Zero to ASIC Group submission MPW5

This ASIC was designed by members of the Zero to ASIC course.

This submission was configured and built by the multi project tools at commit e1cbd74a4186f8e9f8e0c244b65ed6b3acf64258.

# clone all repos, and include support for shared OpenRAM
./multi_tool.py --clone-repos --clone-shared-repos --create-openlane-config --copy-gds --copy-project --openram

# run all the tests
./multi_tool.py --test-all --force-delete

# build user project wrapper submission
cd $CARAVEL_ROOT; make user_project_wrapper

# create docs
./multi_tool.py --generate-doc --annotate-image

Project Index

Function generator

• Author: Matt Venn
• Github: https://github.com/mattvenn/wrapped_function_generator
• commit: 9e73784d43a91d70cb1a7c9c5d42037f49ed9e67
• Description: arbitary function generator, using shared RAM as the output data

VGA Clock

• Author: Matt Venn
• Github: https://github.com/mattvenn/wrapped_vga_clock
• commit: 6c7f12b8be62d34d4f4221e18b9408b3c5ac8fcd
• Description: shows the time on a 640x480 panel

Frequency counter

• Author: Matt Venn
• Github: https://github.com/mattvenn/wrapped_frequency_counter
• commit: 94cd6e626492dc2f623bf06163e90a84bde553cb
• Description: Counts pulses on input and displays frequency on 2 seven segment displays

RGB Mixer

• Author: Matt Venn
• Github: https://github.com/mattvenn/wrapped_rgb_mixer
• commit: 2676a8904591e92613fbfadf8c7f57fdfd79b1a4
• Description: reads 3 encoders and generates PWM signals to drive an RGB LED

Hack soc

• Author: Maximo Balestrini
• Github: https://github.com/mbalestrini/wrapped_hack_soc
• commit: 54395c53d52f253bd71b35d0a1c2049c87d31103
• Description: Hardware implementation of the Hack Computer from the Nand to Tetris courses

teras

• Author: Louis Ledoux AKA Binaryman
• Github: https://github.com/Bynaryman/wrapped_teras
• commit: c119cb48d76e8a4a62c80f98323efb114553c417
• Description: matrix multiply unit with exact accumulators, no intermediate roundings, fused-dot-products, and posit arithmetic

ALU74181

• Author: Thorsten Knoll
• Github: https://github.com/ThorKn/wrapped_alu74181
• commit: 6e935d2d32acdcc66ab18c5894cb628b6c6b9048
• Description: Rebuild of the 4-bit Arithmetic Logic Unit 74181

vga demo

• Author: Zbigniew Drozd
• Github: https://github.com/zbigos/wrapped-vgademo-on-fpga
• commit: 7fb9353f1a9f5120a0bd7907963a1c65919f33c0
• Description: quick demo displaying three floating blobs

SiLife

• Author: Uri Shaked
• Github: https://github.com/wokwi/wrapped_silife
• commit: 53c45898bd6fc04530bf6e9d17153418db5dd175
• Description: Game of Life, in Silicon

wrapped_acorn_prng

• Author: Zhenle Cao
• Github: https://github.com/ZhenleC/wrapped_acorn_prng
• commit: 5f7d3e5d0fcc9ffc3845dd7e97f55219ebd112ec
• Description: ACORN (Additive Congruential Random Number) generator, a pseudo random number generator made for the ZerotoASIC course to be taped out on SkyWater Open Source PDK SKY130 process. Design inspired from: http://acorn.wikramaratna.org/ . Huge shoutout and appreciation to Steven Goldsmith for his invaluable assistance with Caravel.

HSV Mixer

• Author: @proppy (forked from Matt Venn)
• Github: https://github.com/proppy/wrapped_hsv_mixer
• commit: 05ab3cfb40c1d934dceb3fe46740a491d4660f6f
• Description: reads HSV values from 3 encoders, convert to them RGB, and generates PWM signals to drive an RGB LED

SkullFET

• Author: Uri Shaked
• Github: https://github.com/wokwi/wrapped_skullfet
• commit: 927e7275e6ba42f02fec99f5928941eeb985ee29
• Description: Barebone MOSFET transistors