Designer Series software comes with on-line manuals. These manuals are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. This document lists and briefly describes the manuals that are included with the Designer Series software. These same documents are available here on the website.

• Designer Series Development System R1-1999 Release Notes
  This document contains information about new features and enhancements, discontinued support, and known limitations for the designer Series Development System R1-1999 release.
  
  
• Release Notes Addendum
  
  
• Designing with Actel
  This manual describes the design flow and user interface for the Actel Designer Series software, including information about using the ACTgen Macro Builder and ACTmap VHDL Synthesis software.
  
  
• Actel HDL Coding Style Guide
  This guide provides preferred coding styles for the Actel architecture and information about optimizing HDL code for Actel devices.
  
  
• ACTmap VHDL Synthesis Methodology Guide
  This guide contains information, optimization techniques, and procedures to assist designers in the design of Actel devices using ACTmap VHDL.
  
  
• Silicon Expert User's Guide (Beta)
  This guide contains information and procedures to assist designers in the use of the Actel Silicon Expert tool.
  
  
• Cadence® Interface Guide
  This guide contains information and procedures to assist designers in the design of Actel devices using Cadence CAE software and the Designer Series software.
  
  
• Mentor Graphics® Interface Guide
  This guide contains information and procedures to assist designers in the design of Actel devices using Mentor Graphics CAE software and the Designer Series software.
  
  
• MOTIVE(TM) Static Timing Analysis Interface Guide
  This guide contains information and procedures to assist designers in the use of the MOTIVE software to perform static timing analysis on Actel designs.
  
  
• Synopsys® Synthesis Methodology Guide
  This guide contains preferred HDL coding styles and information and procedures to assist designers in the design of Actel devices using Synopsys CAE software and the Designer Series software.
  
  
• Viewlogic® Powerview Interface Guide
  This guide contains information and procedures to assist designers in the design of Actel devices using Powerview CAE software and the Designer Series software.
  
  
• Viewlogic Workview® Office Interface Guide
  This guide contains information and procedures to assist designers in the design of Actel devices using Workview Office CAE software and the Designer Series software.
  
  
• VHDL Vital Simulation Guide
  This guide contains information and procedures to assist designers in simulating Actel designs using a Vital compliant VHDL simulator.
  
  
• Verilog® Simulation Guide
  This guide contains information and procedures to assist designers in simulating Actel designs using a Verilog simulator.
  
  
• Activator and APS Programming System Installation and User's Guide
  This guide contains information about how to program and debug Actel devices, including information about using the Silicon Explorer diagnostic tool for system verification.
  
  
• Designer Series Development System Conversion Guide UNIX® Environments
  This guide describes how to convert designs created in Designer Series versions 3.0 and 3.1 for UNIX to be compatible with later versions of Designer Series.
  
  
• Designer Series Development System Conversion Guide Windows® Environments
  This guide describes how to convert designs created in Designer Series versions 3.0 and 3.1 for Windows to be compatible with later versions of Designer Series.
  
  
• Macro Library Guide
  This guide provides descriptions of Actel library elements for Actel device families. Symbols, truth tables, and pin loading are included for all macros.
  
  
• A Guide to ACTgen Macros
  This guide provides descriptions of macros that can be generated using the Actel ACTgen Macro Builder software.