Instructions for installing Icarus Verilog simulator (Windows)

Step1: Go to the following site

ftp://ftp.icarus.com/pub/eda/verilog/v0.7

Step2: Click on the directory named “Windows” and click on the file named
”iverilog-0.7-setup.exe” and save it.

Step3: Install the software

Double click on the saved .exe file and it will begin installing. Accept all the default values.
When it asks for “PATH” just ignore it and press “OK”. Also if it pops a window saying
“searching for …” just press ‘Cancel’. If it asks you to connect to the Icarus web-page, just click
‘No’. That’s pretty much it for installation!

Step4: Make your own directory to work and copy the relevant files into it!

i) From the windows, do: Start -> run -> cmd. This brings the command prompt.
Change directory to the right place (e.g., C:\iverilog directory) by doing “cd C:\iverilog” and
press Enter.
ii) To see the list of files, do “dir/p” <Enter> The executable files are in the C:\iverilog\bin
directory.
iii) Create your own directory and copy the iverilog.exe and vvp.exe files into them. Just do:
“mkdir MyOwnDir” <Enter>. Then do,
“copy C:\iverilog\bin\*.exe C:\iverilog\MyOwnDir “ <Enter>

iv) Also, copy the sample Verilog code into your directory. Do the following,
“copy C:\iverilog\*.vl C:\iverilog\MyOwnDir” <Enter>.

Step5: Compile and run a sample code

The command to COMPILE is ‘iverilog’ (e.g., iverilog -o myobjectcode hello.vl)

The command to RUN compiled code is ‘vvp’ (e.g., vvp myobjectcode). Note that it is all-lower-
case ‘vee-vee-p’ NOT WP. Also note that Verilog programs for Icarus end in vee-el NOT vee-
one.

i) Go to your directory by doing “cd C:\iverilog\MyOwnDir” <Enter>

ii) Compile a program by doing “iverilog –o myobjectcode hello.vl” <Enter”
iii) Run the compiled code by doing this “vvp myobjectcode” <Enter”. You should see a one-
line output on the screen that says “Hello, World”!

That’s all it takes to install and get the Icarus running!

Please see the next page on downloading an editor for Verilog

 Downloading Textpad Software

Step1: Go to: http://www.textpad.com/download/

Step2: Download the executable from one of the links such as

ftp://download.textpad.com/pub/textpad5.3/txpeng531.exe

Step3: Run the executable by double clicking and it will install itself.

Done!!!

Note: While saving a Verilog file in Textpad, do the following:

i) do file->save as
ii) “Save as type” is “all files *.*”
iii) File format is “UNIX”
iv) Encoding is “ANSI”