Part of the Cadence VIP Catalog
The Cadence LIN Verification IP (VIP) provides a mature, highly capable compliance verification solution for the LIN Protocol. Used on multiple production designs, the LIN VIP is applicable for IP, SoC, and system-level verification. The VIP is compatible with the industry standard Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) and runs on the Cadence
Incisive Enterprise Simulator and also the Synopsys VCS® and Mentor Graphics Questa® simulators. The LIN VIP supports the unique
Compliance Management System (CMS) which provides interactive, graphical analysis of coverage results correlated with the protocol specification.
| IP developers |
Take advantage of thousands of automatic protocol checks performed by the VIP and the extensive compliance test suite. Be confident in knowing the VIP has been used in thousands of production designs. |
| SoC developers |
One consistent testbench interface spans the entire Cadence VIP Catalog ensuring straightforward chip level verification. Innovative licensing makes it affordable to perform multi-protocol verification. Also compatible with the extensive Cadence Memory Portfolio for full SoC verification. |
Capabilities
- Complies with the LIN 1.3 and 2.1 specifications
- Verifies LIN-based IP and networks
- All frame types are supported, including mandatory and optional configuration
- Built-in functional coverage measurement and reporting
- Database of predefined LIN configuration sequences easily constrained to match actual frames
- Supports injection of errors and/or noise into generated frames
- Configurable as master/slave (or monitor only)
- Master can send random traffic and completely configure the network
- Hooks provided to build user scoreboard
- Node capability file parser provided for easy UVC configuration
- May be configured as agent (frame publisher/subscriber) or monitor only
Supported Configurations
The LIN VIP may be configured to emulate a LIN network cluster with a master node and one or more slaves. Each VIP instance in the network can be set to act as a LIN 2.1 or 2.0 node. To allow correct communication within the network, the LIN protocol version of the master must be equal to or higher than the network slaves.
Protocol Compliance
The LIN VIP provides a highly capable protocol compliance verification solution called the
Compliance Management System (CMS). CMS includes a verification plan and a full suite of tests. It drives defined, constrained random bus traffic at all layers to offload this time consuming task from you. Injected errors and error conditions are flagged and recovered according to AMBA specifications. The VIP’s sequence generation engine applies a context-sensitive approach to test plan execution. This greatly speeds the verification task and increases verification productivity. A cumulative coverage database ensures that the design under test is sufficiently exercised.
Language & Methodology Support
The following languages may be used in conjunction with the VIP:
- SystemVerilog
- e
- SystemC
- Verilog
- VHDL
- C,C++
The following methodologies may be used in conjunction with the VIP:
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