Icebreaker Alternatives

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PYNQ

4 1,868 4.2 Jupyter Notebook icebreaker VS PYNQ

Python Productivity for ZYNQ
nmigen-tutorial

3 301 1.8 icebreaker VS nmigen-tutorial

Discontinued A tutorial for using nmigen
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nmigen-exercises

1 55 0.0 Python icebreaker VS nmigen-exercises

Discontinued Graded exercises for nMigen (WIP)

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Cheap robust FPGA options
2 projects | /r/FPGA | 9 May 2023
Configuring SPI flash
1 project | /r/embedded | 25 Feb 2022

Take a look at the schematic for the ice breaker. He uses a jumper for the CS pin: https://github.com/icebreaker-fpga/icebreaker/blob/master/hardware/v1.0e/icebreaker-sch.pdf
Tapeout class: taking students from schematic to silicon in one semester [pdf]
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Jun 2021

From reading the documentation, it appears that their open source tools start with Verilog RTL files that have been simulated with Synopsys VCS, Mentor Graphics Questa, or Cadence Incisive Enterprise Simulator.
That said, one could probably use the free (but not open source) Vivado HL WebPACK to create and test the RTL design and then follow along with the Skywater tools. But that way, the way towards the FPGA would still be closed source and only the path from FPGA on to ASIC would be open.
Further down the rabbit hole, I read about https://github.com/icebreaker-fpga/icebreaker which appears to be a tiny Teensy-compatible open source FPGA board with accompanying open source tools. Yay!
Thank you very much for bringing all of this to my attention :)
recommended free (open source) verification platform ?
3 projects | /r/FPGA | 29 Mar 2021

If you want to source a compatible development platform, I suggest the icebreaker. It's Open Source hardware and was developed in cooperation with the developers of Yosys.
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