![]() ![]() In addition to this, a lot of effort is being made to support more devices and introduce extra features.Īll of this means that open source FPGA tools are quickly advancing to the point where they can compete with commercially developed software. However, several open-source tools have been developed in the last few years which are aimed at simulating and building FPGA designs.Īlthough these tools still have a long way to go before they support every FPGA on the market, they already offer support for a number of FPGAs from Lattice and Xilinx.Īs a result of this, we can often use the same open-source toolchain for many different FPGA projects. While this may not sound like much of a problem, it often takes time to get comfortable with the features of the software as well as the scripting languages associated with them. This means that when we target a different FPGA vendor we, also have to learn how to use a different tool. Traditionally, when we create an FPGA design we have to use proprietary software tools to simulate and build our design.įor example, when we create a design that targets a Xilinix FPGA we would typically use Vivado software. In this post we look at some of the most popular open-source tools for FPGA design and verification.
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