Marc said:
Hi,
does anyone know a low cost (or free) VHDL compiler and simulator for PC?
Any websites where I can download/buy it from?
A light version is good enough.
I'm using Xilinx WebISE/xst und Modelsim/XE Xilinx Edition (Compiler &
Simulator). Even in Modelsim you can build your entities and simulate
(as I do). Modelsim/XE is appropriate for xilinx cpld/fpga only; to get
a taste of this it's enough. Note, you can use Altera Quartus and
Modelsim/AE Altera Edition which is the complement to Xilinx (only more
stuff to register, all 60 days again?). Both are free and a light
version (xst coregen is heavy limited - you got no hints about missing
licenses mostly even if it seems so work - after 4 hour you hit the
break key ;-).
On my experience I suggest to use XEmacs/win32 and not the WebISE
Editor. The vhdl-mode works quite well - even compile on the w32 native
version. The cygwin compilation does have problems on calling Modelsim's
Compiler vcom.exe due to the paths translations of cygwin. I posted some
comments and suggestions about this, but I've got answer yet.
Regards,
Olaf