The only VHDL simulator available for Mac OS X! DirectVHDL is a low-cost, interactive VHDL simulator that is perfect for learning or personal use. DirectVHDL is built around a VHDL interpreter that allows you to edit and simulate your VHDL design without complicated setup or compilation procedures. DirectVHDL simply loads and simulates in one step.

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DirectVHDL includes the following:

• VHDL Workspace - an easy-to-use manager that serves as a starting point to launch the VHDL editor and simulator.
• VHDL Editor - an advanced editor providing syntax coloring and syntax-error detection. Perfect for beginners, this editor highlights syntax errors as you type!
• VHDL Simulator - allows you to simulate and debug your design with a graphical waveform viewer.
• VHDL Tutorial - provides an easy introduction to the VHDL language.

Requirements

• Intel/Mac

Mac OS X 10.5, 16 MB hard disk space.

• Power PC/Mac

Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3, or 10.4, 16 MB hard disk space.
For Mac OS X 10.2 only, TclTkAqua (free download) is required.

• Microsoft Windows

See DirectVHDL for Windows page.

Limitations

• The group and reject keywords are not supported.
• Configurations are not completely supported.
• Libraries are not supported except the builtin IEEE libraries (std_logic_1164, numeric_bit, numeric_std, std_logic_textio, std_logic_arith, std_logic_signed, std_logic_unsigned).