CHIPS Alliance

Registry:

https://registry.platformio.org/platforms/platformio/chipsalliance

Configuration:

platform = chipsalliance

The CHIPS Alliance develops high-quality, open source hardware designs relevant to silicon devices and FPGAs.

For more detailed information please visit vendor site.

Examples

Examples are listed from CHIPS Alliance development platform repository:

Debugging

Debugging - “1-click” solution for debugging with a zero configuration.

Tools & Debug Probes

Supported debugging tools are listed in “Debug” column. For more detailed information, please scroll table by horizontal. You can switch between debugging Tools & Debug Probes using debug_tool option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File).

Warning

You will need to install debug tool drivers depending on your system. Please click on compatible debug tool below for the further instructions.

On-Board Debug Tools

Boards listed below have on-board debug probe and ARE READY for debugging! You do not need to use/buy external debug probe.

Name

MCU

Frequency

Flash

RAM

RVfpga: Digilent Nexys A7

320MHz

16MB

1.16MB

Stable and upstream versions

You can switch between stable releases of CHIPS Alliance development platform and the latest upstream version using platform option in “platformio.ini” (Project Configuration File) as described below.

Stable

; Latest stable version, NOT recommended
; Pin the version as shown below
[env:latest_stable]
platform = chipsalliance
board = ...

; Specific version
[env:custom_stable]
platform = chipsalliance@x.y.z
board = ...

Upstream

[env:upstream_develop]
platform = https://github.com/platformio/platform-chipsalliance.git
board = ...

Packages

Name

Description

framework-wd-riscv-sdk

The WD Firmware package contains Firmware applications and Processor Support Package (PSP) for various cores, alongside demos which support all features.

tool-openocd-riscv-chipsalliance

Fork of Open On-Chip Debugger that has RISC-V support and enabled VPI JTAG

tool-verilator-swervolf

Verilator is an open-source SystemVerilog simulator and lint system

tool-whisper

Whisper is a RISCV instruction set simulator (ISS) developed for the verification of the Swerv micro-controller. It allows the user to run RISC-V code without RISC-V hardware

toolchain-riscv

GNU toolchain for RISC-V, including GCC

Warning

Linux Users:

Windows Users:

Please check that you have a correctly installed USB driver from board manufacturer

Frameworks

Name

Description

FreeRTOS

FreeRTOS is a real-time operating system kernel for embedded devices that has been ported to 40 microcontroller platforms.

WD-Firmware

The WD Firmware package contains Firmware applications and Processor Support Package (PSP) for various cores, alongside demos which support all features.

Boards

Note

  • You can list pre-configured boards by pio boards command

  • For more detailed board information please scroll the tables below by horizontally.

Digilent

Name

Debug

MCU

Frequency

Flash

RAM

RVfpga: Digilent Nexys A7

On-board

320MHz

16MB

1.16MB