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Yes vendor tools are free and pretty good at their job, but it doesn't mean there shouldn't be another (or better) way. Imagine being stuck with Intel issued c
by lvoudour 9y ago
Yes vendor tools are free and pretty good at their job, but it doesn't mean there shouldn't be another (or better) way.
Imagine being stuck with Intel issued compilers and 2 programming languages max when dealing with x86 processors.
>I wish somebody could design comfortable IP version control system.
That's true, vivado generates a ton of intermediate files and binary blobs which make source control a frustrating. Another reason to have a nice clean toolchain
- black_puppydog 9y agoI am amazed that apparently, a lot of bigger project formats are not VCS friendly, even in domains where everyone should (?) know how to use git. For electronics, I liked this talk, also from 34C3: https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-8818-designing_pcbs_with_code https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-8818-designing_pcbs_with_code
- planteen 9y agoWhen I used Vivado a couple years ago on the Zynq, I was shocked by this. It was supposed to replace ISE, but was equally bad at version control. Absolutely ridiculous.
- Shikadi 9y agoIf you export everything as tcl scripts, it actually plays very nice with vcs. Just a bit hard to set up initially, but you can even use make files to generate projects and such