SystemC to the FPGA wizard

From SystemC to the FPGA

1. Create a FPGA programming file from the synthesizable mMIPS SystemC processor using CoCentric, FPGA Compiler II and WebPack.
2. Try to optimzie the FPGA hardware by playing with the settings in the FGPA Compiler II. Use information from FPGA Compiler II and WebPack for this.
3. Program the FPGA using the JTAG Device Programmer from WebPack and the programming file (.bit extension) created during the previous steps.

   To avoid problems you will need 2 computers that are connected to the FPGA board. One is used for programming the FPGA and the other is used for running the debugging software SpyComm. Both computers must be connected to the FPGA board continuesly.

   You must disable the clock and enable signal through the dip switches dip1 (clock_enable) and dip2 (enable) (See figure 7 in the document: "Debugging mMIPS").

4. Now it is time to test the processor. To do this you must start the SpyComm software. The first time you must do this from the SpyComm directory as it requires the installation of a device driver (you will also need administrator rights for this).
5. Reset the mMIPS.
6. Upload the mips_rom.bin and mips_ram.bin files to the mMIPS using SpyComm.
7. Execute the program by first enabeling the processor (dip switch dip2) and then the clock (dip1).
8. The program is finished if the program counter is around 0x14 or 0x1C. You can see this in the SpyComm software or on the FPGA board.
9. Get the data from the data memory using SpyComm and analyze it.