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Using The SimVHDL Environment
The SimVHDL Environment (SVE) is a user interface that allows you to control
and observe the execution of your compiled programs. SVE provides the same
type of capabilities you would obtain with a simulator. The most important of
these capabilities includes being able to schedule events and observe the
values of signals throughout execution. With SVE, you will be able to observe
the values of signals and variables within entities, blocks and processes, as
well as save them to a trace file.
You may also apply waveforms to port signals of the top level
entity of mode in or inout. SVE also gives you control over execution,
by allowing you to run the program for small intervals of time. This allows
you to step through the execution of the program. Some of these controls may
also be placed in an environment configuration file. The following sections
describe the user interface provided by SVE and how to write configuration
files.
To run the SVE loader with your executable program type
sve executable_file
or
sve executable_file configuration_file
The following sections describe how to use SVE in more detail.
The SimVHDL User Interface
Writing Configuration and Waveform Files
Using SV