HDL Language Support and Supported Third-Party Tools and Hardware

VHDL and Verilog Language Support

The generated HDL code complies with the following standards:

VHDL-1993 (IEEE^® 1076-1993)
Verilog-2001 (IEEE 1364-2001)

Third-Party Synthesis Tools and Version Support

The HDL Workflow Advisor is tested with the following third-party FPGA synthesis tools:

Intel^® Quartus Prime Standard 18.1
Intel Quartus Pro 19.4
Xilinx^® Vivado^® Design Suite 2019.2
Microsemi^® Libero^® SoC 12.0
Xilinx ISE 14.7

When you use a synthesis tool that has been tested with the HDL Workflow Advisor and start the workflow, the Advisor generates a list of devices that are supported with that tool. If you use a third-party synthesis tool that is not tested with HDL Workflow Advisor, the Advisor does not update the device list to reflect the FPGA devices that you can use for that tool.

For example, the HDL Workflow Advisor has been tested with Intel Quartus Prime Standard and Intel Quartus Pro. If you use a tool has not been tested with the Advisor, such as Intel Quartus Prime Lite, the FPGA device list does not get updated in the Workflow Advisor.

To use third-party synthesis tools with HDL Coder™, a supported synthesis tool must be installed, and the synthesis tool executable must be on the system path. For details, see Tool Setup.

FPGA-in-the-Loop Hardware

The FPGAs supported for FPGA-in-the-loop simulation with HDL Verifier™ are listed in the HDL Verifier documentation.

You can also add custom FPGA boards by using the FPGA Board Manager. See FPGA Board Customization for details.

For FPGA-in-the-Loop or Customization for USRP™ Device using the HDL Workflow Advisor, a supported synthesis tool must be installed, and the synthesis tool executable must be on the system path. For details, see Tool Setup.

Generic ASIC/FPGA Hardware

The following hardware is supported for the Generic ASIC/FPGA workflow:

Synthesis Tool	Device Family
Xilinx Vivado	Kintex7
	Artix7
	Kintex UltraScale+
	KintexU
	Spartan7
	Virtex UltraScale+
	Virtex7
	VirtexU
	Zynq
	Zynq UltraScale+
Xilinx ISE	Virtex6
	Virtex5
	Virtex4
	Spartan-3A DSP
	Spartan 3E
	Spartan3
	Spartan6
Altera^® Quartus^® II Note Altera Quartus II refers to the synthesis tool Intel Quartus Prime Standard.	Cyclone^® III
	Cyclone IV
	Arria^® II GX and GZ
	Stratix^® IV
	Stratix V
	Cyclone III
	Arria 10
	Arria V GX
	MAX 10
Intel Quartus Pro	Arria 10
	Cyclone 10 GX
	Stratix 10
Microsemi Libero SoC	SmartFusion2 SoC
	RTG4
	IGLOO2

IP Core Generation Hardware

The following hardware is supported for the IP Core Generation workflow:

Synthesis Tool	Target Platform
Xilinx Vivado	ZedBoard and with FMC-HDMI-CAM and FMCOMMS2/3/4/
	ZC706 and with FMC-HDMI-CAM and FMCOMMS2/3/4/ and FMCOMMS5
	ZC702 with FMC-HDMI-CAM
	Zynq ZC706 evaluation kit
	Zynq ZC702 evaluation kit
	PicoZed FMC-HDMI-CAM
	Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC ZCU102 Evaluation Kit
Intel Quartus Pro	Arria 10 SoC development kit
Altera Quartus II Altera Quartus II refers to the synthesis tool Intel Quartus Prime Standard.	Arria 10 SoC development kit
	Cyclone V SoC development kit Rev. C and Rev. D
	Arrow DECA Max 10 FPGA development board
	Arrow SoCKit development board
	Arria 10 GX FPGA development kit

Simulink Real-Time FPGA I/O: Speedgoat Target Hardware

You use the Simulink Real-Time FPGA I/O workflow to target Speedgoat FPGA I/O modules. These I/O modules are part of Speedgoat target computer systems. To run the Simulink Real-Time FPGA I/O workflow, install the Speedgoat Library and the Speedgoat HDL Coder Integration Packages. After you install the integration packages, you can choose the Target platform and then run the workflow to generate a Simulink^® Real-Time™ interface subsystem.

To learn about:

The integration packages and how you can install them, see Speedgoat - HDL Coder Integration Packages.
Speedgoat I/O modules that are supported with the HDL Workflow Advisor, seeSpeedgoat Real-Time FPGA Application Support from HDL Coder .

See Speedgoat FPGA Support with HDL Workflow Advisor.

FPGA Turnkey Hardware

The following hardware is supported for the FPGA Turnkey workflow:

Altera Arria II GX FPGA development kit
Altera Cyclone III FPGA development kit
Altera Cyclone IV GX FPGA development kit
Altera DE2–115 development and education board
XUP Atlys Spartan-6 development board
Xilinx Spartan-3A DSP 1800A development board
Xilinx Spartan-6 SP605 development board
Xilinx Virtex-4 ML401 development board
Xilinx Virtex-4 ML402 development board
Xilinx Virtex-5 ML506 development board
Xilinx Virtex-6 ML605 development board

For FPGA development boards that have more than one FPGA device, only one such device can be used with FPGA Turnkey. This workflow does not support Xilinx Vivado.

Supported FPGA Device Families for Board Customization

You can also add custom FPGA boards using the FPGA Board Manager. HDL Coder supports the following FPGA device families for board customization; that is, when you create your own board definition file. See FPGA Board Customization (HDL Verifier).

Device Family
Xilinx	Kintex7
	Artix7
	Spartan-3A DSP
	Spartan3
	Spartan3A and Spartan3AN
	Spartan3E
	Spartan6
	Virtex4
	Virtex5
	Virtex6
	Virtex7
Altera	Cyclone III
	Cyclone IV
	Arria II
	Stratix IV
	Stratix V

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