Re: Help wanted finding a graphical state diagram tool

[Leo Shvarberg <shvarzberg@metro.net>]

Quinn Tyler Jackson wrote:
> 
> George Cooper wrote in message ...
> 
> >I'm looking for a Windows tool to graphically create state
> >diagrams from which code is automatically generated. I'm specifically
> >interested in generating VHDL, Verilog and C.
> 
> I've never personally used it, but you might check out Libero at Imatix:
> 
>     http://www.imatix.com/html/libero/index.htm
> 
> If it's anything like Xitami, their free web server, then it's a gem.
> 
> Their page claims the following:
> 
>     What Languages can I use?
> 
>     C
>     Java
>     C++
>     Perl
>     Awk
>     UNIX shells - Korn shell, BASH, Bourne shell, C shell
>     Rexx
>     MS Visual Basic
>     MS Test Basic
>     COBOL
>     MS 80x86 Assembler
> 
>     ... with open-ended support for other languages.
>     Libero uses a programmable code generator engine.
>     To generate code in a specific language, you write a new
>     schema. A schema is like a script or program, written using
>     Libero's schema language.
> 
> It's free, and the source is available.
> 
> --
> Quinn Tyler Jackson
> 
> email: qjackson@wave.home.com
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> 
> "... it is wrong to say that a good language is important to thought, merely;
> for it is the essence of it."  -- Charles Sanders Peirce

Aldec - www.aldec.com used to offer their state machine editor for
download on their WWW site for free.Check it out. may be it is still
there. It generated VHDL code from the state diagrams. It was pretty
good tool. 
Good luck.
LS.