Re:Developing open-source FPGA tools
by DarkWiiPlayer on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @10:32AM
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OpenSCAD is a nice example of how this kinda stuff can work. It's nowhere near viable as a general purpose CAD program, but the concept could easily scaled up to the level of SolidWorks.
Its file format works very well with version control systems, is human readable to an extent and can be opened with any text editor (so your data isn't 100% gone if one bit gets accidentally flipped).
Re:Developing open-source FPGA tools
by kam on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @10:57AM
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It's worth pointing out that OpenSCAD was started by Clifford Wolf, who went on to develop Yosys, the synthesis tool used in these open FPGA workflows.
Its file format works very well with version control systems, is human readable to an extent and can be opened with any text editor (so your data isn't 100% gone if one bit gets accidentally flipped).