Quartus® Prime Pro Edition User Guide: Third-party Simulation

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Date 7/08/2024
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1.4. Supported Simulation Flows

The Quartus® Prime software supports scripted and specialized simulation flows.
Table 2.  Simulation Flows
Simulation Flow Description
Scripted Simulation Flows Scripted simulation supports custom control of all aspects of simulation, such as custom compilation commands, or multipass simulation flows. Use a version-independent top-level simulation script that sources Quartus® Prime-generated IP simulation setup scripts. The Quartus® Prime software can generate a combined simulator setup script for all IP cores, for each supported simulator.
Run Simulation You can use the Run Simulation feature in the Quartus® Prime Pro Edition software to integrate your supported third-party EDA simulator and automate generation of simulator-specific files and setup scripts, compilation of simulation libraries, and launch of your simulation.
Qrun Flow The Qrun flow optionally creates simulation files, including the functional simulation model, and any testbench (or example design) for the QuestaSim* and Questa* Intel® FPGA Edition simulators only. The Qrun flow can automatically combine the compile, optimize, and simulate functions into a single step.
Specialized Simulation Flows Specialized simulation flows support various design scenarios:
  • For simulation of example designs, refer to the example design pr IP documentation.
  • For simulation of Platform Designer designs, refer to Simulating Platform Designer Systems in Quartus® Prime Standard Edition User Guide: Platform Designer .
  • For simulation of the Nios® V processor, refer to the Nios V Embedded Processor Design Handbook.