Icestudio
Visual developer tool for development of FPGAs
Icestudio is an open source integrated development environment (IDE) with a "no code" philosophy that, through a block and diagram oriented visual interface, simplifies and streamlines the design of digital electronics on FPGAs. The simplicity of the concept breaks with the complexity of other tools in proprietary EDA environments, being able to meet the educational needs of STEM disciplines for the youngest students in schools, institutes, and universities, as well as providing more advanced users with a tool that simplifies their workflow in a much more user-friendly and visual environment without losing power or control.
Through its frictionless installation system and the generation of Verilog code from the visual design, Icestudio allows users to get started immediately, acting as an integrating element between designers and manufacturers of open hardware, with developers of open software solutions for synthesis such as Oss Cad Suite and transpilers such as Silice, Amaranth, or Cflexhdl.
Icestudio has the vocation of becoming the standard as a visual IDE for digital design on FPGAs, allowing other code-oriented IDEs to integrate it as part of their solution in the near future.
- The project's own website: https://icestudio.io
Why does this actually matter to end users?
In an environment that is increasingly colonized by proprietary chips, talking about open FPGAs is talking about technological independence, reuse, and resource reduction. In this context, Icestudio wants to be a key player in the recovery of digital sovereignty for society.
This project was funded through the NGI0 Entrust Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission's Next Generation Internet programme, under the aegis of DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No 101069594.
