instachip-vpm

Verilog Package Manager (VPM)

VPM is a powerful package manager for Verilog projects, currently being piloted at Stanford and UC Berkeley. It's designed to streamline the management, reuse, and communication of IP cores and dependencies in hardware design workflows, significantly accelerating your design process.

Features

*Module Management: Easily include, update, and remove modules in your project.

• Documentation Generation: Automatically create comprehensive documentation for your Verilog modules.

*Dependency Handling*: Manage project dependencies with ease.
*Simulation Support*: Simulate your Verilog files directly through VPM.
*Tool Integration*: Seamlessly install and set up open-source tools for your project.
*File Generation*: Automatically generate necessary files like .f, .svh, .xcd, and .tcl.

Commands

- ``vpm include <pathtomodule.sv>`: Include any module from a repo (and all its submodules).
- `vpm docs <module.sv>`: Generate documentation for any module (highlighting bugs and edge cases)
- `vpm install <tool>`: Auto-integrate an open-source tool without manual setup
- `vpm update <module.sv>`: Update module to the latest version
- `vpm remove <module.sv>`: Remove a module from your project
- `vpm list`: List all modules in our standard library
- `vpm dotf <module.sv>`: Generate a .f filelist when exporting your project
- `vpm sim <module.sv> <testbench.sv>``: Simulate Verilog module using iVerilog