Honored ContributorHi, I must move from the Quartus Simulator to ModelSim and I have a question about simulating with AHDL. Will ModelSim simulate User written AHDL files? Will ModelSim simulate megafunctions based on AHDL?
Thanks, joe
Honored ContributorNo and No. You will have to simulate the post place and routed design (this is what the quartus simulator did with designs anyway).
Honored ContributorModelsim will only support VHDL and Verilog (and Altera also do not advise using AHDL for new designs).
Honored ContributorHonored ContributorIt will be a gate level simuation. Modelsim is unable to simulation AHDL code.
I highly suggest moving to VHDL or Verilog. It allows much more flexability when it comes to testbenches.Honored ContributorHonored ContributorQuartus does gate level. RTL simulation runs much much faster because it simulates the code directly. One is not better than the other, they both have their purposes, but you wouldnt usually do gate level simulation unless you had to (because of how slowly it runs).
Honored ContributorTo my recollection the internal Quartus 9.x simulator can also do functional simulation.
