Active-HDL EDU Configurations
| Features | EDU Edition [Hide] |
|---|---|
| Design Entry and Documentation | |
| Export to PDF/HTML/Bitmap Graphics The ability to quickly document designed components is becoming critical with the increased complexity of designs, ubiquitous IP re-use, and design teams scattered across many floors, departments, or countries. More | |
| HDL, Text, Block Diagram and State Machine Editor With Active-HDL, you can mix different types of descriptions. Your design can include textual HDL code as well as block diagrams and state diagrams. More | |
| Code2Graphics Code2Graphics More | |
| Code Generation Tools | |
| IP Core Component Generator The IP CORE Generator is a tool built-into Active-HDL that comes with a rich set of parameterized modules. They are ready-to-use in any VHDL- or Verilog-based system. More | |
| Testbench Generation from Waveforms Powerful testbench generation automation features have been provided to speed functional verification. A testbench for any design unit can be generated from waveforms created in the waveform editor or during a simulation run. More | |
| Project Management | |
| Design Flow Manager for All FPGA Vendors The Design Flow Manager configures, constrains and executes simulation, synthesis and implementation tools for all devices from Altera®, Atmel®, Lattice®, Microsemi™ (Actel), Quicklogic®, Xilinx® and more in one integrated development environment. More | |
| Support for Multi-Design Workspace Designers can open multiple Active-HDL designs simultaneously and integrate them into one super-project. More | |
| Supported Standards | |
| VHDL IEEE 1076 (1987, 1993, 2002 and 2008) ALDEC simulators provide full support of the IEEE 1076-1993 Standard, IEEE 1076™-2002 VHDL standard and majority of just published IEEE 1076™-2008 Standard. More | Note (1) and (2) |
| Verilog® HDL IEEE 1364 (1995, 2001 and 2005) ALDEC simulators provide full support of the IEEE 1364-2005 Standard. To enable simulation of a large variety of Verilog designs, both legacy and new, ALDEC simulators can be set to work in Verilog ’95, 2001 and 2005 modes. More | Note (1) and (2) |
| SystemC™ 2.2 IEEE 1666/OSCI 2.2/TLM 2.0 SystemC is an environment that allows description and verification of digital systems using C++. More | Note (1) and (2) |
| SystemVerilog IEEE 1800-2009 (Design) SystemVerilog is a set of extensions to the Verilog HDL that allow higher level of modeling and efficient verification of large digital systems. More | Note (1) and (2) |
| EDIF 2 0 0 Simulation of netlist in EDIF 2 0 0 format is supported by most Aldec Simulators. More | Note (1) and (2) |
| Simulation/Verification | |
| Verilog Programming Language Interface (PLI/VPI) The Verilog PLI (Programming Language Interface) and VPI (Verilog Procedural Interface) provide a standard mechanism to access and modify data in a simulated Verilog model. More | |
| HDL Debug and Analysis | |
| Accelerated Waveform Viewer Accelerated Waveform Viewer More | |
| Language Assistant with Templates and Auto-complete Language Assistant with Templates and Auto-complete More | |
| Co-simulation | |
| MATLAB® Co-simulation Aldec simulators integrate The MathWorks' intuitive MATLAB language and a technical computing environment. More | |
| Licensing | |
| Node Locked or Floating License Node Locked License More | |
| One Year Time Based License One Year Time Based License (TBL) grants a designer a license to use the product for a period of one year. A 1 year support contract is included with the purchase of TBL license. More | |
| Supported Platforms | |
| Windows® 7/Vista/XP/2003 - (32/64-Bit) Builds are tested on all the latest platforms, including Windows 7, to ensure correct operation on users' workstations. More | |
Note (1) and (2) - Simulation performance limitations compared to full commercial release of Active-HDL:
Performance Restrictions: 4x slow down
Capacity Restrictions: 20,000 instances - 20x slow down.
Performance Restrictions: 4x slow down
Capacity Restrictions: 20,000 instances - 20x slow down.
