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Running a simulation in Modelsim

Altera_Forum
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‎07-02-2015 05:59 AM
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Hi, 

 

Appreciate your help regarding running simulations in Modelsim. I have a set of modelsim files that runs on modelsim altera starter edition version 10.0c. I have check and it works. It doesn't run on other versions.  

 

I tried to run the simulation with code coverage in modelsim SE but got errors relating to incompatible libraries. I know that the modelsim simulation contains references to some custom pre-compiled libraries. 

 

May I know if anyone did similar simulations before and can it be done? 

 

Thanks.
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Altera_Forum
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‎07-02-2015 07:59 AM
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make sure the Quartus II version that used to generate the modelsim files is compatible with it's modelsim version.

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‎07-02-2015 08:10 AM
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OFten you can right click on the library and click "refresh" and it will try and compile the library for the current version.

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‎07-02-2015 10:42 AM
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make sure the Quartus II version that used to generate the modelsim files is compatible with it's modelsim version. 

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Hi, may I know where can I find the compatibility information?
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‎07-02-2015 10:43 AM
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OFten you can right click on the library and click "refresh" and it will try and compile the library for the current version. 

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Hi, I do not have the source files for some libraries, so when I click refresh, I got a "file not found" error.
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‎07-03-2015 01:13 AM
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Please check the Quartus compability version in the <modelsim install path>/altera/version.txt

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‎07-06-2015 03:20 AM
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ModelSim altera starter edition 10.0c is compatible with Quartus II 11.1 .  

If you are not using Quartus II 11.1, you may need to upgrade the modelsim to compatible with your Quartus II version. 

Below are the text from <modelsim install path>/altera/version.txt for Quartus II 11.1. 

 

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Model Technology ModelSim ALTERA 10.0c  

Libraries compatible with : 

Quartus II 32-bit ShellVersion 11.1 Build 259 01/25/2012 Service Pack 2 SJ Full Version 

 

Note : Please use ONLY with Quartus II Install version to avoid incompatibility issues. 

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