Re: [myhdl-list] Introduction and Question

[Christopher F. <chr...@gm...>]

On 12/18/2012 9:40 AM, Daryl Wasden wrote:
> Christopher Felton <chris.felton <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>>
>> <snip>.
>>>>
>>>> We might want to poll the MyHDL community and see what the most popular
>>>> VHDL simulator used is.  Might be easier to get more help :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> Here we use Xilinx iSIM, Modelsim and we are also starting to use
>>> Xilinx' next generator simulator (called Vivado Simulator).
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Angel
>>>
>>
>> Isim does not support VPI/DPI/VHPI, it has not support for external
>> interfaces.  Do you know if the Vivado Simulator is based on Isim?  Does
>> VivaSim support VHPI?
>>
>> Are you using a Vendor version of Modelsim?  Or do you have one of the
>> DE/PE/Questa (was SE)?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chris
>>
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>
> Chris,
>
> I have a copy of model sim se with a research license in my lab. I
> have used it with vhdl extensively before this. I just don't have
> a license for working at home. Not a big deal. I will look into the FLI
> information you posted.

As a student (any type of student) you can get the student version of 
modelsim, Modelsim PE.  This will have the FLI and majority of the 
features you are probably interested in.

It sounds like there is, at least a small majority using Modelsim (I too 
use Modelsim in addition to NCsim, CVC).  Modelsim probably is a 
reasonable choice.  The only downside - I believe - is that it will be 
hard to leverage the existing VPI examples for the mentor FLI.

Regards,
Chris