Introduction

 

What's New in Version 9.3?

Licensing

Compiler and Simulator

Design Coverage

Libraries

Design Flow Manager

Design Browser

Design Management

HDL Editor

Block Diagram Editor

State Diagram Editor

Accelerated Waveform Viewer

Advanced Dataflow

Scripts

IP Protection

Active-HDL Interfaces and Wizards

Documentation

Others

Problems Corrected in Version 9.3

 

What's New in Previous Versions?

 

Limitations of Student Edition

 

Software and Hardware Requirements

 

Installing Active-HDL

First Time Installation

Selection of Optional Components and System Libraries

Manual Installation of Vendor Libraries

Re-installation

Installing Service Packs

Previous Version Installed

Directory Structure

Network Client Installation

 

Licensing

 

Known Problems

Licensing

Compiler

Simulator

List Viewer

Design Flow Manager

Block Diagram Editor

Code2Graphics(TM) Converter

State Diagram Editor

Waveform Viewer

Simulink(R) / MATLAB(R) Interface

SWIFT(TM) SmartModels Library Interface

Interfaces to Third-Party Tools

Library Manager

Testbench Generation

Active-HDL and VSimSA Scripts Incompatibility

HDL Editor

Design Browser

Export Design to HTML/PDF

Export to Graphics

Import of Third-party Projects

C/HDL Debug

Advanced Dataflow

Memory Viewer

Follow Object

Console

Mixed HDL Designs

Installation

Scripts

Framework

Preferences Manager

Windows XP/Vista/7

Source Revision Control Interface

Server Farm

Code Coverage

Toggle Coverage

Programming Language Interface (PLI)

IP Core Generator

Product Help

Others

 

Unsupported Verilog Constructs

 

Unsupported ACC Routines

 

Unsupported TF Routines

 

Unsupported VHPI Routines

 

Built-in Standard Packages

 

System Libraries

Standard Libraries

Vendor-Specific Libraries

Updating System Libraries

 

Source Files for IEEE Packages

 

Help and Documentation Files