Hi,
We're considering using the Xilinx Spartan FPGA series. We plan to use the free Web ISE tools for doing our verilog synthesis, place and route and simulation. I have several questions about this. I'm assuming that synthesis and pnr are well taken care off by the Web ISE. However, I noticed simulation might have to be done using ModelSim and rather than being free it is provided only with time limited licensing. Are there alternatives to ModelSim? We used to use Cadence's ncsim but we will not have funding to use it anymore. We were using verilog and C testbenches through PLI to get coverage in our simulations. I'd like to hear about what other people and teams have experienced in this area. This work is not-for-profit.
Thanks, R. Beresford