Gaisler NOEL-V ZedBoard

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Support for the Gaisler NOEL-V RISC-V on the ZedBoard FPGA

Tip

When using this board with RIOT, set the BOARD variable to zedboard-noelv in your Makefile. If you follow the standard RIOT project structure, your Makefile should look like this:

./Makefile

# name of your application
APPLICATION = hello-world

# Change this to your board if you want to build for a different board
BOARD ?= zedboard-noelv

# This has to be the absolute path to the RIOT base directory:
RIOTBASE ?= $(CURDIR)/RIOT

include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.include

Support for the Gaisler NOEL-V RISC-V on the ZedBoard FPGA @author Matvii Ivashchenko

Overview

This board is the Frontgrade Gaisler NOEL-V 64-bit RISC-V (RV64IMAC) reference design synthesized for the Avnet ZedBoard (Xilinx Zynq-7020).

The processor and all peripherals are implemented in the programmable logic (PL); the Zynq processing system (PS) only supplies the clock and the DDR memory controller.

Hardware

Component	Implementation
CPU	NOEL-V RV64IMAC @ 40 MHz (GRLIB reference design)
RAM	128 MiB DDR3 (shared with the Zynq PS)
UART	GRLIB APBUART
Timer	RISC-V ACLINT (mtime @ core clock / 2)
GPIO	GRLIB GRGPIO (LEDs LD0-LD7, buttons, switches)
Ethernet	GRLIB GRETH 10/100 MAC, RMII PHY on PMOD JD

Flashing

The board is programmed via JTAG using GRMON:

grmon -digilent
grmon4> forward disable uart0
grmon4> load <application>.elf
grmon4> run

forward disable uart0 keeps GRMON from capturing the UART output, so it reaches the physical pins (see below).

The RIOT build system uses GRMON as the default programmer for this board:

make BOARD=zedboard-noelv flash

Serial console

The APBUART console (115200 baud) is routed to Pmod connector JC. JC is a differential Pmod, so the pair sits on adjacent pins:

Pmod JC pin	Signal	Connect to
1 (JC1_P)	board RX	adapter TX
2 (JC1_N)	board TX	adapter RX
5 or 11	GND	adapter GND

Switch SW3 must be in the low position to route the APBUART to the pins. Switch SW3 selects between the RIOT application UART (SW3 = 0) and the GRMON debug link (SW3 = 1).