Step by step installation and path setting of GHDL and GTKWave. open VHDL simulator on windows platform.

Setup an open source VHDL simulator on windows

 GHDL is free and light weight simulator to execute the simple code of VHDL for analyze the result we will use the GTKWave.

Step 1: Download and install essential soft-wares

1) Download and install GHDL from the link mentioned below

Link: http://ghdl.free.fr/download.html

2) Download and install the GTKWave from the link mentioned below

Link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gtkwave/files/

3) Download and install notepad++ for  the GHDL and gtkwave simulator for editing the code

Link: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/

Step 2: Setting up path for GHDL and GTK wave to use them as a command from command prompt

 Goto My computer -> right click on the screen -> select the properties -> from control panel home -> select advanced system settings

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Directly go to search the option and enter the word environment -> select the second option edit the system environment variables 

 

1)  select environment variable

2) Go to system variables-> paths-> edit 

3) Set the path of both GHDL and GTKwave into path. 

Separate each  path by placing first ";" than entire path location mention as below.

i.e. first ; and then path C:\Program Files (x86)\GHDL\bin next again put ; and C:\Program Files (x86)\gtkwave\bin

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Link provided below explain step by step execution of code on GHDL and GTKWave: