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Figure 3-6: SerialLite III Streaming Example Testbench (Simplex) for Arria 10 Devices
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Testbench
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Simulating and Verifying the Design
1. Set the environment variables:
• QUARTUS_ROOTDIR to the location of the Quartus II software directory.
• For ModelSim-Altera only: MODELSIM_ALTERA_LIBS to the location of the precompiled
simulation libraries.
2. For simplex mode, set the following environment variables:
• SRC_SIM_LOCATION to the location where the simulation files for the source core are generated.
For instance, if the name of the source core is 'src', then the directory name is /src_sim for Stratix V
and Arria V GZ devices and /src for Arria 10 devices.
• SNK_SIM_LOCATION to the location where the simulation files for sink core are generated. For
instance, if the name of the sink core is 'snk', then the directory name is /snk_sim for Stratix V and
Arria V GZ devices and /snk for Arria 10 devices.
3. For duplex mode, set the following environment variable:
• SIM_LOCATION to the location where the simulation files for the duplex core are generated. For
instance, if the name of the duplex core is 'duplex', then the directory name is /duplex_sim for
Stratix V and Arria V GZ devices and /duplex for Arria 10 devices.
4. Set the parameters in the test_env.v file to override the testbench default value (optional).
5. Run the provided scripts to simulate the testbench in the ModelSim-Altera SE/AE, VCS, VCS MX,
NCSim, or Aldec Riviera simulators. The following table lists the provided scripts.
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