> I wouldn't recommend Icarus Verilog, it's not a very good simulator. Haven't really used it much myself but fair enough :) I suspect many people on HN would

> I wouldn't recommend Icarus Verilog, it's not a very good simulator. Haven't really used it much myself but fair enough :) I suspect many people on HN would be more comfortable with free opensource tools. Which is why I mention it. The majority of the EDA world is proprietary software and huge licensing fees, free limited versions available for home/educational use if you're lucky. A bit of a culture shock for someone used to the software world!