Release notes for the Flasher BitStreamer

Version 1.40.0 [02. March 2026]

1. Feature: Added remark for reversed bit slices in STAPL sources.
2. Feature: Added '--power-on-delay' command-line option to allow supply to stabilize after being turned on and before programming commences.
3. Feature: Added '--[no]power' to apply 5V power to pin 19 before programming and remove it after programming.
4. Feature: Added '--[no-]track-lines command-line option to emit STAPL line numbers into application source code as comments.
5. Feature: Added '-E' command-line option to preprocess STAPL file to standard output.
6. Feature: The '-a' option, used to select the STAPL action, now appends the action name to the output file names.
7. Feature: Added '--[no-]show-progress' command-line options to control emission of progress messages when programming through SVF.
8. Feature: Added '--[no-]crc-comment' to display the CRC-32 of uncompressed bitstream data to assist in data integrity checks.
9. Feature: Warns if STAPL 'PUSH' or 'POP' is used without mandatory "STACK_DEPTH" note.
10. Feature: Added '--stack-depth' command-line option to set STAPL stack depth.
11. Feature: Warns if calculated file CRC does not match declared file CRC.
12. Feature: Added '--vtref' command-line option to set voltage-good voltage.
13. Improvement: Export of Boolean vectors or slices with more than 32 elements is now supported.
14. Improvement: SVF source files can now specify TDI, TDO, MASK, and SMASK in any order.
15. Improvement: The file extension ".stapl" is accepted and indicates a STAPL source file.
16. Improvement: Added check on Flasher DLL version: V8.26 or later is required for proper operation.
17. Improvement: Faster construction of SVF bitstreams.
18. Bugfix: Long bit sequences in COMPARE could potentially fail when they should have succeeded. Fixed.
19. Bugfix: Some literal constants in IRSCAN and DRSCAN statements were not converted to arrays. Fixed.
20. Bugfix: IRSCAN and DRSCAN with COMPARE using Boolean literals were not handled correctly. Fixed.