Easy-to-Use Design Software for MAX 7000 Designs

The Quartus^® II Web Edition and MAX+PLUS^® II BASELINE design software provide no-cost software support for MAX^® 7000 CPLDs. Both tools offer an easy-to-use and comprehensive design environment for system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions with synthesis, place-and-route, design verification and simulation, and device programming capabilities. The two software platforms also offer seamless integration with third-party synthesis and simulation tools.

Table 1 lists the features supported by the Quartus II and MAX+PLUS II software.

Table 1. Quartus II & MAX+PLUS II Software Features
Design Method	Supported Features
Design Entry	Schematic entry Text entry Verilog VHDL AHDL
Synthesis	Integrated register transfer level (RTL) synthesis Support for third-party synthesis flows
Place-and-Route	PowerFit^™ technology in the Quartus II software Physical re-synthesis algorithms in the MAX+PLUS II software Compile times of less than one minute for the majority of MAX 7000 device designs
Design Verification & Simulation	Integrated verification & simulation tools Inter-operation with third-party EDA simulators
Device Programming	In-system programmability Programming via external hardware

Customers should follow the general software recommendation, as shown in Table 2, for designing with MAX 7000 CPLDs.

Table 2. Software Recommendation for Designing with MAX 7000 CPLDs
Devices	New Projects	Existing Projects
MAX 7000B (2.5 V)	Quartus II	MAX+PLUS II
MAX 7000AE (3.3 V)	Quartus II	MAX+PLUS II
MAX 7000S (5.0 V)	MAX+PLUS II	MAX+PLUS II

To download Altera's software tools, visit the Quartus II Web Edition software and MAX+PLUS II BASELINE software web sites.

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