Thanks , Rob. I have installed the free Atmel Protel on a differetn machine and opened all PLD library files with a hex editor. I have found a file called Atmel.DL which had the descriptions for all the Atmel CPLD's , including the one I needed . I then replaced the full blown PRotel PLD library file (there was an identically named file in the full blown protel library\pld folder ) and now all the missing chips are available. I was going to test the functionality by compiling a known design to verify if there are any version incompatibilities, but since you had this working the same way I'll use it without additional sanity checks.
It's interesting to note that Atmel supplies the Altium/PRotel schematic and PLD tool as a free download , packaged with a VHDL compiler for FPGA's . The PRotel executables are the regular PRotel 99se (with sp6 included) files, libraries are trimmed down to just Atmel parts but are more recent . The Atmel.DL file I needed is dated 1998 , whereas the official PRotel 99se Atmel.dl library file is even older. This just shows how much effort PRotel really spends for the fixes and upgrades. All they had to do was include the new Atmel library in their sp6 or make it downloadable off their website , since it is already available for free from Atmel. It took me a few hours in all , from the clueless stage to having it working . It should take about 10 minutes in all for a software engineer who knows the Protel libraries and knows they have this free PLD/FPGA design tool deal with Atmel. That's what, $10 in cost for a library upgrade, at most ? i had initially suggested our customer to go with xilinx and use their coolrunner parts since the webpack is free and works ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel PLD/CUPL Question > > > If you look in the Design Explorer 99 SE\Library\PLD directory you will find the > files for Protel PLD including Atmel.DL which as I recall contains the info you > are looking for. I did this type of thing more than 2 years ago so I can't > remember exactly, but all CUPL files are there. At one point with Protel 99 PLD > was fighting me so much that I created the CUPL file in Protel than compiled it > with WINCUPL. Later with Protel 99 SE I compiled it fine. > > I just changed the ATMEL.DL file and the PLD configure options changed to match, > so I suspect this is the file you want to copy. > > > You might also try renaming the Protel PLD directory to something else then > copying the Atmel PLD directory over, so the full version of Protel uses the > Atmel Files. > > Rob > > > > > > > ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: CB35C126344C8448B92644D0B30AA1AC39ED2D4C * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
