Sigasi Visual HDL focuses on VS Code
In June 2024, Sigasi proudly introduced Sigasi® Visual HDL™ (SVH™), our new portfolio for HDL design! Its re-architected core infrastructure prepares us and you, our users, for fast-paced future advancements.
With the advent of SVH, we’re shifting our focus to VS Code. However, we do not want to leave our Eclipse users hanging, so we have given you SVH in Eclipse.
Sigasi for Eclipse will be deprecated
The last major Eclipse update was SVH 2025.3, after which time it was put into maintenance mode until the end of 2026 with an end-of-life to come in 2027. Instead, we are focusing exclusively on VS Code.
While it’s up to you how long you want to wait to transition — your valid license will work automatically in the new product — we recommend doing so sooner rather than later.
Why switch to VS Code
The last few years, VS Code has consistently topped Stack Overflow’s Developer survey as the preferred IDE across all developers, and there’s plenty of good reasons for this. It frictionlessly incorporates tools like source control management (SCM), central repositories, gremlin tracking, bookmarks, and comment-based TODO lists.
But why should you, our lovely Sigasi user, switch to VS Code?
Aside from the fact that we’re switching our focus, SVH already has some advantages in VS Code over Eclipse. We’ve listed some of the more striking examples below.
Working remotely over SSH
For one thing, VS Code supports remote development using SSH. That means that you can work from any location on any (virtual) machine and still interact with your files and folders from your main server. In today’s digital nomad world, this can be really advantageous, not to mention convenient. We wrote about how to set this up with Sigasi in this article.
AI integration
The VS Code extension has native integration with Copilot allowing for the smoothest integration with AI. Our plugin also runs in AI-first IDEs such as Cursor and Google Antigravity.
Modular projects
Modular projects are a powerful new project type that notably allow you to reuse existing build scripts and third-party tool projects such as Vivado & Quartus, keeping your project in sync automatically.
Not yet…
Not ready yet? Find all Eclipse downloads, tech articles, and the manual here. When you’re ready, we’ll be ready to support you in your transition. Please contact us when the time is right.