Abstract: A method and system for simulation of a communications bus. A simulation arrangement is configured with a behavioral agent and an application agent coupled to the bus. Bus commands are selectively loaded in the behavioral and application agent in accordance with a desired simulation sequence. The behavioral agent is configurable with phase behavior instructions that specify assertion and deassertion times for selected signals by the behavioral agent. Compliant and non-compliant bus behavior can be simulated with the phase behavior instructions.

Abstract: A method and system for demonstrating simulation of a communications bus. In various embodiments, methods and systems are described which support recording a simulation of a system having a communications bus and playback of the recorded simulation. Bus signal vectors are recorded by recorder logic during the simulation, and player logic reads the recorded signal vectors and provides the appropriate bus signals at the appropriate times during playback of the simulation.