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CERN Releases Open-Source VHDL Library for FPGAs

CERN has released a VHDL library named "colibri" containing over 100 components, functions, and procedures to aid in FPGA project development.

The library was developed internally at CERN to streamline the creation of gateway devices, leveraging FPGAs for managing the vast amounts of data generated by experiments.

The "colibri" library is vendor-independent and has been tested on multiple platforms, ensuring flexibility for users.

It includes self-checking testbenches and, for some components, formal verification, which is uncommon in the FPGA development world.

The entire library is available on GitLab for public access.

While not designed for highly specialized applications like ternary processors, "colibri" offers implementations for common protocols such as SPI and I2C, potentially saving development time.

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