Which Tool Chains are supported?

Caution

The list of tools is outdated. It will be updated and all tools will be reevaluated within the next releases.

The PoC-Library and its Python-based infrastructure currently supports the following free and commercial vendor tool chains:

• Synthesis Tool Chains:

  • Altera Quartus
    Tested with Quartus-II ≥ 13.0.
    Tested with Quartus Prime ≥ 15.1.

  • Intel Quartus
    Tested with Quartus Prime ≥ 16.1.

  • Lattice Diamond
    Tested with Diamond ≥ 3.6.

  • Xilinx ISE
    Only ISE 14.7 inclusive Core Generator 14.7 is supported.

  • Xilinx PlanAhead
    Only PlanAhead 14.7 is supported.

  • Xilinx Vivado
    Tested with Vivado ≥ 2015.4.
    Due to a limited VHDL language support compared to ISE 14.7, some PoC IP cores need special work arounds. See the synthesis documention section for Vivado for more details.

• Simulation Tool Chains:

  • Aldec Active-HDL
    Tested with Active-HDL (or Student-Edition) ≥ 10.3
    Tested with Active-HDL Lattice Edition ≥ 10.2

  • Cocotb with Mentor QuestaSim backend
    Tested with Mentor QuestaSim 10.4d

  • Mentor Graphics ModelSim
    Tested with ModelSim PE (or Student Edition) ≥ 10.5c
    Tested with ModelSim SE ≥ 10.5c
    Tested with ModelSim Altera Edition 10.3d (or Starter Edition)

  • Mentor Graphics QuestaSim/ModelSim
    Tested with Mentor QuestaSim ≥ 10.4d

  • Xilinx ISE Simulator
    Tested with ISE Simulator (iSim) 14.7.
    The Python infrastructure supports isim, but PoC’s simulation helper packages and testbenches rely on VHDL-2008 features, which are not supported by isim.

  • Xilinx Vivado Simulator
    Tested with Vivado Simulator (xsim) ≥ 2016.3.
    The Python infrastructure supports xsim, but PoC’s simulation helper packages and testbenches rely on VHDL-2008 features, which are not fully supported by xsim, yet.

  • GHDL + GTKWave
    Tested with GHDL ≥ 0.34dev and GTKWave ≥ 3.3.70
    Due to ungoing development and bugfixes, we encourage to use the newest GHDL version.