Altera Quartus II Scripting - Manual (Page 500)

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simulator
Quartus II Scripting Reference Manual © July 2013 Altera Corporation
run_simulation
Usage
run_simulation [-time <time>]
Options
-time <time>: Length of time the simulation runs in nanoseconds
Description
Instructs the Simulator to simulate for a specified time. If you do not specify the length of time the
simulation runs, the Simulator simulates until the simulation is complete.
Example
Example 1
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project_open lelut
initialize_simulation
# Simulate the design until the it is complete
run_simulation
project_close
Example 2
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project_open lelut
initialize_simulation
# Simulate design for 10ns
run_simulation -time 10ns
# Change value of node "clk1" to 0
force_simulation_value -node clk1 0
# Simulate design for another 20ns
run_simulation -time 20ns
# Change value of node "clk0" to 1
force_simulation_value -node clk0 1
# Simulate until it is complete
run_simulation
project_close