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• Date: 2024-April-02
• NOTE: Quick update release
• Bug fixed: apio main help: output reformated, by @obijuan
• Documentation moved to the wiki, by @obijuan
• Windows: Apio drivers --ftdi_enable: code refactoring, by @obijuan
• Bug fixed: #363: Error when executing apio graph, by @obijuan
• issue #361: Improve error message in windows when running apio drivers --ftdi-enable, by @obijuan

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/compare/v0.9.2...v0.9.3

• Date: 2024-March-23
• NOTE: Quick update release
• Bug Fixed: Error when uploading, building, verifying from icestudio, by @obijuan

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/compare/v0.9.1...v0.9.2

What's Changed

• oss-cad-suite: Version 0.0.9, by @cavearr
• Code cleaning, documentation and refactoring, by @obijuan
• Add top-module parameter to the apio.ini file, by @obijuan
• apio init now includes the option parameter top-module, by @obijuan
• TinyFPGA-BX upload messages improved, by @obijuan
• iceprog upload messages improved, by @obijuan
• apio install -l: Package listing improved, by @obijuan
• apio examples -l: examples listing improved, by @obijuan
• apio boards -l: board listing improved, by @obijuan
• Add suport for the Theta Machines ETH4K board by @will-hut in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/339
• Added to the apio sim an optional -testbench flag by @zapta in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/341
• Extended the apio clean command to delete all the .out and .vcd files. by @zapta in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/342
• Changed the behavior of the sim command to require --testbench flag if more than once benchmark is found. by @zapta in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/343
• Apio verify/lint commands now process also all the testbench files. by @zapta in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/344
• Added to the gtkwave command a flag to disable the spalsh screen. by @zapta in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/347
• Fixing the apio time command. by @zapta in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/349
• Changed the default zoom of gtkwave from min to max. by @zapta in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/350
• Added an apio test command. by @zapta in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/352
• Tweaking the verify command warnings. by @zapta in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/353
• Added the alias -h to the existing --help flag. by @zapta in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/355
• Added the 'apio graph' command which generates a svg graph of the verilog code. by @zapta in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/356
• Two minor fixes. Click command metavar and yosys graph command. by @zapta in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/359
• Undoing a previous change in the yosys graph generation command that was apparently unnecessary. by @zapta in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/360
• Added support for OSX arm 64, by @cavearr
• Fix unconstrained in LPF for ecp5 boards with the new oss cad suite, by @cavearr
• Fix SConstruct bug for ecp5 boards and support for custom top module by command line, by @cavearr

Important

• Since this release, you should include the top-module name in the apio.ini project file (or pass it though parameters). If no module name is given, main is used by default

New Contributors

• @will-hut made their first contribution in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/339
• @zapta made their first contribution in https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/pull/341

Full Changelog: https://github.com/FPGAwars/apio/compare/v0.8.4...v0.9.0

• Date: 2023-Oct-3
• NOTE: Quick update release
• New board: orangecrab-r02-85f (benitoss)
• New board: ButerSticr1.0 DFU & FT2232H (benitoss)
• ECP5 FPGAs: compress bitstream generation (Add flag --compress) (benitoss) @benitoss

Date: 2023-October-01

This is a minor update from 0.8.2 that correct some bugs:

• Duplicate execution of upload bitstream process found by @Democrito and fix by @cavearr

• Date: 2023-September-29
• NOTE: old apio packages fully removed
• Adding documentation about apio build --top-module (luongb)
• Apio build parameter for top-lvl module (luongb)
• Apio build -v(verbose) fix (luongb)
• Bug fixed: wrong type of quotes used. Caused JSON decoder error (luongb)
• Add fpga for iCE40-UL1K-CM36A (Kirk Clendinning)
• Adding the iCE UltraLite Breakout Board (Kirk Clendinning)
• github actions improved (Obijuan)
• Newer iCE40-HX8K and ECP5 Versa boards supported (Obijuan)
• Python packages upgraded (request 2.28.2, click 8.1.3, colorama 0.4.6) (Obijuan)
• Bug fixed in iCESugar-Pro (ahaberlach)
• New board: Pico-Ice (benitoss)
• Newer Icestick boards supported (himarcarmona)
• New FT232H programer for the ColorLight i9 (jojo535275)
• New USB-Blaster programer for the colorlight i9 (jojo535275)
• Bug fixed in Colorlight 5A-75B V6.1 (benitoss)
• Newer Lattice iCE40UP5K Breakout boards are supported (Kevin Lutzer)
• New board: ColorLight-i9-v7.2_(FT2232H) (jojo535275)
• Old functions removed (Obijuan)
• Code refactoring (Obijuan)
• Code clean: Lint score 10/10 (Obijuan)
• Github API not accessed anymore. The latest version of the apio packages is shown in the VERSION file (Obijuan)
• Obsolete packages no longer shown with apio install -l (Obijuan)
• Obsolete Apio packages removed: Scons, dfu, icesprog, fujprog, Yosys, ecp5, iverilator, Verilator, System-tools (Obijuan)

