Advanced VHDL for verification training designed to help you take your VHDL verification skills to the next level.
A 3-day course emphasizing behavioral techniques, testbench strategies, and
design management.
This Advanced VHDL class is aimed at experienced VHDL users who wish to take their use of the language to a higher level. The course is a mix of lecture and lab-exercises.
This Advanced VHDL class is aimed at experienced VHDL users who wish to take their use of the language to a higher level. The course is a mix of lecture and lab-exercises.
Release date
June 27, 2016Level
2Training duration
3 daysPrice
USD 2400Course Part Number
HDT-ADVVHDL-100Who Should Attend?
Experienced VHDL writers who wish to take their use of the language to a higher level in the areas of behavioral modeling and verification.Prerequisites
- Introduction to VHDL course or equivalent experience
Software Tools
- Questa Simulator 10.4c
Skills gained
After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to:- Use behavioral modeling techniques to develop VHDL-based scoreboards and predictor models
- Use new capabilities included in recent updates of VHDL for verification
- Apply advanced stimulus-related techniques such as random stimulus generation and LFSRs
- Apply advanced analysis and scoreboarding techniques such as MISR signatures and monitors
- Increase automation and productivity by using makefiles and version control systems
Course Outline
- Advanced VHDL language topics
- Access type
- Dynamic memory allocation
- Resolution Functions
- Shared variables
- Guarded blocks
- File I/O
- Behavioral modeling
- Thinking Behaviorally
- Basic algorithms
- Data Structures
- System modeling
- Handshaking/protocol techniques
- Functional Verification
- Stimulus generation techniques
- Random stimulus generation
- LFSR models
- External files
- Sweepers
- Verification using signatures
- High-level debugging using Monitors
- Design Management
- Using Makefiles
- Automating compilation/verification
- Source Code Control
- Intro to RCS