Vendor: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Category: UART

Simulation VIP for UART

Best-in-class UART Verification IP for your IP, SoC and system-level design testing.

Overview

Best-in-class UART Verification IP for your IP, SoC and system-level design testing. In production since 2014 on dozens of production designs.

Cadence provides a mature and comprehensive Verification IP (VIP) for the UART protocol. Incorporating the latest protocol updates, the Cadence® Verification IP for UART provides a complete bus functional model (BFM), integrated automatic protocol checks, and coverage model. Designed for easy integration in testbenches at IP, system-on-chip (SoC), and system levels, the VIP for UART helps you reduce time to test, accelerate verification closure, and ensure end-product quality. The VIP runs on all major simulators and supports SystemVerilog along with the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM).

Supported Specification: Standard UART 16550 Specification

Key features

  • Mode
    • Synchronous, Asynchronous
  • Transmission Mode
    • Full-Duplex, Half-Duplex
  • Baud Rate
    • Configurable baud rate generation
  • Word Length
    • Configurable word length (5, 6, 7, or 8-bits)
  • Stop Bits
    • Configurable stop bits (1, 1.5, or 2-bits)
  • Error Detection Flags
    • Overrun, Frame, and Parity error
  • IDLE Frame Insertion/ Detection
    • Supports IDLE frame insertion and detection on transmitter and receiver respectively
  • TX/RX FIFOs
    • Supports up to 128-bytes FIFO depth for both transmitter and receiver
  • Auto Flow Control
    • Supports hardware flow control
  • Extended Features
    • LIN, MODBUS, Driver Enable, IRDA, Smartcard, and LPUART

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Identity

Part Number
Simulation VIP for UART
Vendor
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

Provider

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
HQ: USA
If you want to achieve silicon success, let Cadence help you choose the right IP solution and capture its full value in your SoC design. Cadence® IP solutions offer the combined advantages of a high-quality portfolio, an open platform, a modern IP factory approach to quality, and a strong ecosystem. Now you can tackle IP-to-SoC development in a system context, focus your internal effort on differentiation, and leverage multi-function cores to do more, faster. The Cadence IP Portfolio includes silicon-proven Tensilica® IP cores, analog PHY interfaces, standards-based IP cores, verification IP cores, and other solutions as well as customization services for current and emerging industry standards. The Cadence IP Factory provides you with an automated approach to the customization, delivery, and verification of SoC IP. As a result, you can spend more time on differentiation, with the assurance that you'll meet your performance, power, and area requirements. Choosing Cadence IP enables you to design with confidence because you have more freedom to innovate your SoCs with less risk and faster time to market.

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Frequently asked questions about UART IP cores

What is Simulation VIP for UART?

Simulation VIP for UART is a UART IP core from Cadence Design Systems, Inc. listed on Semi IP Hub.

How should engineers evaluate this UART?

Engineers should review the overview, key features, supported foundries and nodes, maturity, deliverables, and provider information before shortlisting this UART IP.

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