Diamond 3.12: How to fix "ERROR - synthesis: PM <wi5s00> needs friend <sn5w00> and was unable to locate it." ?

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  Description: When launching Diamond software on Windows, below error might occur: "ERROR - PM needs friend and was unable to locate it" Solution: This is an installation process issue. This means that there is/are file/s on the installation directory ...

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  In Diamond version 3.14, there is a bug where it incorrectly limits the number of PLLs in the device to 0 for LFE5U-12F. Example error message: ERROR - (device oversize error). The number of PLL components needed (1) exceeds the number available. ...

• 2153 - ispLEVER to Diamond: error generated when migrating a schematic-based design?

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• 1249 - Lattice Diamond: Synthesis: How do I initialize ORCALUT via Synthesis?<br>

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• Diamond version 3.12 SP1 and older on Windows 11: ERROR - logical block ... is unexpanded

  Description: In Diamond version 3.12 SP1 and older, "ERROR - logical block ... is unexpanded" can be encountered in Synthesis when using Windows 11. Solution: There is no planned fix for this issue. This is due to Windows 11 support for Diamond 3.12 ...