Free VHDL simulator

[Chaos Master]

Hello people.

I want to learn VHDL but I can't spend money on software.
Is there any free program to simulate VHDL code?
A Linux version would also be great.

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[Tim Hubberstey]

Hello people.

I want to learn VHDL but I can't spend money on software.
Is there any free program to simulate VHDL code?
A Linux version would also be great.

See the FAQ, section 3:

http://www.eda.org/comp.lang.vhdl/

 

[thomas]

Hello people.

I want to learn VHDL but I can't spend money on software.
Is there any free program to simulate VHDL code?
A Linux version would also be great.

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try this site
http://www.opencores.org/projects.cgi/web/edatools/eda_tools

 

[Leon Heller]

Hello people.

I want to learn VHDL but I can't spend money on software.
Is there any free program to simulate VHDL code?
A Linux version would also be great.

http://www.symphonyeda.com/

Leon

 

[Tom Hawkins]

Hello people.

I want to learn VHDL but I can't spend money on software.
Is there any free program to simulate VHDL code?
A Linux version would also be great.

I've had the best luck with GHDL:

http://ghdl.free.fr/

Do you want to learn VHDL, or do you want to learn HDL-based hardware
design? If the later, I would recommend Confluence. As a functional
programming language, Confluence designs typically result in 3-5X
fewer lines of code than VHDL. The CF compiler returns HDL and a
cycle accuarte C model -- compile with GCC and you've got yourself a
high-performance logic simulator.

BTW, Confluence is GPL.

http://www.launchbird.com/

Regards,
Tom

 

[Chaos Master]

Tom Hawkins ([email protected]) said those last words:

Do you want to learn VHDL, or do you want to learn HDL-based hardware
design? If the later, I would recommend Confluence. As a functional
programming language, Confluence designs typically result in 3-5X
fewer lines of code than VHDL. The CF compiler returns HDL and a
cycle accuarte C model -- compile with GCC and you've got yourself a
high-performance logic simulator.

I will take a look on those all suggestions. Many thanks!