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KLohr
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6 years ago

Is it possible to simulate with the ModelSim Altera Edition (free) the On-Chip Flash Intel FPGA IP? I am able to simulate with questa-sim at my work place, but I get an error (below) when trying to simulate at home with the free version.

I'm using Quartus Prime Lite Edition 18.1 with the On-Chip Flash Intel FPGA IP. When I use the Tools/Run Simulation Tool/RTL Simulation I get an error: "# ** Error: (vsim-3033) C:/DigitalAir/CCIOEXP...
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KLohr
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6 years ago

Anand,

Thanks for getting back to me. I am using Quartus Prime Lite edition 18.1 with the Modelsim-Altera (free) simulator and I am not allowed to Launch EDA simulation Library compiler. I get the following message:

I have created a test fpga that shows the problem I am having. To keep the size smaller, you will have to

1. Unzip the file testfpga.zip to your c drive .

2. Use quartus prime lite 18.1 to open the project testfpga.qpf

3. Compile the project

4. Simulate with Tools/Run Simulation Tool/RTL Simulation and you should see the problem.

5. I am able to compile the individual IP OK, but vsim has the problem not being able to access fiftyfivenm_ver, etc

  • AnandRaj_S_Intel's avatar
    AnandRaj_S_Intel
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    6 years ago

    Hi,

    I have followed steps. can't see any error.

    Attached transcript & image.

    If you still facing problem manually launch modelsim and load msim_setup.tcl.

    Regards

    Anand

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      KLohr
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      6 years ago
      Yes, but are you using Modelsim-Altera (free) simulator? Kermit
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      KLohr
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      6 years ago
      Okay, so I ran the msim_setup.tcl and I get the same failure. transcript is attached. Kermit.
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      KLohr
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      6 years ago
      Hey Anand, OK, I fixed the first problem. For some reason, my Modelsim doesn't have fiftyfivenm_ver compiled in. So I added the following to my simulation script. vlib testfpga_iputf_libs/fiftyfivenm_ver vmap fiftyfivenm_ver ./testfpga_iputf_libs/fiftyfivenm_ver vlog -vlog01compat -work fiftyfivenm_ver {c:/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/quartus/eda/sim_lib/fiftyfivenm_atoms.v} vlog -vlog01compat -work fiftyfivenm_ver {c:/intelFPGA_lite/18.1/quartus/eda/sim_lib/mentor/fiftyfivenm_atoms_ncrypt.v} That fixed that problem. Now I'm back to the other problem: # ** Error: (vsim-3033) C:/testfpga/flash_ip/synthesis/submodules/altera_onchip_flash.v(309): Instantiation of 'altera_onchip_flash_block' failed. The design unit was not found." My transcript is attached.