User Guide

From Icarus Verilog

This is the user guide: a collection of articles on how to use Icarus Verilog effectively. The two major parts cover working with Icarus Verilog and Icarus Verilog details. The first part contains articles that describe how and why things work, and the second part contains more advanced aspects of using Icarus Verilog. Although both sections are written in prose with examples, the second section is more detailed and presumes the basic understanding of the first part.

[edit] Working with Icarus Verilog

These are articles that describe in clear prose, with examples, the basics of using Icarus Verilog. Each article covers a significant aspect of using Icarus Verilog in the real world.

• Getting Started with Icarus Verilog
• Simulation
• Using VPI
• Using Loadable Target API

[edit] More Details

The links here contain more advanced information on select subjects. Read here for complete details on subjects that were introduced in the guides above.

• iverilog Command Flags/Arguments
• vvp Command Flags/Arguments
• Command File Format
• Verilog Language Portability Notes
• Verilog References