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# TGC-VP
The Scale4Edge ecosystem VP using VP-VIBES peripherals.
This VP is based in MINRES TGC series cores and uses CoreDSL to generate the concrete ISS
of a particular ISA + extensions. The generator approach makes it very flexible and adaptable.
Since the CoreDSL description is used to generate RTL as well as verification artifacts it
provides a comprehensive and consistent solution to develop processor cores.
## Ultra Quick start
Using gitpod you can run the VP in the cloud. Just visit [Gitpod.io](https://www.gitpod.io/#https://github.com/Minres/TGC-VP/tree/develop)
and follow the instructions. After the build finished you can run
```
build/src/tgc-vp -f fw/hello-world/prebuilt/hello.elf
```
or use ctest:
```
cd build
ctest
```
You will see on console the prints of the hello world firmware at fw/hello-world/hello.c
[![Open in Gitpod](https://gitpod.io/button/open-in-gitpod.svg)](https://gitpod.io/#https://github.com/Minres/TGC-VP)
## Quick start
* you need to have a C++14 capable compiler, make, python, and cmake installed
* install conan.io (see also http://docs.conan.io/en/latest/installation.html):
```
pip3 install --user 'conan<2.0'
```
Installing conan for the first time you need to create a profile:
```
conan profile create default --detect
```
* checkout source from git
```sh
git clone --recursive -b develop https://github.com/Minres/TGC-VP.git
```
* start an out-of-source build:
```
cd TGC-VP
cmake -S . -B build
cmake --build build -j tgc-vp
```
* run the VP with pre-built firmware
```
ctest
```
or
```
src/tgc-vp -f fw/hello-world/prebuild/hello.elf
```
To rebuild the firmware you need to install a RISC-V toolchain like https://github.com/riscv/riscv-tools.
# Windows/Visual Studio build
TGC-VP supports VS2019/MSVC 16 and has been tested only with this version
## Prerequisites
You need to have to following installed:
* Visual Studio 2019 (community edition is sufficient) with C/C++ support
* Python 3.6 or newer
* Conan (https://conan.io/) version 1.36 or newer. If python is installed this can be installed using pip
(see above in [Quick start](#quick-start))
## build step
Create a project at the location of the git workarea. This can be done
```
devenv <path to checkout>
```
The build steps are as described in the VS documentation for CMake based projects.