Title :
VHdbx: an X window system based high-level debugger for the VHDL simulation environment
Author :
Wan, Bo ; Bian, Jinian
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In this paper we present a graphical high-level debugger for the VHDL simulation environment. The features of the tool are its user friendly interface based on Motif under X Window system, a capability to high-level debugging, a capability to support many methods to set breakpoints, selective enabling and disabling of breakpoints, single stepping and trace mode, a capability to display source code, simulation results, and graphical views such as schematic diagram and design hierarchical diagram synchronically, a capability to view the current values of signals or variables and change them, a capability of visualization of simulation results, and a capability to view the waveform of results while simulating
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit analysis computing; data visualisation; digital simulation; hardware description languages; integrated circuit design; program debugging; IC design; Motif; VHDL simulation environment; VHdbx; VLSI; X window system; breakpoints; design hierarchical diagram; digital simulation; high-level debugger; selective disabling; selective enabling; single stepping; source code; trace mode; user friendly interface; visualization; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Computational modeling; Debugging; Displays; Signal design; Signal generators; User interfaces; Very large scale integration; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 1995 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3062-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICSICT.1995.500165
