sphinxcontrib-hdl-diagrams

Sphinx Extension which generates various types of diagrams from HDL code, supporting Verilog, nMigen and RTLIL.

sphinxcontrib-hdl-diagrams is a Sphinx extension to make it easier to write nice documentation from HDL source files. It primarily uses Yosys to read the source files and generate the diagrams.

Check out the documentation for examples.

Installation

Python 3.5+ is required.

pip install sphinxcontrib-hdl-diagrams

Or,

python3 -m pip install sphinxcontrib-hdl-diagrams

Sphinx Integration

In your conf.py, add the following lines.

extensions = [
    ...,
    'sphinxcontrib_hdl_diagrams',
]

Non-Python Dependencies

These dependencies can be either installed on your system or install using the conda environment.yml file with;

conda XXXX

Required

• yosys

By default, verilog-diagram uses the yowasp-yosys package provided in PyPI. It can be installed by running pip install -r requirements.txt. However, you could also use Yosys that is installed on your system, or point to the specific Yosys binary using verilog_diagram_yosys variable in the Sphinx conf.py file:

To use Yosys that is available in your system, use the following setting:

verilog_diagram_yosys = "system"

If you want to point to the specific Yosys binary, provide the path to the program:

verilog_diagram_yosys = "<path-to-Yosys>"

Optional

• netlistsvg

Usage

hdl-diagram

The hdl-diagram RST directive can be used to generate a diagram from Verilog code and include it in your documentation. Check out the examples to see how to use it.

.. hdl-diagram:: file.v
   :type: XXXXX
   :module: XXXX
   :skin: XXXX
   :yosys_script: XXXX
   :flatten:

Options

:type: - HDL Diagram Types;

• yosys-blackbox - Netlist rendered by Yosys.
• yosys-aig - Verilog file run through aigmap before image is generated directly in Yosys.
• netlistsvg - Render output with netlistsvg

:module: - Which module to diagram.

:flatten: - Use the Yosys flatten command before generating the image.

Example

Here is a diagram of a 4-bit carry chain.

no-license

This extension also provides the no-license directive which can be used to include code blocks from a file, but omitting the license header at the top of the file. It behaves like the literalinclude directive, but the lines option is overridden to only show the lines after the license header.

.. no-license:: verilog/dff.v
   :language: verilog
   :linenos:
   :caption: verilog/dff.v

Example

Here is a comparison between the literalinclude and no-license directives.

.. literalinclude:: verilog/dff.v
   :language: verilog
   :caption: verilog/dff.v

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2020-2021  The SymbiFlow Authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */

// Single flip-flip test.
module top(input clk, input di, output do);
  always @( posedge clk )
    do <= di;
endmodule // top

.. no-license:: verilog/dff.v
   :language: verilog
   :caption: verilog/dff.v

// Single flip-flip test.
module top(input clk, input di, output do);
  always @( posedge clk )
    do <= di;
endmodule // top

Licence

Apache 2.0