5.8.6.1 Viewing Cores in the Catalog

The font indicates the status of the core:

  • Plain text - In vault and available for use
  • Asterisk after name (*) - Newer version of the core (VLN) available for download
  • Italics - Core is available for download but not in your vault
    • Strikethrough - core is not valid for this version of Libero IDE

The colored icons indicate the license status. Blank means that the core is not license protected in any way. Colored icons mean that the core is license protected, with the following meanings:

Green Key - Fully licensed; supports the entire design flow.

Yellow Key - Has a limited or evaluation license only. Precompiled simulation libraries are provided, enabling the core to be instantiated and simulated within the Microchip Libero Integrated Design Environment (IDE). Using the Evaluation version of the core it is possible to create and simulate the complete design in which the core is being included. The design is not synthesizable (RTL code is not provided). No license feature in the license.dat file is needed to run the core in evaluation mode. You can purchase a license to generate an obfuscated or RTL netlist.

Yellow Key with Red Circle - License is protected; you are not licensed to use this core.

Right-click any item in the Catalog and choose Show Details for a short summary of the core specifications. Select Open Documentation for more information on the Core. Right-click and choose Configure Core to open the core generator.

Click the Name column heading to sort the cores alphabetically.

You can filter the cores according to the data in the Name and Description fields. Type the data into the filter field to view the cores that match the filter. You may find it helpful to set the Catalog Display Options to List cores alphabetically when using the filters to search for cores. By default the filter contains a beginning and ending ‘*’, so if you type ‘controller’ you get all cores with controller in the core name (case insensitive search) or in the core description. For example, to list all the Accumulator cores, in the filter field type:

accu