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NeuromorphicProcessor

Neuromorphic processor implementation for Master thesis

Install guide (Tested only with Ubuntu 18.04 and 19.04):

Java 8

$sudo apt update
$sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk openjdk-8-jre

Make java 8 the default java version

$sudo update-alternatives --config java
$sudo update-alternatives --config javac

Choose java 8 for both

Scala build tool (SBT):

$echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/sbt/debian /" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sbt.list
$curl -sL "https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x2EE0EA64E40A89B84B2DF73499E82A75642AC823" | sudo apt-key add
$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get install sbt

Verilator

$sudo apt-get install verilator

Run Demo

The demo requires Digilents Genesys 2 board and the Design Edition of Vivado installed (there is a 30 day trail).

Once above is installed the demo is set up by following steps

  • Clone this repository to a your machine

  • Run the make command:

    $make kintexDemo

    • This generates Verilog and set up a tcl script for Vivado

  • Open Vivado

    • click: tools -> download latest boards (to get board files for Genesys 2)
    • click: tools -> run tcl script
    • Choose the file "vivadoBuild.tcl" in this repository (This creates the demo Vivado Project in the repository folder and generates a bitstream file)
    • Program the FPGA through the hardware manager and download the generated bit stream
    • reset the circuit by pressing the button BTNU
    • Run the Python3 script from this forked version of BindsNET to feed the system inputs. The forked BindsNET must be cloned and its dependencies installed with pip beforehand