Tang Nano 9K: RISC-V

• experiments with simple CPU design

• implements the rv32i instructions with the exception for: fence, ecall, ebreak and counters which are irrelevant for the intended use

• most implementation in always @(*) block for the sake of simplicity and overview ("SoC.v")

• ad-hoc 2-stage pipeline where a new instruction is fetched while previous executes

implementation

• Tango Nano 9K
• 32 KB of RAM for instructions and data
• 20 MHz with instructions executing in one cycle except branches which use two cycles due to creating "bubble" in the pipeline
• UART to send and receive text (see etc/samples/os.c for example)

how-to with Gowin EDA 1.9.9.03:

• connect fpga board, click Run, program device
• find out which tty is on the usb connected to the card (e.g. /dev/ttyUSB1)
• connect with serial terminal at 115200 baud, 8 bits, 1 stop bit, no parity
• button S1 is reset, click it to restart and display the prompt (does not reset ram)
• "welcome to adventure #4" is the prompt

configuration

configuration.py contains data used by configuration-generate.py to generate:

• src/Configuration.v
• os/os_config.h
• os/os_start.S

/riscv.*

• files associated with Gowin EDA

/os/

• source of initial program

/qa/

• simulations and tests

/src/

• Verilog source

/etc/

• various notes and files