Simulation: Self Checking TestBench

Question

Hi all,

Is it possible to simulate a self checking testbench in Quartus. For example,

Say my DUT is a multiplier, I want to input data: Random 1, data: Random2 and check if the DUT output is == to Random1 X Random2 in my testbench. Can this be done with out using the waveform format. Most Altera documents talk about inputting stimulus in waveform format. Is there a wave to input stimulus in text format. Help me with this.

Using Modelsim for this kind of simulation prevent me from using Altera's Megafunctions, is there any way around it?

altera_forum · Answer

You want to use Modelsim, and you can use megafunctions for this. The Verification part of the Quartus II handbook should discuss this:

http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/qts/qts_qii53001.pdf

It's probably the altera_mf.v/hd libraries you want, and is discussed in the Functional RTL Simulation section.

There are also scripts that can be used for loading libraries. (They can be a little overkill, in that they can load more than your design needs, but to cover everyone they need to do this.)

http://www.altera.com/support/examples/tcl/tcl-modelsim.html

altera_forum · Answer

Thank You. I found the info on that document. I just had to compile the libray.

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