What's new in HDL Companion 2.2

HTML Documentation

The HTML documentation of VHDL and Verilog files has been extended with links from used objects to their definition.

Here is a VHDL to HTML example for the I2C project (in a new window).

A Verilog to HTML example can be found here (also in a new window).

Comment extraction

Comment can be extracted from the HDL files and displayed in the detailed view. A comment icon is added to the object symbol to show comment has been found. When you move the mouse pointer over the comment icon the comment is shown in a tooltip.

HDL Linting

The linter has been improved for both VHDL and Verilog.
Performance of the linter has improved.

ToolFlow

Buttons have been added to the main- and global view button bars. The toplevel units (entity, module, architecture and configuration), can be selected for simulation.

Miscellaneous

• Unicode support in the Scriptum editor.
• Menu structure has been improved
• Definitions of Verilog macros to control compilation of the Verilog files.
• IP configuration is now done in a separate dialog.
• License wizard now uses the HDLWorks website to complete a license request.

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