open source IP contributions
summary
ASTRON publishes the FPGA libraries and tooling behind UniBoard2 (four Arria 10 FPGAs) used as a filterbank, station beamformer and correlator, with FPGA code split into IP / techlib / base / IO / DSP / apps layers and streaming interfaces as VHDL records following the Geisler pattern. Build and CI use the Radio HDL scripts to synthesize designs, run nightly regression sims and weekend full syntheses, and generate register maps with an automatic register generation system (ARGS). Code is self‑hosted and licensed Apache‑2; vendor IP wrappers require per‑IP maintenance.
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chapters (6)
- 0:00Astron's open source FPGA contributions
- 2:53RTSD team in FPGA development
- 5:00Reusable FPGA IP libraries and tooling
- 8:12HDL automation with Radio HDL
- 11:28Reliability with regression tests
- 12:34Q&A
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