modelsim starter edition

[Ed3732]

Can you advise me which modelsim I can download to my windows PC free and not require any license? If I must have a license, how do I get it?

Thank you.

Edmond

[RichardTanSY_Intel]

Here are key points to take note of:

1. Starting from Intel® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition 21.3 or later and Intel® Quartus® Prime Standard/Lite Edition 21.1 or later, ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition and ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition are no longer supported. ( Therefore, you can only download the ModelSim Starter edition with any prior version of Quartus.)
2. License file is not required for the Intel® Quartus® Prime Lite Edition Software, ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition Software, and Intel® FPGA IP functions. (advise you to install ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition Software that does not require license file, whereas ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Edition Software requires license file - notice that there is no "starter" word in the software name )

You can find more information related to licensing here:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/programmable/licensing/support-center.html

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/programmable/licensing/q-and-a.html

Best Regards,

Richard Tan

p/s: If you find any answers from the community or Intel Support to be helpful, we encourage you to mark them as the best answer or rate them 4/5 in the survey. 

[Ed3732]

Richard

your answer is very informative and helpful. However, the readme note does not say that I don't need a license with the  ModelSim*-Intel® FPGA Starter Edition Software, that I downloaded. So, I became confused. In fact, it tells me to request a license and how to setup the license variables.

[RichardTanSY_Intel]

I believe the readme.txt is based on ModelSim Intel - FPGA Edition, not ModelSim Intel - FPGA Starter Edition.

However, it doesn't change the fact that the ModelSim Intel - FPGA Starter Edition does not require a license file.

If you can't find the related info in the readme.txt, you can always checkout the document "Intel® FPGA Software Installation and Licensing" for further information. Please select the document version based on the Quartus version that you are using.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/programmable/683472/23-1/faq.html

Best Regards,

Richard Tan

[RichardTanSY_Intel]

Dropping a note to ask if my last reply was helpful to you?

Do you need any further assistance from my side? 

Best Regards,

Richard Tan

[Ed3732]

Yes, your answers were very helpful. I don't need any further assistance for now as the modelsim simulator starer edition is working just fine. If I need any help in the future I will come back here. Thank you for your help. 

You mentioned a survey, I don't see any survey I can to encourage this website. 

[RichardTanSY_Intel]

Thank you for your kind words! I'm glad to hear that the answers provided were helpful to you.

The survey link is randomly distributed by the system and there is a chance that you might not get the link. My guess is that receiving frequent survey invitations can be overwhelming and potentially annoying to some users.  : |

I will now transition this thread to community support. If you have any further questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Thank you and have a great day!

Best Regards,

Richard Tan