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14 years ago

Signal Spy vs Force in Modelsim

What are the benifits using signal spy as opposed to trying to "Force" certain signals to do things in the designs. Perhaps a better question would be where would I use signal spy and where w...
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14 years ago

Thank you for the responses. THe biggest reason I have for trying to use something other than a test bench is that I need to check what happens when obscure conditions exist. Getting my design into those situations would be difficult with a test bench so I though that perhaps this was the best way to do it.

Thank you