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Installing VHDL on Ubuntu in TIDE

VHDL

VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) is a hardware description language used in electronic design automation to describe digital and mixed-signal systems.

Installation

GHDL is an open-source VHDL analyzer, compiler, and simulator available on Ubuntu:

apt update
apt install -y ghdl

Verification

Check the GHDL version:

ghdl --version

Compilation & Simulation

Create a hello.vhdl file:

use std.textio.all;

entity hello_world is
end entity;

architecture behavior of hello_world is
begin
  process
    variable l : line;
  begin
    write(l, String'("Hello, VHDL in TIDE!"));
    writeline(output, l);
    wait;
  end process;
end architecture;

Analyze, elaborate, and run simulation with ghdl:

ghdl -a hello.vhdl
ghdl -e hello_world
ghdl -r hello_world

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