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10 years ago

HDL Testbench in ModelSim Altera Edition

I have been a Xilinx user in the past and I'm currently moving a design from a Xilinx part to an Altera part and having some issues with simulation. I have a VHDL testbench that runs flawlessly in t...
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10 years ago

Thanks for the prompt responses. I'm aware Quartus II does not support simulation and that I need work through ModelSim. I am running ModelSim Altera Starter Edition 10.3c but not seeing exactly how a testbench and associated FPGA design would be simply simulated in a similar fashion as I have been doing so in Xilinx ISE, clearly other steps to get to a working simulation are required.

I have not heard of NativeLink before, but it loos like it may help me. I plan on working through this example:

https://www.altera.com/support/support-resources/design-examples/design-software/simulation/modelsim/exm-ncsim-native-link.html

Are there any other good resources to understand how best to move designs from Xilinx's tool chain to Altera's? Altera application note AN307 looks like it may be of some help but does not seam to cover running existing testbenchs through Altera's tool chain.