ChipScoPy is an open-source project from AMD that enables high-level control of debug IP running in Versal hardware. Using a simple Python API, developers can control and communicate with ChipScope® debug IP such as the Integrated Logic Analyzer (ILA), Virtual IO (VIO), IBERT, device memory, and more. ChipScoPy was created for Versal devices but contains some limited support for Ultrascale+ devices (see Limitations below).
- ChipScoPy does not work with older devices such as 7-Series devices.
- ChipScoPy only supports IBERT GTY in Ultrascale+ devices, not other debug features like ILA or VIO.
Python versions 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, or 3.13 will work with ChipScoPy.
During ChipScoPy installation, the following packages (and any dependencies) are installed from the Python Package Index (PyPI) using pip.
| Package | License |
|---|---|
| Requests | Apache-2.0 |
| more-itertools | MIT |
| typing_extensions | PSF |
| loguru | MIT |
| importlib_metadata | Apache-2.0 |
| rich | MIT |
| Click | BSD |
| antlr4-python3-runtime | BSD |
| kaleido | MIT |
| plotly | MIT |
| notebook | BSD |
| ipywidgets | BSD |
| pandas | BSD |
| matplotlib | PSF |
| PyQt5 | GPL |
| ipympl | BSD |
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