Messages in this thread | | | From | Julius Baxter <> | Date | Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:54:17 +0200 | Subject | Re: OpenRISC Architecture: Request for review |
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>> Do you also have any ready-made ports for any common FPGA boards that >> one can test it out on hardware with?
Hi, thanks for the interest.
At present, there's two main projects that have OpenRISC-based system builds for FPGA boards.
These builds typically contain, at least, the processor core, debug interface, memory controller and a UART. That should be enough to get you going. In terms of hardware, in addition to the board, you will need a debug cable, allowing you to control the processor and access the memory from gdb.
ORPSoC, or the OpenRISC Reference Platform System-on-Chip, is one project with ready-to-go builds. It currently supports a few boards, two Xilinx and one Actel. You can find details about them at the ORPSoC page:
http://opencores.org/or1k/ORPSoC
MinSoC is another project on OpenCores that supports more boards, but isn't something I've used myself. It looks well maintained, though.
http://opencores.org/project,minsoc
Their wiki is at:
http://minsoc.wikaba.com/pm:start
I believe MinSoC might have better step-by-step instructions for getting going on the board.
The ORPSoC maintainers, though, are usually very easy to get hold of in IRC.
Hope that's useful.
Julius
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