How to use TCL/TK for simulation in modelsim?

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shenql

Joined: 20 Nov 2007
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20 Nov 2007 9:04 modelsim tk

I'm interest in TCL.And found it can use for simulation in modelsim! But I don't know how to write script for it!
Who have experience in this? If you have ,can you share it?
Thank you! Expecting for your experence!

shenql

Joined: 20 Nov 2007
Posts: 24

21 Nov 2007 4:21 using tk in modelsim

no one have experience in this?

walid farid

Joined: 08 Nov 2006
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21 Nov 2007 8:45 Re: How to use TCL/TK for simulation in modelsim?

You can start with "chapter25:TCL and Macros (Do files)" in the ModelSim users manual. Note that in the ModelSim do files you can merge both the TCL and the ModelSim commands.

shenql

Joined: 20 Nov 2007
Posts: 24

23 Nov 2007 2:36 How to use TCL/TK for simulation in modelsim?

OK! I'll try this! Thank you ! waild!

Added after 6 minutes:

Do you know what's the task of tcl in modelsim?

salma ali bakr

Joined: 27 Jan 2006
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23 Nov 2007 7:29 Re: How to use TCL/TK for simulation in modelsim?

tcl is just a programming language...or to be more precise, a command language...it's used to control the use of EDA tools...(TCL stands for Tool Control Language)

so it's used to automate the procedures you'd normally do on a GUI of an EDA tool...

when you're writing commands in modelsim...you're just writing tool-dependent commands that use tcl commands in reality (but this isn't visible to you of course)

you can make a script to compile, simulate...etc
you can also do a testbench with tcl

this site is very fun :

http://wiki.tcl.tk/