Testbench

Testbenches have three main pusposes
- Generate stimulus for simulation
- Apply stimulus to the entity under test
- Compare output responses with expected values

ENTITY testbench IS
-- no PORT statement necessary
END testbench;

ARCHITECTURE example IS testbench
    COMPONENT entity_under_test
      PORT(...)
    END COMPONENT;
BEGIN
    Generate_waveforms_for_test;
    Instantiate_component;
    Monitoring_statements;
END example;