The Editor for Programmable Integrated Circuits (EPIC) is a graphical application for displaying and configuring Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Use EPIC to place and route critical components before running the automatic place and route tools on your designs. You can also use EPIC to manually finish placement and routing if the routing program does not completely route your design. In addition, EPIC reads from and writes to the Physical Constraints File (PCF).
To perform the actions necessary to configure a device, EPIC has its own set of commands. There are a number of ways to invoke these commands. You can use pull-down menus, push buttons, command scripts and aliases. You can also type the commands on a command line. The default settings for these methods allow multiple ways of performing most commands, but you can also configure each of these methods to suit your needs.
