Including a Testbench with the IP Module - 2025.2 English - UG1483

To verify the functionality of the newly generated IP, it is important to include a test bench. As the following figure shows, if you check Generate testbench, a test bench is automatically created when you click Export.

When you include a test bench, you can verify the IP functionality by adding three more steps to the flow (see the following figure):

Step 1

Add the new IP to the Vivado IP catalog. Refer to the document Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Designing with IP (UG896).

Step 2

Create a new Vivado IDE project and add the IP as the top-level source.

Step 3

Run simulation, synthesis, and implementation to verify the functionality of the generated IP.

The following figure shows an open Vivado IDE project with the newly created IP as the top-level source.