Actel Silicon Explorer, Quick Start Manual

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Table of Contents
Preface
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Silicon Explorer Quick Start
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Connecting to the PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Software Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Connecting Power to the Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Powering the Silicon Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Current Consumption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Using an External Power Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Connecting the Probe Pilot to the FPGA . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Connecting Signals to the Target for Logic Analysis . . . . . . 3
Connecting the Probe Leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using the Probe Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using the Timing Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Troubleshooting FAQs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Diagnostic Self Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10