Which free VHDL simulator can I use?

Posted Tue, 2011-06-21 14:24

If you don't have a VHDL simulator yet, we would recommend the following simulators. You can download them free of charge.

Simulator Download from Windows Linux Mac OSX
Aldec Active-HDL, Student Edition Aldec Download page Yes No No
ModelSim Altera Starter Edition Altera Quartus Web Edition Yes Yes No
ISim Xilinx Webpack Yes Yes No
Simili SymphonyEDA website Yes Yes No
GHDL GHDL website Yes Yes Yes

We have not had great results with FreeHDL or with Green Mountain VHDL. It seems that these projects may have been terminated.
GHDL on Mac OSX uses Wine, but works without problems.

Comments

GHDL on Mac OS X

by dio gratia - 2011-07-16 03:57

There is a current Mac OS X version of GHDL mcode version available on the ghdl.fr web site. Download includes an installer requiring administrative privilege to save to /local/bin. It includes instructions and scripts to build from source. Currently supports Mac OS X versions 10.5 and 10.6 on Intel (i386). The mcode version is direct code generating and only supports i386 currently.

What about Simili from Symphony EDA?

by trondd - 2011-06-21 15:17

What do you think about Simili from Symphony EDA? They also provide a free (as in beer) VHDL simulator for Windows and Linux.