pinaka.rst

Pinaka on Artix-7 35T Arty FPGA Evaluation Kit

Hardware

Platform platform_shakti: Shakti is an open-source initiative by the RISE group at IIT-Madras, which is not only building open source, production grade processors, but also associated components like interconnect fabrics, verification tools, storage controllers, peripheral IPs and SOC tools.

Microcontroller	E-CLASS
Frequency	50MHz
Flash	0B
RAM	128KB
Vendor	Xilinx

Configuration

Please use pinaka ID for projectconf_env_board option in projectconf:

[env:pinaka]
platform = shakti
board = pinaka

You can override default Pinaka on Artix-7 35T Arty FPGA Evaluation Kit settings per build environment using board_*** option, where *** is a JSON object path from board manifest pinaka.json. For example, board_build.mcu, board_build.f_cpu, etc.

[env:pinaka]
platform = shakti
board = pinaka

; change microcontroller
board_build.mcu = E-Class

; change MCU frequency
board_build.f_cpu = 50000000L

Uploading

Pinaka on Artix-7 35T Arty FPGA Evaluation Kit supports the following uploading protocols:

• ftdi
• ftdi
• jlink
• jlink

Default protocol is ftdi

You can change upload protocol using projectconf_upload_protocol option:

[env:pinaka]
platform = shakti
board = pinaka

upload_protocol = ftdi

Debugging

piodebug - "1-click" solution for debugging with a zero configuration.

Warning

You will need to install debug tool drivers depending on your system. Please click on compatible debug tool below for the further instructions and configuration information.

You can switch between debugging debugging_tools using projectconf_debug_tool option in projectconf.

Pinaka on Artix-7 35T Arty FPGA Evaluation Kit has on-board debug probe and IS READY for debugging. You don't need to use/buy external debug probe.

Compatible Tools	On-board	Default
debugging_tool_ftdi	Yes	Yes
debugging_tool_jlink

Frameworks

Name	Description
framework_shakti-sdk	A software development kit for developing applications on Shakti class of processors