* sudo bash
* apt-get install vim exuberant-ctags
* apt-get install build-essential
-* apt-get install git python3.7 python3.7-dev python-nosetest3
+* apt-get install git python3.7 python3.7-dev python3-nose
* apt-get install graphviz xdot gtkwave
* apt-get install python3-venv
* apt-get install python-virtualenv # this is an alternative to python3-venv
A portable FPGA place and route tool.
-See [[HDL_workflow/nextpnr]] page for installation instructions of nextpnr with ECP5 support for Lattice FPGA ECP5 series.
+See [[HDL_workflow/nextpnr]] page for installation instructions of nextpnr with ECP5 support for Lattice FPGA ECP5 series. Also see
+[[HDL_workflow/ECP5_FPGA]] for connecting up to JTAG with a ULX3S
+and the Lattice VERSA_ECP5.
## Verilator
## Symbiflow
-needed for the Arty A7 100t Digilent FPGA board
+A fully open source toolchain for the development of FPGAs. Currently it targets Xilinx 7-series, Lattice iCE40 and ECP5, Quicklogic EOS S3.
+
+Needed for the Arty A7 100t Digilent FPGA board.
See [[HDL_workflow/symbiflow]] for installation instructions
-and dependencies
+and dependencies.
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