Enabling Third-Party Simulators

Enabling Third-Party Simulators - 2020.2 English

Versal ACAP AI Engine Programming Environment User Guide (UG1076)

Document ID

UG1076

Release Date

2020-11-24

Version

2020.2 English

Third-party simulators such as Questa Advanced Simulator and Xcelium are supported when executing hardware emulation of your design. You can enable these simulators by updating the Vitis configuration file (config.ini or system.cfg).

Simulator v++ --link Configuration

Questa

Table 1. Vitis Link Settings
Simulator	`v++ --link` Configuration
Questa	`EXPORT simulator=questa` `[advanced] param=hw_emu.simulator=QUESTA [vivado] prop=project.__CURRENT__.compxlib.questa_compiled_library_dir=/path/to/questa/2020.2/lin64/lib/`
Xcelium	`EXPORT simulator=xcelium` `[advanced] param=hw_emu.simulator=XCELIUM [vivado] prop=project.__CURRENT__.simulator.xcelium_install_dir=/path/to/xcelium/bin/ prop=project.__CURRENT__.compxlib.xcelium_compiled_library_dir=/path/to/xcelium/20.03.005/lin64/lib/ prop=fileset.sim_1.xcelium.simulate.runtime=1000us prop=fileset.sim_1.xcelium.elaborate.xmelab.more_options={-timescale 1ns/1ps}`

EXPORT
										simulator=questa

[advanced]
param=hw_emu.simulator=QUESTA
[vivado]
prop=project.__CURRENT__.compxlib.questa_compiled_library_dir=/path/to/questa/2020.2/lin64/lib/

Xcelium

EXPORT
										simulator=xcelium

[advanced]
param=hw_emu.simulator=XCELIUM
[vivado]
prop=project.__CURRENT__.simulator.xcelium_install_dir=/path/to/xcelium/bin/
prop=project.__CURRENT__.compxlib.xcelium_compiled_library_dir=/path/to/xcelium/20.03.005/lin64/lib/
prop=fileset.sim_1.xcelium.simulate.runtime=1000us
prop=fileset.sim_1.xcelium.elaborate.xmelab.more_options={-timescale 1ns/1ps}

When the modifications have been made, build the design as normal, run the script launch_hw_emu.sh and the new simulator will be used. More information on emulation is provided in Running the System.