HDL Coder Pane: General :: Code Generation Options in the Simulink HDL Coder GUI (Simulink® HDL Coder™)

HDL Coder Pane: General

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HDL Coder Top-Level Pane Overview File name Generate HDL for Language Directory Code Generation Output Generate traceability report Include requirements in block comments

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HDL Coder Top-Level Pane Overview

The top-level HDL Coder pane contains buttons that initiate code generation and compatibility checking, and sets parameters that affect overall operation of code generation.

Buttons in the HDL Coder Top-Level Pane

The buttons in the HDL Coder pane perform important functions related to code generation and control file linkage and maintenance. These buttons are:

Generate: Initiates code generation for the system selected in the Generate HDL for menu. See also makehdl.

Run Compatibility Checker: Invokes the compatibility checker to examine the system selected in the Generate HDL for menu for any compatibility problems. See also checkhdl.

Browse: Lets you navigate to and select the target directory to which generated code and script files are written. The path to the target directory is entered into the Target directory field.

Load: Opens a standard file selection dialog box so that you can navigate to and select a control file and load it into memory. See also Using Control Files in the Code Generation Process.

Save: Opens a standard file save dialog box so that you can save current HDL code generation settings to a specified control file. See also Using Control Files in the Code Generation Process

Restore Factory Defaults: Clears the File Name field and unlinks the current control file from the model. See also Using Control Files in the Code Generation Process.

File name

Displays the file name of the currently selected control file (if any). This is a display-only field.

Settings

Default: No control file name displayed.

To select a control file, click Load, navigate to the desired control file, and select it. The File Name field displays the name of the selected file.
To clear the File Name field and unlink the current control file, click the Restore Factory Defaults button.

Command-Line Information

Property: HDLControlFiles

Type: string

Value: Pass in a cell array containing a string that specifies a control file to be attached to the current model.

Default: No control file is specified.

Generate HDL for

Select the subsystem or model from which code is generated. The list includes the path to the root model and to all root-level subsystems in the model.

Settings

Default: The root model is selected.

Command-Line Information

Pass in the path to the model or subsystem for which code is to be generated as the first argument to makehdl.

Language

Select the language (VHDL or Verilog) in which code is generated. The selected language is referred to as the target language.

Settings

Default: VHDL

VHDL: Generate VHDL code.
Verilog: Generate Verilog code.

Command-Line Information

Property: TargetLanguage

Type: string

Value: 'VHDL' | 'Verilog'

Default: 'VHDL'

Code Generation Output

This option button group contains options related to the creation and display of generated models. Click the desired button to select an option.

Settings

Default: Generate HDL code

Generate HDL code: Generate HDL code without displaying the generated model.
Display generated model only: Display the generated model without generating HDL code.
Generate HDL Code and display generated model: Display the generated model after HDL code generation completes.

Command-Line Information

Property: CodeGenerationOutput

Type: string

Value: 'GenerateHDLCode' | 'GenerateHDLCodeAndDisplayGeneratedModel' | 'DisplayGeneratedModelOnly'

Default: 'GenerateHDLCode'

Generate traceability report

Enable or disable generation of an HTML code generation report with hyperlinks from code to model and model to code.

Settings

Default: Off

On: Create and display an HTML code generation report. See Creating and Using a Code Generation Report.
Off: Do not create an HTML code generation report.

Command-Line Information

Property: Traceability

Type: string

Value: 'on' | 'off'

Default: 'off'

Include requirements in block comments

Enable or disable generation of requirements comments as comments in code or code generation reports

Settings

Default: On

On: If the model contains requirements comments, include them as comments in code or code generation reports.See Requirements Comments and Hyperlinks.
Off: Do not include requirements as comments in code or code generation reports.