ModelSim Tutorial

GEGETTITTING STANG STARTERTED WITH ModeTH ModellSSiimm GEGETTITTING STANG STARTERTETH ModeTH ModellSSiimm AN Introduction Reza Nekovei Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department Texas A&M University-Kingsville Introduction: The following handout demonstrates how to create and simulate a new VHDL project using Altera ModelSim 5.8e. ModelSim is used to simulate and verify the functionality of VHDL code as part of Quartus II design flow shown below: 1ÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆ I. Starting ModelSim 1. Start ModelSim from start menu or Windows shortcut icon: Start Programs ModelSim ModelSim 2. Upon running ModelSim, you will see the Welcome to ModelSim 5.8e dialog (Figure 1). If the dialog does not show up, you can display it by selecting Help Welcome Menu from the Main window. Figure 1: “Welcome to ModelSim 5.8e” dialog II. Create a New Project The first thing to do is to create a project. Project set-up eases the interaction with ModelSim and is useful for organizing files and simulation settings. 1. Create a new project by clicking on Jumpstart on the Welcome to ModelSim dialog, and then on Create a Project. You can also create a new project without the help of the dialog window by selecting: File New Project from the Main window. 2ÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆÆ 2. A “Create Project” window pops up (Figure 2). Select a suitable name for your project; set the Project ...