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If you have not already done so, perform
Setting Up the Incisive Enterprise Simulator
Working Environment.
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Start the IES software by typing
nclaunch
at a command
prompt:
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On the File menu, click Set Design
Directory.
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Browse to your design directory.
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Click Create
cds.lib File. In the New cds.lib File dialog
box, select the libraries to include and click
Save.
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Under Work
Library, click New.
Note:
Intel
recommends using the IES (Verilog or VHDL) default
library names when you create a library. You
should name the IES software libraries as follows:
- When you run the IES software
independently from the Quartus® Prime software, you should name your
library work.
- When you run the IES software
automatically from the Quartus® Prime software, your library is
automatically named gate_work under the current project
directory, and the work alias is mapped to the
gate_work
directory when performing gate level
simulation.
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Specify your new work library name; for
example, type
work
.
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Click OK.
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Repeat steps 7 and 8 for each
functional simulation library; for example, for
other work library names, you could type
lpm
, altera_mf
, altera
.
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In the Set
Design Directory dialog box, click
OK.
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In the Library Browser, right-click the
files you want to compile, and then click
NCVhdl on
the pop-up menu.
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In the Compile VHDL dialog box, you will see
a list of all of the files you selected. Apply any
wanted options, and then click OK.
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Repeat steps 12 and 13 to compile the
VHDL Output File for the project and the
appropriate library model files.
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To simulate the design, click
Simulator
and type
<work
library>.<top-level entity name>
in the Design
Unit text box.
To
direct the IES software to generate a Value Change Dump File
that you can then use to perform power analysis in the
Quartus® Prime
PowerPlay Power Analyzer:
- In the file explorer pane, select the
<testbench or design instance
name>_dump_all_vcd_nodes.tcl Tcl Script File
(.tcl) generated by the Quartus® Prime EDA Netlist Writer.
- On the File menu, click Source. The Tcl
Script File directs the IES software to monitor
and write the output signals contained in the Tcl
Script File to a Value Change Dump File during
simulation.