13.12.3 Using Existing Projects with SmartDesign

You can use existing Libero® Integrated Design Environment (IDE) projects with available building blocks in the project to assemble a new SmartDesign design component. You do not have to migrate existing top-level designs to SmartDesign and there is no automatic conversion of the existing design blocks to the SmartDesign format.

Note:
  • Cores used in previous versions of software will work in SmartDesign, but they will NOT include standard bus interfaces if they are available. Bus interfaces (BIFs) can be recovered by regenerating the core in the latest software.
  • Examples of cores with standard BIFs: ASB, Flash Memory System Builder, VRPSM, AMBA DirectCore(s), and similar.