HDL WORKS PRESENTS HDL COMPANION 3.3

November 21, 2023, HDL Works announces the release and immediate availability of version 3.3 of HDL Companion,
the HDL analysis,navigation and editing environment.

What's new in HDL Companion 3.3

VHDL 2019

The VHDL parser in 2019 mode contains numerous improvements like:

• Allow a configuration to exist in another library than the entity.
• Allow the ‘;’ character after the last element of an interface list before the ‘)’ character.
• Allow ‘OPEN’ in partially associated formal of a component map.

Linting

Three new lint checks from the DO-254 Safe Synthesis list have been added:

• SS8: Avoid clock used as data
• SS9: Avoid shared clock and reset signal
• SS10: Avoid gated clocks

The above checks are only performed inside a Verilog module and VHDL architecture.

About HDL Companion

HDL Companion is like a Swiss Army knife. It provides the HDL Design Engineer with 1001 different features like: Syntax checking, Design Exploration & Navigation, Signal Tracing, Linting, HDL Sensitive Editor, Global Search and Replace, HTML Generator, Source Revision Control and EDA Tools configurator. It is easy to use, affordable and should be present in each designers toolbox.

This saves many, many hours to get an understanding of any existing HDL code. Incomplete designs and design code with syntax errors is accepted by HDL Companion, so design information can be gathered without being forced to debug that unknown erroneous code first.

About HDL Works

HDL Works develops and markets high-performance, intuitive tools for complex HDL design across a wide spectrum of applications. Its software products are available on the industry's most popular workstations and personal computer platforms. HDL Works currently holds BoardTrace, EASE, IO Checker and HDL Companion in its product portfolio. Headquartered in Ede, The Netherlands, HDL Works is privately held.

HDL Works BV
Keplerlaan 12
6716 BS Ede
The Netherlands

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BoardTrace, EASE, HDL Companion and IO Checker are trademarks of HDL Works.