Z80 RTL+SystemC Interactive Co-Simulation

Z80 RTL+SystemC Interactive Co-Simulation

SystemC is C++. That means "Can Do Any Thing." I made 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. Z80 RTL: https://github.com/Time0o/z80-verilog

4. Monitor: https://sites.google.com/site/ericmklaus/projects-1/z80minisystem

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

    - Memory model

    - Peripheral model

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

See following moving GIF: