0Getting started

This wiki documents to setup the host computer to run OscimpDigital.

Before compiling the OscimpDigital folder content (lib to generate ARM libraries and tools to generate the tools running on the host), one must make sure a properly installed Buildroot environment is available. The different articles of the wiki describe the installation of Buildroot, the BR2_EXTERNAL additional board and package supporting the Redpitaya, and the compilation of OscimpDigital.

OscimpDigital aims at being platform/vendor independent. The Zynq based PlutoSDR is used as a demonstration to show how to add custom functionalities to an existing bitstream. Nevertheless, it is assumed that the vendor specific synthesis tools are properly installed (e.g. Vivado for Xilinx FPGAs). An article of the wiki focuses on the installation of Vivado.

Once the different steps described in the wiki have been completed, you will be ready to get started with the tutorials of the documentation of oscimpDigital. They should be completed sequentially since each one rely on the knowledge acquired in the previous ones.