Installing

All the tools are automatically managed by TerosHDL vscode plugin. But there are some requisites you have to satisfy to enable the all the functionalities. You can search for TerosHDL inside VSCode in the extensions tab or Launch VS Code Quick Open Ctrl+P, paste the following command, and press enter: ext install teros-technology.teroshdl

Requisites

• Visual Studio Code

• Python3

• HDL simulator

• Vunit

Most features work without external Visual Studio Code dependencies but some special features require manually installed software by the user.

Feature	Requisite
Linter	HDL simulator
Dependencie viewer	Python3
Project manager	Vunit

Visual Studio Code

Download VSCode

CLI Ubuntu installation example:

> dpkg -i vscode_downloaded_file.deb

Python3

Python3 must be installed in the machine to use the dependencies viewer.

Check how to configure the python3 path if python3 issues appear.

HDL simulator

Linter needs a simulator to work. The currently supported simulators are the following:

Verilog/SV	VHDL
ModelSim	ModelSim
Vivado	Vivado
Icarus	GHDL
Verilator

To configure the linter visit the linter configuration section

Vunit

It is necessary to use the project manager. Install:

> pip install vunit_hdl