Section 3: Simulate the Design

To run the simulation, follow these steps:

  1. Choose Run Simulation (Processing menu).

    The Simulator immediately begins to simulate the filtref top-level design entity and all of its subordinate design entities, using the filtref Simulator settings and the fir.vwf vector source file. As the Simulator processes the input vectors and simulates the design, the Status window automatically displays, as a percentage, the total simulation progress and the time spent in each stage of the simulation.

    The results of the simulation are updated in the Simulation Report window. The Simulator runs in the background, freeing your computer—and other portions of the Quartus II software—for other work. However, the simulation of this design entity is short and you should not have to wait long for it to finish.

  2. If you receive a message indicating that simulation was successful and there are no errors or warnings displayed in the Messages window, click OK to close the message box.

    NOTE You should correct any errors or warnings in your design or VWF and resimulate it until it is error-free before proceeding with the tutorial. If the Simulator displays any error or warning messages in the Messages window, select the message and choose Locate (right button pop-up menu) to find its source(s), and/or choose Help (right button pop-up menu) to display help on the message.
Go to: You can go to "Creating a Breakpoint" in Quartus II Help for more information about breakpoints. You can go to "Updating Embedded Memory" in Quartus II Help for more information about updating embedded memory.


To continue the tutorial, proceed to Section 4: Analyze the Simulation Results.