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18 years ago

quartus_sim and TCL data size

Hi, A quick question regarding TCL data types used with the quartus_sim shell. I have a simulation that I am trying to automate with data generated in Matlab. The input data is unsigned, 16 bits w...
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18 years ago

What is your value of $in? Is it in binary or decimal format? It it is in binary, probably this causes the problem. The value of $in should ok, as long as the value is less than 65535 - note this in decimal format not binary. If your $in is in binary,you may want to convert it to decimal before you call the force_simulation_value TCL API. Hope it helps.