Sigasi's Blog

This website hosts blogs on multiple topics that relate to the world, work and lives of Sigasi team members.

Sigasi HDT
All blog posts related to our product, Sigasi HDT: tips and tricks, howtos, feature discussions, ...
Jan on HDL design
Jan's blog about his personal views on HDL design.
VHDL
Posts that will make you a better VHDL designer, regardless of the tools you use.
Developing for Eclipse
We develop on top of Eclipse, so we have some experience in this field. In this feed, we share some of this experience.

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Opening a project with one (double) click

Posted Wed, 2013-04-24 19:33 by philippe.faes (Sigasi)

Many IDE's have a project descriptor file that you can double click to open that project. If you want your colleagues to open your project, all you need to do is make sure that they have the IDE installed, and ask them to double click the project file descriptor.

Until now, things were not that easy with Sigasi. You needed to set up a workspace and import a project. Not that much work, but still a lot more complex than just double-clicking.

No VHDL Plugin for IE or Chrome

Posted Mon, 2013-04-01 12:08 by philippe.faes (Sigasi)

There is no VHDL plugin for IE or Chrome. Not because it is not possible, but because there is no reason. There are two important points we’d like to make on this April Fools day:

No need for a single language

People who are smart enough to learn VHDL, are smart enough to learn JavaScript or PHP too. Likewise, people who can learn C or Java, can learn VHDL or Verilog too. There is no need be monogamous when it comes to programming languages.

Integration with Xilinx ISim HDL Simulator

Posted Wed, 2013-02-20 15:18 by philippe.faes (Sigasi)
This video demonstrates the integration of Sigasi Pro with the Xilinx ISim HDL Simulator. Each time you save a file, ISim kicks in and compiles your file. Any errors that ISim finds are displayed in your VHDL editor view, right next to the offending code. You can also start the Xilinx ISim HDL simulator right from Sigasi Pro.
Learn why save-time compilation helps you write better code faster.

Managing Sigasi preferences for teams

Posted Wed, 2013-01-30 15:05 by heeckhau (Sigasi)

A common problem in larger teams is how to share Sigasi preferences (configuration) in design teams. There are always some options that need to be set for Sigasi to work well, for example: the simulator path, license key, custom autocomplete templates, VHDL version.

Sigasi (and the underlying Eclipse platform) do not have one single configuration file. Preferences are stored in several files. Most preferences are stored with a workspace scope and some per project. So how can you share preferences in a team?

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Using VHDL2008 fixed point package in Sigasi

Posted Mon, 2013-01-28 11:38 by heeckhau (Sigasi)

The IEEE VHDL 2008 fixed point package is currently not included in the Common Libraries of Sigasi (VHDL 2008) projects.