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10 years ago

Running a simulation in Modelsim

Hi,

Appreciate your help regarding running simulations in Modelsim. I have a set of modelsim files that runs on modelsim altera starter edition version 10.0c. I have check and it works. It doesn't run on other versions.

I tried to run the simulation with code coverage in modelsim SE but got errors relating to incompatible libraries. I know that the modelsim simulation contains references to some custom pre-compiled libraries.

May I know if anyone did similar simulations before and can it be done?

Thanks.

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    10 years ago

    make sure the Quartus II version that used to generate the modelsim files is compatible with it's modelsim version.

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    10 years ago

    OFten you can right click on the library and click "refresh" and it will try and compile the library for the current version.

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    10 years ago

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    make sure the Quartus II version that used to generate the modelsim files is compatible with it's modelsim version.

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    Hi, may I know where can I find the compatibility information?
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    10 years ago

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    OFten you can right click on the library and click "refresh" and it will try and compile the library for the current version.

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    Hi, I do not have the source files for some libraries, so when I click refresh, I got a "file not found" error.
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    10 years ago

    Please check the Quartus compability version in the <modelsim install path>/altera/version.txt

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    10 years ago

    ModelSim altera starter edition 10.0c is compatible with Quartus II 11.1 .

    If you are not using Quartus II 11.1, you may need to upgrade the modelsim to compatible with your Quartus II version.

    Below are the text from <modelsim install path>/altera/version.txt for Quartus II 11.1.

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    Model Technology ModelSim ALTERA 10.0c

    Libraries compatible with :

    Quartus II 32-bit ShellVersion 11.1 Build 259 01/25/2012 Service Pack 2 SJ Full Version

    Note : Please use ONLY with Quartus II Install version to avoid incompatibility issues.

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