Advanced Debugging/Editing/Planning Tool (ADEPT) is a free tool that helps users with Xilinx FPGA designs including pin editing, design planning/review, documentation, debugging, etc. Please join ADEPT User Group if you would like to receive ADEPT announcements and updates. 

Documentation

• Advanced Debugging/Editing/Planning Tool User Guide includes licensing terms, installation instructions, command descriptions, examples, etc. The PDF version is available from "Help->ADEPT User Guide" menu of ADEPT GUI.

• My ADEPT Blog has some notes and tips & tricks on ADEPT  

• Spartan6 Clock Region View 
• Special Pin Setup Window 
• Logic Utilization View
• Spartan6 GCLK View In Excel 
• Virtex5 ComponentView 
• Virtex6 DSP48 View | Virtex5 DSP48 View
• IO Bank View 
• Make Part Compatible Window 
• Control Set View | Control Set in Excel
• Pin Table View | Table in Excel
• Footprint in Excel 
• MGT Pin View 
• V5 MGT Map in Excel
• MGT Attribute View | MGT Attribute in Excel
• MGT Connection View 

 Download

This page is updated frequently. Please click "Refresh" button on your web browser if any link appears missing  because your browser may use a cached version of the old page.

IMPORTANT: 
If files below have been customized, please back them up before installing the new version on top of the old version:

• $ADEPT_INST_DIR\lib\gtp_attrs.csv
• $ADEPT_INST_DIR\lib\gtp_pins.csv

Feb 9, 10: ADEPT 0.39.4 is latest version.   7zip compressed (3.5MB)       Winzip compressed (3.9MB)
Updates:

• View->Logic Utilization View also reports SLICE/LUT utilization by clock region for Virtex5.
• View->Clock Region View supports Spartan6
• View->Component View works for Spartan6 BUFIO2, BUFIO2FB
• Tools->Special Pin Setup supports Spartan6. It also calculates the config time.
• Fixed bug #77

Jan 6, 10: ADEPT 0.39.0 is released.  
Updates:

• ISE 11.4 is supported.
• MGT Attributes/Connection View now supports Virtex6.
• Added "View->DSP48 View" for Virtex6, Virtex5 and Spartan6
• "File->Export CSV for Orcad" supports for Virtex6.
• Added "Excel->Show Spartan-6 GCLK in Excel" function
• Added enhancements to Tools->Special Pin Setup function
• "File->Generate ViewDraw Symbol" function supports Virtex6.
• "MGT Pin View" and "Show MGT Map in Excel" supports Virtex6 HXT devices.
• "File->Generate ViewDraw Symbol" function supports Spartan6.
• Virtex4 support dropped
• Fixed bug #72, #73, #74, #75, #76

Sep 16, 09: ADEPT 0.38.0 is released. 
Updates:

• ISE 11.3 is supported.
• Added "Tools->Special Pin Setup" function for Virtex6
• "Show MGT Map in Excel" now supports Spartan6.
• "Show Table in Excel" now supports Spartan6.
• Component View and Logic Utilization View now support Spartan6
• Added "Make Part Compatible" function for Spartan6
• "MGT Pin View" now supports Spartan6
• Added initial support for Sparta6
• Added support for Virtex6
• Added DRC for Spartan3ADSP
• Fixed bug #65, #66, #67, #68, #69, #70

Click to see release notes for all versions

Design Notes

Generate Orcad Symbol

Feature Request

Please email the author if you want to have new features added.

Click to see the complete feature request

Bug Log

Please report any bug to the author.
Click to see the complete bug log

Tutorial