Unit installation

MAX+PLUS II Getting Started
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fan-in and fan-out Fan-in refers to input
signals that feed the input equations of a
logic cell.
Fan-out refers to output signals that are fed
by the output equations of a logic cell.
FastTrack Interconnect Dedicated
connection paths that span the entire width
and height of a FLEX 6000, FLEX 8000,
MAX 9000, or FLEX 10K device. These
connection paths allow signals to travel
between all Logic Array Blocks (LABs) in a
device.
FCF see FLEX Chain File.
file icon An icon that appears in a
MAX+PLUS II application window and
represents a file in the current hierarchy
tree. Double-clicking Button 1 on an icon
opens the file that it represents.
In the Hierarchy Display, the file icon
shows which MAX+PLUS II editor can
open the file. The filename extension is
displayed at the bottom of the file icon to
show the file type; the filename is
displayed to the left of the file icon.
In the Compiler, the file icons show input
and output files for the current project.
filename The name of a design file,
ancillary file, or other file, without the
extension.
A single filename can contain up to 32
name characters, plus a 3-character
filename extension. A full pathname plus
filename and extension can contain up to
128 characters.
Because Windows 3.1 and Windows for
Workgroups 3.11 support only 8-character
filenames, MAX+PLUS II maps longer
filenames on all Windows operating
systems to 8-character filenames by
default. These filename mappings are
stored in the maxplus2.idx file in each
directory that contains long filenames.
However, you can override this behavior
and us the built-in support for long
filenames available in Windows NT and
Windows 95 by setting the
USE_WINNT_LONG_FILENAMES variable
in the [system] section of your
maxplus2.ini file to ON.
In the Hierarchy Display window, a
filename, along with the file icon and
filename extension, represents a file in the
current hierarchy tree.
filename extension The one, two, or three-
letter extension of a filename that follows a
period (.).
In the Hierarchy Display window, a
filename extension, along with the
filename and the file icon, represents a file
in the current hierarchy or the current
project.
Fit File (.fit) An ASCII file (with the
extension .fit) generated by the Compiler
that documents pin, logic cell, I/O cell,
embedded cell, chip, and device
assignments made during the last
compilation. Assignments are recorded in
Assignment & Configuration File (.acf)
syntax.
The Fit File can be used for back-annotation
and for functional testing in the Simulator
and Programmer. To preserve assignments
permanently, Fit File assignments can be
back-annotated into a projectÕs ACF with
the Back-Annotate Project command
(Assign menu).
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