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I also know that MATLAB is pretty pricey software for a small company like ours, but maybe it isn't so bad compared to licensing someone else's IP?
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I'm unsure of the extent of your requirements, but you could look at some opensource alternatives to Matlab/Simulink, such as Octave/Scicos or SciLab. I did a quick search and found Scicos-HDL:
http://scicoshdl.sourceforge.net/projectscreenshots.html which may or may not help depending on your requirements.
Remember that these projects are done independently of Altera or Xilinx (unlike MATLAB/Simulink) so I'm not very sure how well it would work. Worth giving it a try though, it's free anyway.
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