VCS and DVE user guide

1  Compilation

Compile:

-f <filename>
   Specifies a file that contains a list of pathnames to source files
   and compile-time options.

-F <filename>
   Same as the -f option but allows you to specify a path to the file
   and the source files listed in the file do not have to be absolute
   pathnames.

-R
   Run the executable file immediately after VCS links together the
   executable file. You can add any runtime option to the vcs command
   line.

# vcs -R -gui -f Intro_Top.vcs

# vim Intro_Top.vcs

./TestBench.v
./Intro_Top.v
./AndOr.v
./SR.v
./XorNor.v

然后DVE会自动打开，并自动加载相应的内容，如图：

然后设置setup

然后在testbench上右击选择add to watch( Recent shortcut key Ctrl +６) 或者 add to waves( Recent shortcut key Ctrl + ４)，如果没有可以新建一个

然后在wave window窗口选择simulator菜单，并点击start/continue 或按下F5，如下图，波形就出来了，要刚好显示完整波形，按下F键。

2  user tips

initial
  begin
`include "../Extras.inc"
  //
  // Each '#' precedes a delay time, here in 1 ns units:
  //
  i = -6'd2;
  j = 4'd31;
  k = -4'd15;
  l = -4'd16;

  $display("..................%d, %d, %d, %d", i, j, k, l); // print log
  #1  Astim = 1'b0;   // For Astim, 1 bit, representing a binary 0.
  
  end // No semicolon after end.

always
  #50 Astim = ~Astim; // clock simulation

initial
    #1000 $finish;       // Terminates simulation.

show schematic

    supply1 vdd; // correspond to vdd in the below picture
    supply0 GND; // correspond to vdd in the below picture
    pmos p1 (vdd, p2n, A); // a CMOS inverter
    nmos n1 (p2n, GND, A); // a CMOS inverter
    assign W = p2n;

nmos n1 (drain, source, gate);

pmos p1 (drain, source, gate);

and A1 (out, in1, in2, in3); // nand, or, nor, xor, xnor is the same as and

bufif1 B1 (out, in, ctrl); // bufif0, notif1, notif0 is the same as bufif1 (三态门)

buf B1 (out1, out2, ..., in); // not is the same (多输出门)