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FPGA DESIGN & SIMULATION / FPGA / FV

Active-HDL is a Windows-based, integrated design creation and simulation solution for engineers working on projects ranging from simple PLD ‘glue logic’ all the way up to several-million-gate system-on-chip FPGAs.

Active-HDL features an Integrated Design Environment (IDE) that includes a full HDL and graphical design tool suite and an RTL/gate-level mixed-language simulator, ideal for the rapid development and verification of designs. It also features a design flow manager that invokes more than 120 EDA, PLD and FPGA tools during design entry, simulation, synthesis and implementation. Active-HDL supports industry leading FPGA devices from leading vendors including Altera, Atmel, Lattice, Microsemi (Actel), Quicklogic and Xilinx.

Active is the key word. Active-HDL is an extremely powerful yet easy-to-use EDA tool for all designers regardless of project size. As an IDE, Active-HDL has all the functionality needed to support you – and automate key tasks – throughout every stage of the design flow.

Features and Benefits

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  • The configurable flow manager allows users to remain in a single easy-to-use integrated design environment throughout the entire design flow
  • Unified Team-based Design Management maintains uniformity across local or remote teams

 
icons8-synchronize-filled-50 Graphical/Text Design Entry

  • Quickly deploy designs by using Text, Schematic and State Machine
  • Distribute or deliver IPs using a more secure and reliable Interoperable Encryption standard

 
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  • Abstract design intelligence and represent them in easy to understand graphical form using HDL to schematic converter
  • Share designs quickly with auto-generate Design Documentation in HTML and PDF
icons8-edit-52 Simulation and Debugging

  • Powerful common kernel mixed language simulator that supports VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog (Design) and SystemC
  • Ensure code quality and reliability using graphically interactive debugging and code quality tools.
  • Perform metrics driven verification to identify unexercised parts of your design using Code Coverage analysis tools
  • Improve verification quality and find more bugs using ABV – Assertion-Based Verification (SVA, PSL, OVA)
  • Connect the gap between HDL simulation and high level mathematical modelling environment for DSP blocks using MATLAB/Simulink interface
FirstEDA has represented and supported Aldec Active-HDL since 2006, our support team includes engineers who have worked with Aldec and Active-HDL since 1999 and as a result we are able to offer unparalleled local support. No matter what your level of experience, Active-HDL’s ease-of-use and intuitive functions allow you to design quickly and efficiently whilst providing class-leading simulation performance and features.

Related Articles, Blogs and Videos

 

RELEASE: Aldec’s Active-HDL Verification Capabilities Enhanced to Support SystemVerilog Constructs and UVM

VIDEO: Active-HDL 1.3 Basics: Library Manager

VIDEO: Active-HDL 2.1 Design Entry: Block Diagram Editor

VIDEO: Active-HDL 3.1 Compilation and Simulation: Compilation and Simulation

VIDEO: Active-HDL 4.1 Debugging: Introduction to Debugging

VIDEO: Active-HDL 5.1A Coverage: Code Coverage

VIDEO: Metric Based Verification – Using the Aldec Test Plan Feature

VIDEO: Introduction to Jenkins – Using Aldec Active-HDL with Jenkins

VIDEO: MATLAB Co-Simulation With Aldec’s Active-HDL and Riviera-PRO

BLOG: Do I Really Need A Commercial Simulator?

BLOG: Trace Your Assertions

BLOG: Unit Linting: An Easy Way To Prevent Code Review Issues

 

Adam Wilson Adam Wilson, Sales, FirstEDA

“Active-HDL’s routes can be traced back to Aldec’s first simulation tool, Active-CAD, originally released in 1992. Active-HDL has since evolved to become a class leading design creation and simulation tool used by FPGA design teams worldwide. With its design flow manager, high performance mixed language simulator and industry leading HDL support, Active-HDL has become the default development platform for many, from small design services companies to prominent engineering companies such as Renishaw and Rohde & Schwarz.“ 

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