• Date: 2022-April-28
• NOTE: Transition to the oss-cad-suite complete! The old packages are obsolete, but can still be installed. In the next release they will be fully removed
• Support for the iceWerx board added (Obijuan (@Obijuan))
• Examples added (Obijuan (@Obijuan))
• Test-examples: alhambra-II. Testbenches added] (Obijuan (@Obijuan))
• ECP5: SConstruct: message: no time analysis] (Obijuan (@Obijuan))
• ecp5: iverilog: scons: added missing " " (Obijuan (@Obijuan))
• ice40: Sconstruct. Iverilog: added missing " " (Obijuan (@Obijuan))
• Bug fixed: apio time only depends on the oss-cad-suite package (Obijuan (@Obijuan))
• Bug fixed: apio sim no longer requires the iverilog package] (Obijuan (@Obijuan))
• fixed: get_terminal_size() (Obijuan (@Obijuan))
• Added upduino v3.1 (vr2045 (@vr2045))
• The Alchitry Cu board fixes (goodney (@goodney))
• dfu, fujprog,icesprog and ecp5 packages declared as obsoletes (Obijuan (@Obijuan))
• Verilator declared as obsolete package (Obijuan (@Obijuan))
• Package iverilog is now declared obsolete (Obijuan (@Obijuan))
• Readme: Update OrangeCrab/ButterStick (@gregdavill (@gregdavill))
• Test examples for different boards: (Obijuan (@Obijuan))
  • Icesugar-1.5
  • Radiona ULX3S-12F
  • Icebreaker
  • TinyFPGA-BX
  • Fomu
  • ICE40UP
  • Blackice
  • ICE40-BreakBoard
  • Go-board
  • Alhambra II
  • Icezum Alhambra
• Add butterstick support (and fix small orangecrab typo) (Andrew Goodney)

• Date: 2022-April-2
• Apio dependencies fixed
• Bug fixed: It fixed the "get_terminal_size" error that appears because click version 0.8.1 was automaticaly installed (since March-28-2022)
• The click version has been change to 0.7.2 temporaly for fixing the problem (it will be upgraded to 0.8.1 in the comming releases)

• Date: 2021-12-27
• NOTE: Transitional version. All the old apio packages are being replaced by the oss-cad-suite. Many things can be broken, so use it with caution and fill issues with the problems found.
• USE WITH ICESTUDIO >= 8.1 (It will NOT work with icestudio <=8.0)
• Bumped to version 0.8.0 (Obijuan (@Obijuan))
• Synthesis of bitstream for ECP5 12K finally solved (Fernando mosquera (@benitoss))
• Recover the support of iCESugar-nano (Fernando mosquera (@benitoss))
• Synthesis for ECP5 12K solved (Fernando mosquera (@benitoss))
• Making distinction between a v0 and v1 board (Thanks to seanybaggins @seanybaggins)
• Solution for all ECP5 models (thanks to Fernando mosquera (@benitoss))
• Support for the ECP5-Evaluation-Board (thanks to Fernando mosquera (@benitoss))
• Fixed call to non-existant function (Thanks to seanybaggins @seanybaggins)
• Update iCEBreaker-bitsy board support (Thanks to suzuki-naoto @suzuki-naoto)
• apio lint now depends only on the oss-cad-suite package
• test: apio verify passed
• Bug fixed: apio verify error in ice40
• iverilog is run from the oss-cad-suite package
• scons upgraded to the latest version: 4.2.0
• scons is no longer an independent apio package. It is installed as a python package instead
• scons apio package is now obsolete and not installed with apio install -a
• Bug fixed: trellis and icebox environment variables fixed
• ECP5: Bug fixed: Bitstream regenerated when the .lpf is changed
• Support for the FleaFPGA-Ohm Board added (thanks to Fernando mosquera (@benitoss))
• lib folder included in the path
• ice40 package: no longer needed for building
• Package ice40 marked as obsolete
• yosys: included in the obsolete package list
• build: package oss-cad-suite used instead of yosys

• Bug Fixed: The checking of the installed packages was not correctly done if they are installed in another folder different than the default
• Now it should work ok with Icestudio >=0.6.1