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9 years ago

Testing AXI custom component

Hello All, What kind of support have Altera for testing custom user component with AXI4-Lite interface? There is AXI BFM? Thanks
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9 years ago

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There is AXI BFM?

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Yes, but it costs extra. The license is for the Mentor Graphics AXI BFM. Xilinx has a similar policy, but their third party BFM is from Cadence.

I'm not sure why both Altera and Xilinx have decided to use AXI, and then not provided their customers with a free BFM for verification. I have not really looked into using AXI because of this issue.

It would be nice to see an open-source AXI BFM. If anyone knows of one, please post to the list.

Cheers,

Dave