README : Kactus2
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https://research.tuni.fi/system-on-chip/tools
Kactus2 is a toolset for designing SoCs. The aim is easier IP reusability and integration for both hardware and software. The tool is based on IEEE 1685-2014 "IP-XACT" standard.
Windows installer and tar-package for Linux are available in SourceForge
Guidelines for issue reporting and contributing are given in the wiki page Contributing to Kactus2.
Other support is provided by email: kactus2@tuni.fi
Package IPs for reuse and exchange
Create HW designs with hierarchy
Integrate HW and SW
Example IPs are available in GitHub here.
Video tutorials are available in Youtube.
An installer (SourceForge link above) will guide you through the installation on Windows platforms.
If you want to build Kactus2 on Windows, see separate instructions in our project wiki.
On Linux systems Kactus2 must be built from source. Instructions can be found in the wiki.
Kactus2 uses a settings file for storing user-specific tool settings. The file default location
is ~/.config/TUT/Kactus2.ini in Linux and C:\Users\\
A system wide default settings file is located in /etc/xdg and C:\ProgramData, respectively. This will be used as a base for any new user-specific settings and a fallback mechanism, if the user's file is missing a requested value.
Modifying the settings files manually is not recommended and should be done only by advanced users. Most of the time all required changes can be applied in the Kactus2 GUI.
In addition, Kactus2 uses the file configure.cfgfor updating the users' settings when new setting options are introduced in the tool. Please do not modify this file as it will break the compatibility with earlier versions.
Antti Kamppi, Joni-Matti Määttä, Lauri Matilainen, Timo D. Hämäläinen, Mikko Teuho, Juho Järvinen, Esko Pekkarinen, Janne Virtanen, Anton Hagqvist, Vasilii Feshchenko
Kactus2 uses Icons8 provided by Icons8 LLC.
This software is licensed under the GPL2 General Public License.
Kactus2 is also available for dual licensing. Please contact kactus2@tuni.fi to purchase a commercial license.
Kactus2 is dynamically linked using Qt 6.2.4 open source libraries (LGPL), copyright The Qt Company.
Kactus2 uses the Python language and interpreter for automating design tasks.
Python is a registered trademark of the Python Software Foundation. See also the
PSF license.