Requirements

Table of Content:

• Dependencies
  1. Pile of Cores
• Common Requirements
  • Additional Requirements on Linux
  • Additional Requirements on Windows
• Optional Tools
  • For Linux
  • For Windows

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Dependencies

The PicoBlaze-Examples Collection depends on:

1. The PoC-Library, a platform independent HDL library.

All dependencies are available as GitHub repositories and can be downloaded via the git clone command. Alternatively, zip-files are offered by GitHub to download the latest master branches.

1. Pile of Cores (PoC)

The PoC-Library is used for it's common VHDL packages to extend VHDL's std and IEEE packages with addition enums, records and functions. The PoC-Examples Collection provides examples around these PoC packages and generic modules, to show how they can be used and configured.

Common Requirements:

• Programming languages and runtimes:
  • Python 3 (≥ 3.4):
    • colorama
• Synthesis tool chains:
  • Xilinx ISE 14.7 or
  • Xilinx Vivado 2014.x or
  • Altera Quartus II 13.x
• Simulation tool chains:
  • Xilinx ISE Simulator 14.7 or
  • Xilinx Vivado Simulator 2014.x or
  • Mentor Graphics ModelSim Altera Edition or
  • Mentor Graphics QuestaSim or
  • GHDL and GTKWave

Additional Requirements on Linux:

• Debian specific:
  • bash is configured as /bin/sh (read more)
    dpkg-reconfigure dash

Additional Requirements on Windows:

• PowerShell 4.0 (Windows Management Framework 4.0)
  • Allow local script execution (read more)
    PS> Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
  • PowerShell Community Extensions 3.2 (pscx.codeplex.com)

Optional Tools:

For Linux:

• Generic Colouriser (grc) ≥1.9
  • Git repository on GitHub -> https://github.com/garabik/grc
  • *.deb package for Debian -> http://kassiopeia.juls.savba.sk/~garabik/software/grc/

For Windows:

• posh-git - PowerShell integration for Git
  Installing posh-git with PsGet package manager: Install-Module posh-git