POD installation guide

Prerequisites

mandatory

• python : POD is written in python.
• pyparsing : a python module to parse files.

optional

• ghdl, gtkwave : it's not mandatory, POD can generate VHDL testbench ready for ghdl simulator. As it's standard VHDL, another simulator should work.
• ISE Webpack : to generate synthesis project for Xilinx.
• Quartus : to generate synthesis project for Altera.
• ARMadeus SDK : to generate driver project for the Armadeus boards.

Install from package

• Decompress the package PeriphOnDemand-X.X.tar.gz in install directory:

$ cd somewhere/
$ tar -zxvf PeriphOnDemand-X.X.tar.gz

• Walk through periphondemand/ directory:

$ cd periphondemand

• Then install POD with root privilege:

 $ sudo python setup.py install

Generate package from subversion tree

• Checkout the source code with following command (subversion is needed):

$ svn co https://periphondemand.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/periphondemand periphondemand
$ cd periphondemand

• Make python POD distribution:

$ python setup.py sdist

• The POD package can be found in directory dist/