quartus and VHDL/Verilog libraries

HI,

I am very new to Quartus(5.1 Solaris) and looking for simulation 
libraries for both Verilog and VHDL, vhdl seams to be found in the 
install tree but verilog?

When I used Xilinx I always started compiling a simulation libraries 
once for all into the installation tree for each simulator to use, how 
is this done i Quartus?

cheers

Michael

Hello Michael,

All simulation library files necessary for an Altera FPGA
functional/post-fitting simulation are installed automatically with the
Quartus II software.  The simulation library files, in Verilog and in
VHDL, are located in the <Quartus II Installation
directory>/eda/sim_lib directory.

For more information on Altera functional library files, please refer
to
http://www.altera.com/support/software/nativelink/quartus2/eda_ref_presynth_lib.html

For more information on Altera post-fitting library files, please refer
to
http://www.altera.com/support/software/nativelink/synthesis/dc/eda_ref_dc_postsynth_lib.html

When performing post-fitting simulations, the netlist is generated in
the <Quartus II project directory>/simulation/<tool name> directory.
You can create your simulation libraries in this directory.

I'm not sure which simulation tool you are using, but we do have more
detailed information in our Quartus II handbook chapters:

Mentor Graphics ModelSim Support
http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/qts/qts_qii53001.pdf

Synopsys VCS Support
http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/qts/qts_qii53002.pdf

Cadence NC-Sim Support
http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/qts/qts_qii53003.pdf

I hope this helps,

Albert Chang

Altera Corporation
Senior Applications Engineer




Michael Laajanen wrote:
> HI,
>
> I am very new to Quartus(5.1 Solaris) and looking for simulation
> libraries for both Verilog and VHDL, vhdl seams to be found in the
> install tree but verilog?
>
> When I used Xilinx I always started compiling a simulation libraries
> once for all into the installation tree for each simulator to use, how
> is this done i Quartus?
> 
> cheers
> 
> Michael