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Published: 23/Aug/01

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Table of Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T-5
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T-7
Lesson 1 -Creating a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T-9
Lesson 2 - Basic VHDL simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T-15
Lesson 3 - Basic Verilog simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T-23
Lesson 4 - Debugging a VHDL design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T-37
Lesson 5 - Running abatch-mode simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T-47
Lesson 6 - Executing commands at startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T-51
Lesson 7 - Using the Wave window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T-53
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T-63

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Software versions
This documentation was written to support ModelSim 5.5d for Microsoft Windows 95/98/
ME/NT/2000. If the ModelSim software you are using is a later release, check the
README file that accompanied the software. Any supplemental information will be there.
Although this document covers both VHDL and Verilog simulation, you will find it a
useful reference even if your...