Hello,
I have installed Quartus II 13, ModelSim-Altera and the University Program.
I created a simple logic structure in a Block Diagram, compiled (Processing | Start Compilation), set ModelSim-Altera as the simulation tool (Assignments | Settings...) and then added a "University Program VWF" (File|New... ).
Once in the Simulation Waveform Editor I added the various nodes from the block diagram, set the various parameters for grid (lengths, grid size) and set the waveform values for the various input nodes.
Everything should be now ready for running the simulation but here are some problems:
1) When I press "Run Functional Simulation" (in the Simulation Waveform Editor) I get an error in Quartus saying there is no HDL file. Then I add an HDL file and let it translate the block diagrams into code, run the compile etc.
2) Now When I press "Run Functional Simulation" I get a message window for a fraction of a second (it's impossible to read what it says) and nothing else. The Output tracks are still crosshatched (= no simulation / result)
Can someone please help me in getting the waveform simulation working using Quartus II 13 and the Waveform Editor ? I know it's also possible to do the same thing - and better - with ModelSim but I find this tool easier in the first classes to get the students accustomed with logic analysis. Also I am pretty sure there must be something wrong I am doing or missing since the Simulation Waveform Editor gets opened automatically from Quartus by chosing to add a "University Program VWF" from the File | New... menu: it finds then nodes etc. but the simulation is not "working" (I am saying this because I know it's possible to use the Simulation Waveform Editor separately using QSym, but I want to make it work streamlined within Quartus)
PS: To get the "University Program VWF" item in the File | New... (and hence the Simulation Waveform Editor window it opens) menu you must install the University Program application.
Many thanks,
MJ
I have installed Quartus II 13, ModelSim-Altera and the University Program.
I created a simple logic structure in a Block Diagram, compiled (Processing | Start Compilation), set ModelSim-Altera as the simulation tool (Assignments | Settings...) and then added a "University Program VWF" (File|New... ).
Once in the Simulation Waveform Editor I added the various nodes from the block diagram, set the various parameters for grid (lengths, grid size) and set the waveform values for the various input nodes.
Everything should be now ready for running the simulation but here are some problems:
1) When I press "Run Functional Simulation" (in the Simulation Waveform Editor) I get an error in Quartus saying there is no HDL file. Then I add an HDL file and let it translate the block diagrams into code, run the compile etc.
2) Now When I press "Run Functional Simulation" I get a message window for a fraction of a second (it's impossible to read what it says) and nothing else. The Output tracks are still crosshatched (= no simulation / result)
Can someone please help me in getting the waveform simulation working using Quartus II 13 and the Waveform Editor ? I know it's also possible to do the same thing - and better - with ModelSim but I find this tool easier in the first classes to get the students accustomed with logic analysis. Also I am pretty sure there must be something wrong I am doing or missing since the Simulation Waveform Editor gets opened automatically from Quartus by chosing to add a "University Program VWF" from the File | New... menu: it finds then nodes etc. but the simulation is not "working" (I am saying this because I know it's possible to use the Simulation Waveform Editor separately using QSym, but I want to make it work streamlined within Quartus)
PS: To get the "University Program VWF" item in the File | New... (and hence the Simulation Waveform Editor window it opens) menu you must install the University Program application.
Many thanks,
MJ