AR# 2276

描述

General Description:

When simulating with NC-Verilog, what does the following error mean?

"ncelab: *F,CUMSTS: Timescale directive missing on one or more modules."

解决方案

The `timescale can be declared in any file.

The UNISIMS has 100ps / 10ps.

The SIMPRIMS has 1ps / 1ps.

The glbl.v has 100ps / 10ps.

The smallest precision of all the timescale directives determines the time unit of the simulation. For example:

`timescale 1 ns / 10 ps

module1 ();

...

endmodule

`timescale 100 ns / 1 ns

module2 ();

...

endmodule

`timescale 1 ps / 100 fs

module3 ();

...

endmodule

The first timescale indicates that the time units for module1 are in multiples of 1 ns and it is precise to 10 ps. Thus, the smallest timestep for the simulator is 10 ps.

The second timescale is 100 ns / 1 ns. Because 1 ns is greater than 10 ps, the smallest timestep remains 10 ps.

The third timescale is 1 ps / 100 fs. Because 100 fs is smaller than 10 ps, the smallest simulator timestep now becomes 100 fs.

The `timescale compiler directive is optional. Designs that do not contain this require no modification, and the default of 1 ns / 1 ns is used. However, if the design includes a `timescale compiler directive for any module definition, then all other modules' definitions require this as well. Otherwise, NC-Verilog flags this as an error.

The -timescale option can be issued to ncelab rather than adding the `timescale directive to all the modules.