Modelsim is one of the best multi-language HDL simulator developed by Mentor Graphics.
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Aug 09, 2021 ModelSim (modelsim.exe). ModelSim is a program recommended for simulating all FPGA designs (Cyclone®, Arria®, and Stratix® series FPGA designs). ModelSim has a 33 percent faster simulation performance than ModelSim®-Altera® Starter Edition. ModelSim apears in two editions Altera Edition and Altera Starter Edition. Compilation in ModelSim-Altera Now that you have created and compiled the project in Quartus II. You are ready to use ModelSim to perform the testbench simulations, but first you need to compile your design files in ModelSim 1. Invoke ModelSim from Quartus: Tools Run Simulation Tool RTL Simulation 2.
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Modelsim is essential for simulation of hardware description languages such as VHDL, Verilog and SystemC. Modelsim includes also a powerful C debugger.
ModelSim can be used independently or in conjunction with Altera Quartus or Xilinx ISE/Vivado. The HDL simulation can be performed either using the graphical user interface (GUI) or automatically using TCL/TK scripts.
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Modelsim runs under FlexLm license and, as you can imagine, a single license is quite expensive for an end user such as a student or hobbyist.
There are two opportunities to get a legal free Modelsim license:
- If you are a student, you can get a free student edition at Mentor website link
- From Altera website, downloading Quartus II web edition. Altera provides a free license limited to Altera FPGA. This means you cannot compile technology libraries of ASIC or FPGA such as Xilinx, Microsemi, but you can compile and simulate you own RTL code.