NEORV32 OPEN SOURCE SOFT-CORE PROCESSOR IMPLEMENTATION ON FPGA

• Main Author: Arisaputra, Radithya
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/82232
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

The use of processors in a system is very common. Processors often have licenses that require users to pay royalties to the license owner, for example the ARM-M0 which is widely used in industry. However, the license fee is also an entry barrier for academics and small industries to use licensed processors. This research aims to implement an open source processor alternative to licensed processors that are common in the industry. NEORV32 based on RISC- V was chosen as a candidate to replace the licensed ARM-M0. Implementation was successfully done for internal bus, UART, and Wishbone components. Tests were conducted for the implemented components. Overall integration was also successful and system-level testing was conducted with the blink LED and Hello World programs written in C language, compiled, and simulated. Test results were obtained in the form of system behavior in accordance with algorithms written in C language.