The European Space Agency (ESA) VHDL Modelling Guidelines are
now available by anonymous ftp from aixesa2.estec.esa.nl. This
document will be used in ESA developments of ASICs and VHDL
models, in order to ensure a good VHDL coding standard and that
the models are portable between simulators. Specific guidelines
for logic synthesis have not been included, but the document is
compatible with the usage of logic synthesis for ASIC design.

Also on this server is a VHDL Status Report that has been
previously announced.

An excerpt from the README file:
ModelGuide.ps    Updated version of the ESA VHDL Modelling Guidelines
                 previously posted to comp.lang.vhdl. The purpose of these
                 guidelines is to ensure a good coding standard for VHDL,
                 w.r.t. to readability, portability and a high level of
                 verification. There are separate sections dealing with
                 specific requirements for models for component simulation,
                 board-level simulation, system-level simulation and
                 testbenches.
                 Format: postscript.

VHDLReport.ps    An overview of the current (May 1994) status of the VHDL
                 standard and associated activities within the IEEE, EIA, and
                 ESPRIT projects. An extensive summary of VHDL repositories
                 is included, together with a list of European VHDL tools.
                 Format: postscript.

To access the documents:

ftp aixesa2.estec.esa.nl
Connected to aixesa2.estec.esa.nl.
220 aixesa2 FTP server (Version 5.60) ready.
Name (aixesa2.estec.esa.nl:psi): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send ident as password.
Password:                 <send your e-mail address here>
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
ftp> cd pub/vhdl
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list.
README
tmp
ModelGuide.ps
VHDLReport.ps
226 Transfer complete.
ftp> get ModelGuide.ps
200 PORT command successful.
226 Transfer complete.
local: ModelGuide.ps remote: ModelGuide.ps
ftp> bye

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