Welcome to icestudio’s documentation!

Icestudio is a visual editor for open FPGA boards. It is built on top of the Icestorm project. This IDE is available for GNU/Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.

Supported boards:

HX1K

• IceZUM Alhambra
• Nandland Go board
• iCEstick Evaluation Kit

HX8K

• Alhambra II
• BlackIce
• BlackIce II
• icoBOARD 1.0
• Kéfir I iCE40-HX4K
• iCE40-HX8K Breakout Board

LP8K

• TinyFPGA B2
• TinyFPGA BX

Source code: https://github.com/FPGAwars/icestudio

Getting Started

• Installation
  • GNU/Linux
  • Mac OS
  • Windows
• Quick Start
  • Setup the toolchain
  • Setup the drivers
  • Upload a design
• User Guide
  • Menu
  • Blocks menu
  • Design
  • Take a snapshot
• How to…
  • Install the toolchain
  • Update the toolchain
  • Install the drivers
  • Create a project
  • Show the FPGA resources
  • Upload a bitstream
  • Show the commands output
  • Create a block
  • Add a project as block
  • Add a collection
  • Select a collection
  • View the selected collection info
  • Load external collections
  • Create a collection package
  • Include a list file
  • Include a verilog (header) file
  • View the board rules
  • Disable the board rules
  • Configure a remote host
  • Close the application

Development

• Setup
  • Download
  • Install
  • Execute
  • Languages
  • Package
  • Apio configuration
• Project
  • Definition
  • Package
  • Samples
• Blocks
  • Definition
  • Basic blocks
  • Generic blocks
• Board Rules
  • Input rules
  • Output rules
• Compilers
  • Implementation
  • Sample