Active-HDL - Tips, Hints, and Reference

(To be updated soon...)

Active-HDL is an industrial-strength design tool.  Like any tool, used in the right way, it is very powerful and productive; but there are certain and quirks and idiosyncrasies which, if ignored, will lead to hours - yea days - of frustration.  This page gives guidelines and tips for using the tools so that you don't run into problems.  They are listed in section in decreasing order of importance.
 If you know something that should be included here, please mail it to us and we will add it. 

General Advice:

Schematic Editor (Bugs):

Schematic Editor (Tips):

Simulator (Bugs):

Simulator (Tips):


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