SVUnit Also Has a Logo

svunit-p1I figured the new user guide made SVUnit look like a real product. And since real products have a logo, I stayed up late one night and did logo. But if it has a logo, shouldn’t it also have a tagline? I guess, so now it has a tagline. But having a tagline means… well… you get the idea.

(For anyone curious about what goes on in my head, we’ve reached the point of real-time brain dump. It happens to me once in a while. Not sure how long it’ll last. Hopefully it’s entertaining.)

-neil

Agile2015 (Hardware) Conference Countdown

Looked at the calendar today and discovered the Agile conference Washington, DC is less that 3 weeks away. Me and my hardware demo are on the schedule again this year, so that means less than 3 weeks until the new and improved version makes it’s debut. I’m looking forward to it.

Here’s a description of my talk from the agile2015.agilealliance.org scheduled for Thursday Aug 6th at 2pm…

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At a glance, this year’s talk looks similar to last year. TDD is still the theme from the embedded software right down to the hardware. We’ll do a demo in the last 15 minutes again. We’ll see dots dancing on the screen. All cool stuff. The big upgrade, however, is that this year is all about the hardware. With a more realistic circuit, much more logic and upwards of 100 hardware tests, there’s way more to look at and real lesson’s learned.

I’m proud to say we’ve gone from about a 1 to a solid 7 on the hardware.

Way better.

For any hardware developers going to the conference or even in the area, I’m always happy to chat (at length!) about agile hardware. And for all my software friends, I’m looking forward to our yearly visit!

See you in about 17 days!

-neil

SVUnit Now Has a User Guide

While I find reading EDA user guides hard enough, writing them is way worse, which is why I’ve avoided it for as long as I have. Alas, with usage of SVUnit growing pretty steady and people hinting for better instruction, I figured it was finally time to get something out there.

So whether you’re new to SVUnit or you’re a seasoned SVUnit old-timer, the SVUnit User Guide will probably have some useful tidbits of information to improve your experience. It’s in a state of incomplete so far, but useful nonetheless. It’ll slowly come together toward a state of completeness over the next few weeks.

As always, feedback is welcome at neil.johnson@agilesoc.com.

Enjoy!

-neil