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+ Migen inside
Build your hardware, easily!
- Copyright 2015 Enjoy-Digital
- (based on Migen/MiSoC technologies)
+ Copyright 2012-2018 / EnjoyDigital
[> Intro
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-LiteX is a fork of Migen/MiSoC for our own needs at Enjoy-Digital. It provides
-a single python package and add some specific features to design our FPGA cores,
-build a SoC with or or load/flash it to the hardware.
+--------
+LiteX is a FPGA design/SoC builder that can be used to build cores, create
+SoCs and full FPGA designs.
-The structure of LiteX is kept close to Migen/MiSoC to enable collaboration
-between projects.
+LiteX is based on Migen and provides specific building/debugging tools for
+a higher level of abstraction and compatibily with the LiteX core ecosystem.
+
+Think of Migen as a toolbox to create FPGA designs in Python and LiteX as a
+toolbox to create/develop/debug FPGA SoCs in Python.
+
+
+Typical LiteX design flow:
+--------------------------
+
+ +---------------+
+ |FPGA toolchains|
+ +----^-----+----+
+ | |
+ +--+-----v--+
+ +-------+ | |
+ | Migen +--------> |
+ +-------+ | | Your design
+ | LiteX +---> ready to be used!
+ | |
++----------------------+ | |
+|LiteX Cores Ecosystem +--> |
++----------------------+ +-^-------^-+
+ (Eth, SATA, DRAM, USB, | |
+ PCIe, Video, etc...) + +
+ board target
+ file file
+
+
+LiteX already supports various softcores CPUs: LM32, Mor1kx, PicoRV32, VexRiscv
+and is compatible with the LiteX's Cores Ecosystem:
+
+- LiteDRAM: https://github.com/enjoy-digital/litedram
+- LiteEth: https://github.com/enjoy-digital/liteeth
+- LitePCIe: https://github.com/enjoy-digital/litepcie
+- LiteSATA: https://github.com/enjoy-digital/litesata
+- LiteUSB: https://github.com/enjoy-digital/liteusb
+- LiteSDCard: https://github.com/enjoy-digital/litesdcard
+- LiteICLink: https://github.com/enjoy-digital/liteiclink
+- LiteJESD204B: https://github.com/enjoy-digital/litejesd204b
+- LiteVideo: https://github.com/enjoy-digital/litevideo
+- LiteScope: https://github.com/enjoy-digital/litescope
-[> License
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-LiteX is copyright (c) 2015 Enjoy-Digital.
-Since it is based on Migen/MiSoC, see gen/MIGEN_LICENSE and soc/MISOC_LICENSE or
-git history to get correct ownership of files.
[> Sub-packages
------------
+---------------
gen:
- Provides tools and simple modules to generate HDL.
+ Provides specific or experimental modules to generate HDL that are not integrated
+ in Migen.
build:
Provides tools to build FPGA bitstreams (interface to vendor toolchains) and to
to build a SoC from such cores.
boards:
- Provides platforms and targets for the supported boards.
+ Provides platforms and targets for the supported boards. All Migen's platforms
+ can also be used in LiteX.
+
+[> Very Quick start guide (for newcomers)
+-----------------------------------------
+TimVideos.us has done an awesome job for setting up a LiteX environment easily in
+the litex-buildenv repo: https://github.com/timvideos/litex-buildenv
+
+It's recommended for newcomers to go this way. Various FPGA boards are supported
+and multiple examples provided! You can even run Linux on your FPGA using LiteX
+very easily!
+
+Migen documentation can be found here: https://m-labs.hk/migen/manual
+
+FPGA lessons/tutorials can be found at: https://github.com/enjoy-digital/fpga_101
+
+[> Medium Quick start guide with Conda
+-----------------------------------------
+
+0. Get miniconda by following instructions at https://conda.io/miniconda.html
+
+1. Clone LiteX
+ git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/enjoy-digital/litex.git
+
+2. Create a LiteX environment from environment.yml
+ conda env create -f environment.yml
+
+3. Enter conda environment
+ conda activate litex
+
+4. Build the target of your board...:
+ Go to boards/targets and execute the target you want to build
+
+
+[> Quick start guide (for advanced users)
+-----------------------------------------
+0. Install Python 3.5+ and FPGA vendor's development tools.
+
+1. Get litex_setup.py script and execute:
+ ./litex_setup.py init install
+ This will clone and install Migen, LiteX and LiteX's cores.
+ To update all repositories execute:
+ ./litex_setup.py update
+
+2. Compile and install binutils. Take the latest version from GNU.
+ mkdir build && cd build
+ ../configure --target=lm32-elf
+ make
+ make install
+
+3. (Optional, only if you want to use a lm32 CPU in you SoC)
+ Compile and install GCC. Take gcc-core and gcc-g++ from GNU
+ (version 4.5 or >=4.9).
+ rm -rf libstdc++-v3
+ mkdir build && cd build
+ ../configure --target=lm32-elf --enable-languages="c,c++" --disable-libgcc \
+ --disable-libssp
+ make
+ make install
+
+4. Build the target of your board...:
+ Go to boards/targets and execute the target you want to build
+
+5. ... and/or install Verilator and test LiteX on your computer:
+ Download and install Verilator: http://www.veripool.org/
+ On Fedora:
+ sudo dnf install libevent-devel json-c-devel
+ On Ubuntu:
+ sudo apt install libevent-dev libjson-c-dev
+ run: litex_sim
+
+6. Run a terminal program on the board's serial port at 115200 8-N-1.
+ You should get the BIOS prompt.
[> Contact
-E-mail: florent [AT] enjoy-digital.fr
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+E-mail: florent [AT] enjoy-digital.fr