support for Virtex-6 LXT, SXT, HXT, LXT low power and SXT low power FPGAs
  • Extended support for Virtex-5 LX and LXT families, including LX20T, LX155, LX155T
  • Added new Power Management articles and app notes to technical resources library (AN-1752, Power Designer 121)
  • Implemented enhancements to the user interface and splash screen
  • Removed some older regulators from the power solutions database

Ver 1.94

  • Added support for Spartan 3A, Spartan 3AN and Spartan 3A DSP FPGAs
  • Added enhancements to the user interface

Ver 1.93

  • Added support for international use: Enhanced compatibility for system using different decimal separators.
  • Updated solutions database (added LM3743, LM3102/03, LM20k (LM20133, 134, 145, 242)
  • Updated webench availability for recommended solutions
  • Added "Update" to Menu Bar items to "Check the Web for Latest Version"
  • Added "Send us Feedback" mailto option to "Help" Menu Bar list
  • Updated email feedback email address on splash screen to hot link
  • Updated FPGA related app note list in Menu Bar (added AN-1745)
 

Ver 1.91

  • Added description for "Most Efficient" and "Simpler Design" solutions
  • Added link to explore "multi-output IC alternatives"
  • Added links in Menu Bar to access additional online resources: Power Designer Articles; Powering Digital Cores landing page

Ver 1.90

  • Added Virtex 5 LX and LXT FPGAs
  • Updated solutions database (added LM2830/31/32, LM2853, LM3100, LM2696 & LP3879)
  • Updated webench availability for recommended solutions
  • Added solutions for Vccint = 1.0V for 3.3V, 5V and 12V Vin

Ver 1.85

  • Added Solution Block Diagrams to GUI
  • Created Menu Bar lists for FPGA-related app notes (Power, Interface, On-Line Seminars, etc) to link to additional online technical resources.

 

WHAT'S NEW
News

X-Fest

  • October 2009 through February 2010
  • 36 locations worldwide
  • X-fest is a global series of FREE technical seminars, offering practical, how-to training for designers interested in using the new Spartan®-6 and Virtex®-6 FPGA families from Xilinx.

 

Application Notes
  • Analog for Xilinx FPGAs Solutions Guide (pdf) - Recommended National analog solutions for each Virtex and Spartan FGPA family as well as CoolRunner CPLDs.
  • AN-1340 - Simplified Programming of Xilinx Devices Using a SCANSTA111/112 JTAG Chain Mux
  • AN-1745 - Powering FPGAs Using LM201xx PowerWise® Synchronous Buck Regulators

Power Designer:

 

Design Resources

Reference Designs

 

Videos
Topic:  Designing Long-Reach Applications with DVI, HDMI, and PCI Express Cable Standards
Your Hosts:  Bob Pease & Dr. Howard Johnson
Guests:  Navneet Rao - Xilinx
Jim Beneke - Avnet Electronics
Stephan Kempainen and James Chang - National

Events

X-Fest

  • October 2009 through February 2010
  • 36 locations worldwide
  • X-fest is a global series of FREE technical seminars, offering practical, how-to training for designers interested in using the new Spartan®-6 and Virtex®-6 FPGA families from Xilinx.

 



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