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Debugging a VHDL design
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ModelSim EE Lessons ModelSim EE Tutorial
Model
Sim
modifies the
modelsim.ini
file for you.
5
Start the simulator by entering the following command at the UNIX/DOS prompt:
vsim
The Load Design dialog box is displayed, as shown below.
6
Perform the following steps in this
dialog box:
• Make sure that the simulator
resolution is
ns (default)
.
• Look in the Design Unit scroll
box and select the configuration
named
test_adder_structural
.
• Click
Load
to accept the
settings.
(PROMPT: vsim -t ns
work.test_adder_structural)
7
To open all of the VSIM windows,
enter the following command in
the Main window at the VSIM
prompt:
view *
(Main MENU: View > All)
Model
Sim
will open all the windows in the positions you left them in at the end of
the last exercise if no one has run the simulator since then.
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Drag and drop the top-level signals to the List window in the following manner: make
sure the hierarchy is not expanded (no minus boxes), select all signals in the Signals
window with Edit > Select All, then drag the selected signals to the List window.
(Signals MENU: View > List > Signals in Region) (PROMPT: add list /*)