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Altera_Forum
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12 years ago

Complete tool for beginners

Hi, i just started learning about VHDL and FPGAs. I have found too many information online and i don't know where to start from. I am wondering if Quartus Web edition and ModelSim is everything i nee...
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12 years ago

I own circuit design with vhdl by volnei a. pedroni (http://www.amazon.com/circuit-design-vhdl-volnei-pedroni/dp/0262162245) it seems to be enough for a start.

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Once you write VHDL that is more complex than simply blinking an LED, you should create a testbench, i.e., a fake environment in which to test the component that you will synthesize.

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What do you mean by that? Can i do it using quartus II?