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You can also use X-Win32 to get Linux with GUI on IFIs Windows clients: https://termvakt.uio.no/Fjerninnlogging#Xterm_via_X-Win32
You can also use X-Win32 to get Linux with GUI on IFIs Windows clients: https://termvakt.uio.no/Fjerninnlogging#Xterm_via_X-Win32
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== Digilent Adept on Linux ==
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= Digilent Adept on Linux =
Digilent Adept to program the Atlys board can be obtained from the Digilent website.
Digilent Adept to program the Atlys board can be obtained from the Digilent website.
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== License server ==
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= License server =
Licenses can be checked out from lisens.ifi.uio.no:
Licenses can be checked out from lisens.ifi.uio.no:
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== Robin Peripheral Repository ==
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= Robin Peripheral Repository =
The ROBIN EDK repository is located at:
The ROBIN EDK repository is located at:
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Set "Project Peripheral Reposotory Search Path" in XPS to enable it.
Set "Project Peripheral Reposotory Search Path" in XPS to enable it.
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== Academic Xilinx FPGA tools ==
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= Academic Xilinx FPGA tools =
Python interface to Xilinx/EDK MHS: https://github.com/EPiCS/reconos/tree/master/tools
Python interface to Xilinx/EDK MHS: https://github.com/EPiCS/reconos/tree/master/tools

Revision as of 11:30, 28 August 2018

Contents

FPGA tools on Linux

First time initialization

cd 
nano .bashrc

Append the following lines to the end of the .bashrc file:

# Questa 10.6c
export LM_LICENSE_FILE=5370@lisens.ifi.uio.no
export PATH=$PATH:/projects/nanus/eda/Mentor/2017_2018/Questa/questasim/bin

# Modelsim library 
export MODELSIM=/projects/robin/CADlib/modelsimCADLIB.ini

# Vivado 16.4 64-bit version
source /projects/robin/programs/Vivado/2016.4/settings64.sh
export PATH=$PATH:/projects/robin/programs/Vivado/2016.4/bin

Launch

To be able to launch the applications, you need to source the .bashrc file:

source .bashrc

However, the .bashrc file is sourced every time you open a new terminal. So this is a first-time requirement only.

Questa with GUI:

vsim

Vivado with GUI:

vivado

Vlog (terminal only):

vlog

Vcom (terminal only):

vcom

FPGA tools on Windows

Vivado 2016.4 is situated on /uio/kant/ifi-project06/robin/programs/vivado it can be accessed from any Windows machine, but it does need to have the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable set to 5370@lisens.ifi.uio.no

Vivado, ISE and Questa is currently installed locally on LISP (2428) and Questa is installed on SED (1454) and CHILL (3443). Please notify the engineer in ROBIN if there are issues.

BUG

Due to technical issues, you will receive the following error when creating a new project in Questa on M:/:

# Project file M:/inf3430/my_first_project.mpf is not readable.
# Unable to open project.

We are sorry to inform that there are no current solutions to this problem. However, we are working on a solution. You may use;

C:\users\<username>

for storing project files, but be ware that there is no backup and you need to move your files to M:\ before leaving the client.

You can also use X-Win32 to get Linux with GUI on IFIs Windows clients: https://termvakt.uio.no/Fjerninnlogging#Xterm_via_X-Win32

Digilent Adept on Linux

Digilent Adept to program the Atlys board can be obtained from the Digilent website.

Note that some Xilinx scripts require GNU BASH. Ubuntu (and possibly others) come with DASH. Disable DASH by reconfiguring it:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash

Note that the tools available on Windows, such as Xilinx ISE/PlanAhead and Modelsim are not supported by drift on Linux.

To enable autocompletion and history in XMD:

rlwrap xmd


License server

Licenses can be checked out from lisens.ifi.uio.no:

export LM_LICENSE_FILE=5370@lisens.ifi.uio.no

On Windows:

setx LM_LICENSE_FILE 5370@lisens.ifi.uio.no

Robin Peripheral Repository

The ROBIN EDK repository is located at:

\\uio\kant\ifi-project06\robin\CADlib\spartan3EDK2012 

It contains BSP for the Spartan3 Starter Board.

Set "Project Peripheral Reposotory Search Path" in XPS to enable it.

Academic Xilinx FPGA tools

Python interface to Xilinx/EDK MHS: https://github.com/EPiCS/reconos/tree/master/tools

XDL Format description: http://www.mn.uio.no/ifi/english/research/projects/cosrecos/publications/paper/recosoc11beckhoff.pdf

Bitstream Intepretation Library (Virtex5): https://github.com/florianbenz/bil

DeBit: http://code.google.com/p/debit/

GoAhead: http://www.mn.uio.no/ifi/english/research/projects/cosrecos/goahead/

Creating Hard Macros (guide): http://wiki.eng.iastate.edu/reconfigurable-computing-wiki/index.php/Creating_Hard_Macros

TORC: http://torc-isi.sourceforge.net/

ReconOS: https://github.com/EPiCS/reconos

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