Bitstream Chef

Abstract

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) technologies have become increasingly important in their fields of application with the open-source revolution in the silicon industry. These tools cover a wide range of automatic operations that save a significant amount of time. Bitstream Chef generates the bitstream of a design as shown in Fig.1 by taking an RTL design, allowing the user to map I/Os onto an FPGA using a GUI, and thus generating the bitstream through automated processes by use of an open-source tool F4PGA. Additionally, it uploads the Bitstream onto the connected FPGA board while also letting the user know whether any boards are currently connected. It will also allow user to either have pre-defined program embedded in the bitstream or upload the program separately through UART. For further moving the design toward GDS generation, it has the Open Lane toolchain integrated as well. Bitstream Chef is designed to be the go-to tool for every developer who frequently must upload or burn designs into FPGA, has a computer with less computing power.

Shahzaib Kashif

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