Poznan Open Source Meetup #7

Ready for Poznan Open Source Meetup#7? Here we go!

Join the Poznan open source community on Wednesday, November 30th for an evening packed with open source high-tech goodness. Two technical presentations, a Q&A session and of course a socializing & networking afterparty in Concordia Design till late.

Agenda:

1. Taking photos without a camera - photorealistic device renders using Blender API; Maciej Zientara, Antmicro

Generating high-resolution, photorealistic representations of technology has now become a key part of product development, documentation and engineering. This presentation showcases the means of interaction with Blender via Python scripts and its built-in API in order to automatically generate renders of the devices we build.
The presentation will explore the possibilities of automatic scene composition, starting with both pre-generated models as well as dynamically generated ones.

2. Efficient digital design co-simulation using cocotb; Maciej Dudek, Antmicro

Co-simulation is a technique used to distribute complex simulation problems into multiple simpler simulation systems that interact with each other to achieve an overall goal.
Testbenches written in Verilog, SystemVerilog or VHDL are powerful as they can leverage language specific behaviour. However they are complex to create, are not portable between languages and can lead to confusion of the testing itself and the code which is tested.
In order to avoid those problems at Antmicro we decided to use the Cocotb co-simulation framework. One of its many advantages is the capability to use it for both - closed and open source simulators. We also expanded cocotb extension library with bus models for ARM AHB and SiFive opensource TileLink-UL
In the presentation we will help you gain an in-depth understanding of cocotb co-simulation as a powerful, portable and universal testing framework.

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Registration:

Attending the event involves a registration at the entry based on the meetup attendee list. You will be asked to provide your name, surname and affiliation. You have to be an adult to attend. Upon entering the venue, you agree that you might be photographed/filmed.

Schedule:

18:00-18:30 - Registration & coffee
18:30-20:15 - Talks and Q&A
20:15-23:00 - Afterparty

Afterparty:

After the presentations, stay with us for socializing and more discussions at the evening afterparty sponsored by Antmicro with a delicious cold and hot dinner menu, and a selection of regional craft beer and drinks!

Venue:

Concordia Design, Expo hall
Zwierzyniecka 3, Poznan