ModelSim Overview Unified mixed language simulation engine for ease of use and performance Native support of Verilog, SystemVerilog for design, VHDL, and SystemC for effective verification of sophisticated design environments Fast time-to-debugeasy to use, multi-language debug environment Advanced code coverage and analysis tools for fast time to coverage closure. Connectivity Electrification Autonomous Architecture. For improved debug productivity, ModelSim also has graphical and textual dataflow capabilities.Įlectronic Design Automation. User-defined enumeration values can be easily defined for quicker understanding of simulation results. Race conditions, delta, and event activity can be analyzed in the list and wave windows. Signal values can be annotated in the source window and viewed in the waveform viewer, easing debug navigation with hyperlinked navigation between objects and its declaration and between visited files.
ModelSim allows many debug and analysis capabilities to be employed post-simulation on saved results, as well as during live simulation runs.įor example, the coverage viewer analyzes and annotates source code with code coverage results, including FSM state and transition, statement, expression, branch, and toggle coverage. The ModelSim debug environment efficiently displays design data for analysis and debug of all languages.
ModelSim eases the process of finding design defects with an intelligently engineered debug environment. ModelSim combines simulation performance and capacity with the code coverage and debugging capabilities required to simulate multiple blocks and systems and attain ASIC gate-level sign-off. Code coverage metrics can be reported by instance or by design unit, providing flexibility in managing coverage data. Coverage results can be viewed interactively, post-simulation, or after a merge of multiple simulation runs. Coverage utilities that analyze code coverage data, such as merging and test ranking, are available. The ModelSim advanced code coverage capabilities provide valuable metrics for systematic verification.Īll coverage information is stored in the Unified Coverage DataBase UCDBwhich is used to collect and manage all coverage information in a highly efficient database.
This allows customers to easily upgrade to Questa should they need higher performance and support for advanced Verification capabilities. All user interface operations can be scripted and simulations can run in batch or interactive modes. You can edit, recompile, and re-simulate without leaving the ModelSim environment. For example, selecting a design region in the Structure window automatically updates the Source, Signals, Process, and Variables windows.
All windows update automatically following activity in any other window. The graphical user interface is powerful, consistent, and intuitive. Its architecture allows platform-independent compile with the outstanding performance of native compiled code. * Please keep in mind that all text is machine-generated, we do not bear any responsibility, and you should always get advice from professionals before taking any actions.ModelSim packs an unprecedented level of verification capabilities in a cost-effective HDL simulation solution. All I can say to you is that you try your design with ISIM as I am successful with it. An evaluation version is available but I think Mentor willl not provide you as I am the same victim.
After that you will not get it but the default Simulator is ISIM, You have to buy ModelSim Student editiion PE but SE supports everything. Xilinx has provided Model Sim until version 9. Also, is PE better or XE or SE, Please if possible send link to all of them. If you can provide me with a link, I will be more than thankful.
I am trying to search and download a free Edition for students of ModelSim.