Agile hardware development with rapid hardware definition language

Abstract

Rapid HDL is a hardware definition language developed in C# for the Microsoft .Net platform. Rapid HDL unifies digital FPGA hardware development and co-software integration. Hardware is scripted using reusable software objects, communication between hardware and software is automatic, and synthesis is automated using a free tool chain. Rapid HDL represents 18,000 lines of code and is freely available under the MIT license.