Simulation Test Bench - 2022.2 English

A SystemVerilog test bench is generated for simulating the example IP project. This test bench exercises the RTL kernel to ensure its operation is correct. It is populated with the checker function to verify the add one operation.

This generated test bench can be used as a starting point in verifying the kernel functionality. It writes/reads from the control registers and executes the kernel multiple times while also including a simple reset test. It is also useful for debugging AXI issues, reset issues, bugs during multiple iterations, and kernel functionality. Compared to hardware emulation, it executes a more rigorous test of the hardware corner cases, but does not test the interaction between host code and kernel.

To run a simulation, click Vivado Flow Navigator > Run Simulation located on the left hand side of the GUI and select Run Behavioral Simulation. If behavioral simulation is working as expected, a post-synthesis functional simulation can be run to ensure that synthesis results are matched with the behavioral model.