Vendor Tools

Implementing an FPGA design in a device via Altium Designer requires the installation of third-party software. FPGA vendors offer these tools, which can be downloaded from the vendor web sites - links are provided below.

Please note: To support the latest versions of the vendor tools, you may need to update files in Altium Designer system. Follow the links to the relevant files and installation instructions below.

Actel™ Designer or Libero™

Versions supported:

6.0 - 7.3 inclusive

To update your Altium Designer system to support these versions of Actel Designer or Libero read the note: Updating Altium Designer to support the Actel Designer or Libero FPGA tools.

Information on Actel Designer and Actel Libero

Download Actel Designer Software Version 7.3

Altera® Quartus® II

Versions supported:

3.0 - 8.0 inclusive

The Summer 08 SP1 release of Altium Designer supports Altera Nios II 5.1 to 8.0 which is available in Nios II Embedded Design Suite 5.1 to 8.0.
Note: A valid full license of Altera Nios II is required to successfully use the Nios II core.

To update your Altium Designer system to support these versions of Altera Quartus II read the note: Updating Altium Designer to support the latest Altera Quartus II FPGA tools.

Information on Altera Quartus II

Download Altera Quartus II Web Edition Software Version 8.0

Lattice® ispLever®

Versions supported:

4.2 - 7.1 inclusive

To update your Altium Designer system to support these versions of Lattice ispLever read the note: Updating Altium Designer to support the latest Lattice ispLever FPGA tools.

Information on Lattice ispLever

Download Lattice ispLever Starter evaluation software 

Xilinx® ISE

Versions supported:

6.1i - 10.1i inclusive

The Summer 08 release of Altium Designer supports Xilinx MicroBlaze 4.00 and 6.00 which is available in EDK 7.1 to 8.1 and EDK 8.2 to to 10.1 respectively.
Note: A valid full license of Xilinx EDK is required to successfully use the MicroBlaze core.

To update your Altium Designer system to support these versions of Xilinx ISE read the note: Updating Altium Designer to support the latest Xilinx ISE FPGA tools.

Information on Xilinx ISE

Download Xilinx ISE WebPACK 10.1i