Learn more about EDA Link Simulator

Learning More About the EDA Simulator Link Software

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Documentation Overview Online Help Demos and Tutorials

Documentation Overview

The following documentation is available with this product.

Getting Started	Explains what the product is, the steps for installing and setting it up, how you might apply it to the hardware design process, and how to gain access to product documentation and online help. Directs you to product demos and tutorials.
Simulating an HDL Component in a MATLAB Test Bench Environment	Explains how to code HDL models and MATLAB test bench functions for EDA Simulator Link MATLAB applications. Provides details on how the link interface maps HDL data types to MATLAB data types and vice versa. Explains how to start and control HDL simulator and MATLAB test bench sessions.
Replacing an HDL Component with a MATLAB Component Function	Discusses the same topics as the chapter for test bench cosimulation using MATLAB software but instead using MATLAB to visualize an HDL module component.
Simulating an HDL Component in a Simulink Test Bench Environment	Explains how to use the HDL simulator and Simulink for cosimulation modeling where Simulink acts as the test bench
Replacing an HDL Component with a Simulink Algorithm	Explains how to use the HDL simulator and Simulink for cosimulation modeling where Simulink replaces an HDL component
Recording Simulink Signal State Transitions for Post-Processing	Provides instruction for adding a Value Change Dump (VCD) file block to your Simulink model for signal state change capture.
Additional Deployment Options	Contains several procedures for additional cosimulation arrangements: for example, performing cross-network cosimulation.
Advanced Operational Topics	Contains a variety of topics that provide a deeper understanding of how cosimulation works.
Defining EDA Simulator Link M-Functions and Function Parameters	Describes how to use the input and output arguments to an M-function created for use with the EDA Simulator Link commands matlabtb and matlabcp.
Functions — Alphabetical List	Describes EDA Simulator Link functions for use with MATLAB.
Blocks — Alphabetical List	Describes EDA Simulator Link blocks for use with Simulink.

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Online Help

The following online help is available:

• Online help in the MATLAB Help browser. Click the EDA Simulator Link product link in the browser's Contents or access using the MATLAB doc command at the MATLAB command prompt:

  doc hdldaemon

• M-help for EDA Simulator Link MATLAB functions. This help is accessible with the MATLAB help command. For example, enter the command

  help hdldaemon

  at the MATLAB command prompt.

• Function help in the MATLAB command window by clicking the icon.

• Block reference pages accessible through the Simulink interface.

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Demos and Tutorials

The EDA Simulator Link software provides demos and tutorials to help you get started.

The demos give you a quick view of the product's capabilities and examples of how you might apply the product. You can run them with limited product exposure. You can find the EDA Simulator Link demos with the online documentation. To access demos, type at the MATLAB command prompt:

>> demos

Select Links and Targets > EDA Simulator Link from the navigational pane.

Tutorials provide procedural instruction on how to apply the product. Some focus on features while others focus on application scenarios. The tutorials listed here have a feature focus and addresses the use of the EDA Simulator Link software with the ModelSim and Simulink products.

• Tutorial – Running a Sample ModelSim and MATLAB Test Bench Session

• Tutorial — Verifying an HDL Model Using Simulink, ModelSim, and the EDA Simulator Link Software

• To VCD File Block Tutorial

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Starting the HDL Simulator

Examples

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