Directory of Meta-HDLs Resources

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Meta-HDLs are HDLs embedded in conventional programming languages. The advantage of a meta-language approach is the HDL can make full use of the features in the hosting language. Usually a framework is provided for design simulation, and possibly netlist generation.

Resources in This Category

• Hydra Computer HDL

  http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~jtod/Hydra/
  Hydra is an HDL based on the functional programming language Haskell.

• JHDL

  http://www.jhdl.org/
  JHDL is a method of describing (programmatically, in JAVA) the components and connections in a digital logic circuit.

• MyHDL

  http://www.myhdl.org/
  Python package for using Python as a hardware description and verification language.

• Perlilog

  http://www.opencores.org/projects.cgi/web/perlilog/overview
  As the name implies, Perilog uses a mix of Perl and Verilog to construct parametric hardware designs.

 

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