VHDL software (pref. free)

gizmo_melb · 26th November 2006, 12:47 AM

Hi all,

can anyone please make any recommendations for some good VHDL software for Windows, preferably free?

At a stretch commercial is ok, but I'd prefer to stay legal (and within my budget). This is for home/hobbyist use, not commercial.

Thanks in advance,
Gizmomelb

sph3r3 · 26th November 2006, 8:15 AM

FPGA vendors have free versions of their tools. They're typically limited by the FPGAs you can target for and/or the amount of logic they'll simulate. These include:

There's also alliance VHDL, but I don't know if there's a native windows verson. You might (?) be able to get it to work with cygwin and/or mingw .

26th November 2006, 12:47 AM	#1
gizmo_melb (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,011	VHDL software (pref. free) Hi all, can anyone please make any recommendations for some good VHDL software for Windows, preferably free? At a stretch commercial is ok, but I'd prefer to stay legal (and within my budget). This is for home/hobbyist use, not commercial. Thanks in advance, Gizmomelb

26th November 2006, 8:15 AM	#2
sph3r3 Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 21	FPGA vendors have free versions of their tools. They're typically limited by the FPGAs you can target for and/or the amount of logic they'll simulate. These include: Xilinx ISE Webpack Altera Quartus II Web Lattice ISPLever Starter There's also alliance VHDL, but I don't know if there's a native windows verson. You might (?) be able to get it to work with cygwin and/or mingw .