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This page is a feature request to FESCo with respect to the work done on the Fedora Electronic Lab. Below entails the highlights of the major development items : | This page is a feature request to FESCo with respect to the work done on the Fedora Electronic Lab. Below entails the highlights of the major development items : | ||
* Perl modules to extend vhdl and verilog support | * Perl modules to extend vhdl and verilog support | ||
== Definitions == | == Definitions == | ||
Revision as of 10:17, 1 March 2009
Work is in progress to write a feature request for FEL
Feature Name
Fedora Electronic Lab
Summary
Fedora Electronic Lab is Fedora with extensive hardware design and simulations tools following the industry's current trend.
This page is a feature request to FESCo with respect to the work done on the Fedora Electronic Lab. Below entails the highlights of the major development items :
- Perl modules to extend vhdl and verilog support
Definitions
Below are terms used in this page which has other meanings in a normal opensource software community. These definitions are to prevent any misunderstandings from any side.
- Software : a design or simulation tool that can be compiled into a RPM package
- Package : Mechanical body that envelops a chip
Owner
- Name: Chitlesh Goorah
- email: < chitlesh [AT] fedoraproject DOT org>
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 42
- Last updated: 19 January 2009
- Percentage of completion: 60%
Detailed Description
Below entails the highlights of the major development item :
- Perl modules to extend vhdl and verilog support. These perl modules together with rawhide's gtkwave improves chip testing support.
- Introduction of Verilog-AMS modeling into ngspice
- Improved VHDL debugging support with gcov.
- Improved support for re-usable HDL packages as IP core
- Improved PLI support on both iverilog and ghdl
- Introduction of C-based methodologies for HDL testbenches and models.
Benefit to Fedora
Fedora benefits from FEL in various ways as FEL extends Fedora's commitments for opensource content in the hardware design community.
The Fedora Project during the last 3 Fedora releases has established its roots deep into the opensource EDA community as a robust and successful opensource EDA provider.
FEL is not a --package-only-EDA-tools-- community, but a clear goal to strengthen the opensource EDA community, in terms of marketing, methodologies, design flows,..
FEL brings something unique that is missing in the opensource software community : direc
Scope
FEL
How To Test
User Experience
Dependencies
Contingency Plan
There is no need for backup plan as the work done behind FEL-11 is only to improve hardware design experience and expand FEL targeted userbase to Test & Verification Engineers.
Documentation
Release Notes
Comments and Discussion