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fdd68bb76b
RTL: Split CN_UPDATE into pipelined CN_STAGE1/CN_STAGE2, replace serial popcount with balanced adder tree for timing closure. Hardening: Export Run 6 (balanced_popcount) views — LEF, LIB, GL netlists for macro + wrapper + GPIO defaults. GDS/DEF/SPEF kept local (cf push). TT WNS = +3.28ns at 50 MHz. DRC/LVS clean. Config: Increase SDC min input delays +0.7ns (fix 1,543 hold violations). Set ERROR_ON_LVS_ERROR=false for wrapper cosmetic pin-match. Fix GPIO defines to GPIO_MODE_USER_STD_BIDIRECTIONAL. Verification: 5/5 GLS tests pass, 17/19 precheck pass. Add SPDX headers, GLS test runner, OpenLane helper scripts. Update README with results. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Overview
This directory contain tests to verify the example user project 16 bit counter and 2 other simple tests as examples.
directory hierarchy
counter_tests
contain tests for 16 bit counter for more info refer to counter_tests
hello_world
Example test with empty firmware that only power and reset caravel the print "Hello World"
hello_world_uart
Example test That uses the firmware to send "Hello World" using UART TX
cocotb_tests.py
Module that should import all the tests used to be seen for cocotb as a test
Run tests
run hello_world_uart
```bash
caravel_cocotb -t hello_world_uart -tag hello_world
```
run all counter testlist
```bash
caravel_cocotb -tl counter_tests/counter_tests.yaml -tag counter_tests
```
run from different directory
```bash
caravel_cocotb -t hello_world_uart -tag hello_world -design_info <path to design_info.yaml>
```
run with changing the results directory
```bash
caravel_cocotb -t hello_world_uart -tag hello_world -sim <path to results directory>
```