ISE Classic - Spartan and XC4000 Series Software

The Spartan™ and XC4000 series FPGA device family software support is considered stable and mature. The device support has been decoupled from the current ISE™ software to maintain this integrity.

New or existing designs targeting the Spartan, Spartan-XL, and XC4000 series device families can continue to use this software indefinitely.

Download Available

• Spartan and XC4000 series device family software (112.33 KB) — ISE 4.2i Service Pack 3 level of support.

Devices Supported

• Spartan, Spartan XL - All
• XC4000E, EX, L, XL, XLA - All

Design Entry

Unlike the ISE WebPACK, third party tools are required to accomplish design entry using this download.

Synthesis can be accomplished by using Synopsys FPGA Compiler-II, Synplicity Synplify, or Mentor Graphics LeonardoSpectrum™. The Spartan and XC4000 series device families were never supported by Xilinx Synthesis Technology.

The following Xilinx design entry tools can be used with LeonardoSpectrum™ as part of an integrated design flow:

• Xilinx ECS schematic editor
• Xilinx HDL Editor
• Xilinx StateCAD state diagram editor
• Xilinx Core Generator System for only the supported devices listed above.

Schematic capture can be accomplished with any tool that will produce an EDIF netlist for the Spartan or XC4000 series devices.

Implementation Features (ISE 4.2i)

• FloorPlanner
• Xilinx Constraints Editor
• Timing Driven Place and Route
• iMPACT Programing Tool
• FPGA Editor

Board Level Integration

• IBIS and STAMP Models

Platform Support

• Windows 98 SE, NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 4-6a), ME, 2000
• Japanese Windows 98, NT, 2000
• Chinese Windows 98
• Korean Windows 98