6502 RTL+SystemC Interactive Co-Simulation

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6502 RTL+SystemC Interactive Co-Simulation

Here's another example of interactive co-simulation environment. I made this Co-Sim environment as an example to teach college students "What can do with SystemC. It is C++, Not just another HDL." at Kyunghee University, Korea.

1. RTL Simulator: QuestaSim Starter FPGA Edition (intel)

2. C++ Compiler: VisualStudio 2022 Community Edition

3. 6502 RTL: https://github.com/Arlet/verilog-6502

4. Monitor: Woz monitor & Basic, http://retro.hansotten.nl/6502-sbc/apple-1/

5. SystemC/C++: I made followings,

    - Memory model

    - Peripheral model (Screen & Keyboard)

    - Windows' Pipe IPC(inter-process communication) is used for interaction between RTL simulator and Terminal.

 

See following moving GIF:

 

Kook (goodkook@gmail.com)