Overview

Python F4PGA is a package containing multiple modules to facilitate the usage of all the tools integrated in the F4PGA ecosystem, and beyond. The scope of Python F4PGA is threefold:

• Provide a fine-grained pythonic interface to the tools and utilities available as either command-line interfaces (CLIs) or application proggraming interfaces (APIs) (either web or through shared libraries).

• Provide a CLI entrypoint covering the whole flows for end-users to produce bitstreams from HDL and/or software sources.

• Provide a CLI entrypoint for developers contributing to bitstream documentation and testing (continuous integration).

Attention

This is work-in-progress to adapt and organize the existing shell/bash based plumbing from multiple F4PGA repositories. Therefore, it’s still a pre-alpha and the codebase, commands and flows are subject to change. It is strongly suggested not to rely on Python F4PGA until this note is updated/removed.

References

• chipsalliance/fpga-tool-perf#390@issuecomment-1023487178

• #2225

• #2371

• #2455

• F4PGA GSoC 2022 project ideas: Generalization of wrapper scripts for installed F4PGA toolchain and making them OS agnostic

• FuseSoc | Edalize

• Electronic Design Automation Abstraction (EDA²)