Microsemi and HIiFive 1

HiFive1 Rev B
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Hello:
SiFive offers a modern and customizable RISC-V CPU core for use with
Microsemi FPGAs.I recently tried to use Microsemi SoftConsole v5.1 to
compile HIFive1, for example, write a flash led or write a hello world
procedures, is there any relevant information for reference?

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Welcome to the forum!

Are you trying to use Microsemi’s SoftConsole to compile applications for the HiFive1 board? If so, you may have better luck using FreedomStudio or the Freedom-E-SDK repository:

I’m not sure of the level of support SoftConsole provides for the HiFive1.

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Thanks!Your advice is very helpful to me.
I will try to to use FreedomStudio.
But I still hope someone at the forum compiled the HiFive1 with SoftConsole or someone can tell me the level of support SoftConsole for the HiFive1.

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But I still hope someone at the forum compiled the HiFive1 with SoftConsole or someone can tell me the level of support SoftConsole for the HiFive1.

You might have better luck asking this question in a Microsemi forum.

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Hi Suzhaow,

We are going to release SoftConsole v5.2 very soon and I tested it with a HiFive1 board and it works pretty well. I imported the led_fade example from FreedomStudio directly and I was able to see the serial UART message, debug, have breakpoints and step through the program without any issues.

I would recommend to wait for the SoftConsole v5.2 and start from known working example supplied with FreedomStudio and it should without any hassle.

Best regards,
Anton

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That’s great, I’m looking forward to releasing it.:yum:Thank you for your answer!

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I could let you know here when becomes public.

BTW is there a way on this forum to make a direct message or is there any other way to contact you directly?

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I am new here,so not familiar with these.My email is suzhaow@163.com.Thanks, keep in touch:grin:

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By the way, you can always send a private message by clicking the user’s name, and pressing “Message” button.

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I don’t see such button when I click anybody’s name, I see their achievements, can go to their profile, but no “Message” button.

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Just wanted to let you know that the SoftConsole 5.2 is released.

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Thanks a lot, I have downloaded and tried to use it.