Re: Verilog help appreciated

From: Mark McDougall <msmcdoug_at_iinet.net.au>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 08:00:51 +1100
Message-ID: <528A8003.70509@iinet.net.au>
On 19/11/2013 3:00 AM, Nate Lawson wrote:

> The right way to observe this is to run it in simulation. Coming from a
> software background, I've found it useful to do my own drivers in C and
> interface with Verilog through its VPI interface. Then you can just send
> data in and read out or view the waveform without having to write more
> Verilog as the test bench.

Can't stress enough the utility in simulation.

Interesting approach with C. One of my first major designs involved the 
opencores PCI core which has a rather sizeable Verilog testbench. I was 
still honing my VHDL skills, with little exposure to Verilog, but found it 
far easier to write testbenches in Verilog than VHDL. So for a few years I 
was writing synthesisable code in VHDL and testbench code in Verilog! Then I 
decided to bite the bullet and do away with Verilog altogether, although it 
is handy to be able to at least read it.

Regards,

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|              Mark McDougall                | "Electrical Engineers do it
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