Diamond

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Introduction

Lattice diamond is the software used to synthesize bitstream for Lattice FPGAs. It's required for the MachXO[1,2,3] FPGA.

Installation guide

Download

Download the rpm file on Lattice website [1].

Get a free license

On this page : [2]

Install on debian 64bits

  • First alien is needed to convert the rpm in debian package :
sudo apt-get install alien
  • Convert it to deb package then install it (take a long time ~13 min):
$ sudo alien diamond_3_10-base_x64-111-2-x86_64-linux.rpm
Warning: Skipping conversion of scripts in package diamond_3_10-base_x64: postinst postrm preinst prerm
Warning: Use the --scripts parameter to include the scripts.
diamond-3-10-base-x64_3.10-112_amd64.deb generate
  • Then install it
$ sudo dpkg -i diamond-3-10-base-x64_3.10-112_amd64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package diamond-3-10-base-x64.
(Reading database ... 336262 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack diamond-3-10-base-x64_3.10-112_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking diamond-3-10-base-x64 (3.10-112) ...
Setting up diamond-3-10-base-x64 (3.10-112) ...
  • The package is not correctly installed in directory /usr/local/diamond/. All tar.gz must be deflated :
cd /usr/local/diamond/3.10_x64/
cd bin/; sudo tar -zxvf bin.tar.gz;sudo rm bin.tar.gz; cd ..
cd synpbase/;sudo tar -zxvf synpbase.tar.gz;sudo rm synpbase.tar.gz; cd ..
cd examples/;sudo tar -zxvf examples.tar.gz;sudo rm examples.tar.gz; cd ..
cd data/;sudo tar -zxvf data.tar.gz; sudo rm data.tar.gz; cd ..
cd cae_library/;sudo tar -zxvf cae_library.tar.gz; sudo rm cae_library.tar.gz; cd ..
cd ispfpga/;sudo tar -zxvf ispfpga.tar.gz;sudo rm ispfpga.tar.gz; cd ..
cd tcltk/;sudo tar -zxvf tcltk.tar.gz; sudo rm tcltk.tar.gz; cd ..
cd embedded_source/;sudo tar -zxvf embedded_source.tar.gz; sudo rm embedded_source.tar.gz; cd ..
  • Install libpng correctly:
cd /usr/local/diamond/3.10_x64/bin/lin64
sudo mv libpng12.so.0 libpng12.so.0.old
sudo ln /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng12.so.0 -s libpng12.so.0
  • save the license.dat received by mail in following directory:
/usr/local/diamond/3.10_x64/license/
  • Add this lines in your ~/.bashrc:
#Lattice Diamond
export PATH=$PATH:"/usr/local/diamond/3.10_x64/bin/lin64"
  • open a new terminal (or re-source your .bashrc) then launch diamond:
diamond

Install on Gentoo 64bits

  • Install rpm
emerge -av rpm
  • Install diamon
export RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/
rpm -Uvh --nodeps diamond_3_7-base_x64-96-1-x86_64-linux.rpm
  • save the license.dat received by mail in following directory:
/usr/local/diamond/3.7_x64/license/
  • Add this lines in your ~/.bashrc:
#Lattice Diamond
export PATH=$PATH:"/usr/local/diamond/3.7_x64/bin/lin64"
  • open a new terminal (or re-source your .bashrc) then launch diamond:
diamond

Ressources/links