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Helen5
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3 years ago
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Intel FPGA Questor simulation doesn't see lower level components

Hi, I am simulating a design which has a couple of levels using GUI. When I choose the top level to simulate, I could not see the lower level components below it, thus cannot add the signals on tho...
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    RichardT_altera
    3 years ago

    Ah! I think there is a slight different between Questa and Modelsim. The double-click on the processor1 in Modelsim provide full visibility into every aspect of the design (+acc=<full>). While Questa only provide visibility to ports only. (+acc=p)

    Reference on -voptargs: https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~jhoe/doku/doku.php?id=a_short_intro_to_modelsim_verilog_simulator

     

    I am not too sure why the changes though, people from the Siemen probably know this.

    A few ways to get full visibility are:

    1) Enter below command to get the full visibility. By adding -voptargs=+acc .

    vsim -voptargs=+acc work.processor1

    2) Right-click the processor1 and select simulate. Instead of double-click.

    Best Regards,

    Richard Tan

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RichardT_altera
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3 years ago

Sorry for the late reply.

I not sure why there is a different between Modelsim vs Questasim.

But I found a way to see the lower level component. Highlight all the module in the work project and right-click, simulate.

This will show up everything.

Best Regards,

Richard Tan

p/s: If any answer from the community or Intel Support are helpful, please feel free to give best answer or rate 4/5 survey.

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Helen5
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3 years ago

Hi Richard,

Thanks for looking into this.

I can see the lower level components.

My problem with Questa Intel FPGA is that once started simulating a components, it doesn't show any components under it, thus no way to see the waveforms of the signals in these lower level components.

Regards

Helen