cocotb is a coroutine based cosimulation library for writing VHDL and Verilog testbenches in Python.

• Skim the introductory presentation: http://potential.ventures
• Read the documentation
• Get involved: Raise a bug / request an enhancement (Requires a GitHub account)
• Get in contact: E-mail us
• Follow us on twitter: @PVCocotb

Quickstart

# Install pre-requisites (waveform viewer optional)
sudo yum install -y iverilog python-devel gtkwave

# Checkout git repositories
git clone https://github.com/potentialventures/cocotb.git

# Run the tests...
cd cocotb/examples/endian_swapper/tests
make

# View the waveform
gtkwave sim_build/waveform.vcd

Tutorials and examples

• Endian Swapper tutorial
• Ping using TUN/TAP tutorial
• OpenCores JPEG Encoder example