Generic-GUI-based-configurator-for-memory-controllers

GIF

Introduction

The goal of this GUI program is to make the process of change parameters in test benches easily, it parses the verilog input file, then extracts parameters for each module instance. Also, it parses `include and `define to allow the user to control `ifdef that controls module instances or controls code within them.

How it works

If you choose design file option, then click upload:

• Click upload

• Choose file with any extension

• The tool searches input code to get `ifdefs

• The tool saves all identifiers that comes after `ifdefs and puts them in defines dictionary.

• The tool searches for `defines and modifies the defines dictionary with 1 for all defined identifiers.

• The tool shows all `ifdef identifiers with check buttons on the window as follows:

• If there are nothing to show, the tool says “no defines found” as follows:

• If you click save:

  • The tool saves the defines values from the user and updates the defines dictionary
  • The tool opens the input file and modifies defines only.

• If you click arrow to show parameters:

• The tool modifies parsers to ignore undefined sections (`ifdef “not defined identifier”)

• The tool parses the input file to get any parameter declaration

• The tool shows all parameters on the window as follows:

• If there are nothing to show, the tool says “There are no parameters” as follows:

• If you click save:

• The tool saves the defines values from the user and updates the defines dictionary.

• The tool saves the parameters values from the user and updates the parameters dictionary.

• The tool opens the input file and modifies it.

If you choose test file option, then click upload:

• Click upload
• Choose file with any extension
• The tool searches input code to get `ifdefs
• The tool saves all identifiers that comes after `ifdefs and puts them in defines dictionary.
• The tool searches for `defines and modify the defines dictionary with 1 for all defined identifiers.
• The tool shows all `ifdef identifiers with check buttons on the window
• If there are nothing to show, the tool says “no defines found”
• If you click save:
  • The tool saves the defines values from the user and updates the defines dictionary
  • The tool opens the input file and modifies defines only.
• If you click arrow to show parameters:
  • The tool modifies parsers to ignore undefined sections (`ifdef “not defined identifier”)
  • The tool parses the input file to get any parameter declaration
  • The tool parses the input file to get one module instance
  • The tool saves the module name and module parameter names
  • The tool shows “module: “module name
  • The tool parser the included file (with extension “.v”)
  • The tool shows module parameters names (from the input file and the included file) on the window
  • If there are nothing to show, the tool says “There are no parameters”
• If you click save:
  • The tool saves the defines values from the user and updates the defines dictionary.
  • The tool saves the parameters values from the user and updates the parameters dictionary.
  • The tool opens the input file and modifies it.

How to use

• open the executable file.
• choose type of the file (design or test).
• change defines.
• click on the arrow.
• change parameters.
• click save to apply changes on the same file.
• click settings to adjust settings of run simulation.
• click compile design file, and choose the design file for the test file.
• click run.

Notes

• add Questa executables to system path.
• you don't have to compile design files for each run if you compiled it before in the same directory that work folder exists.

Features

• The tool detects the module name of the uploaded test file, and compile it autmatically to apply changes.