FSDB Tracer for Debugging

Developed a tool that loads the FSDB file and generates an instruction execution trace in a human readable format to help debug complex bugs from FPGA emulator. Worked with another engineer who is an expert in the FSDB file format to understand the APIs. Prototyped the possibility of re-animating the RTL simulation from waveforms. This opened up the possibilities to run RTL simulation once and us the waveforms to implements checks or run CoSimulation that are difficult to run on FPGA due to the physical limitations of FPGA. Thus bridging the gap between FPGA and RTL simulation.

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Duration: Less than a week
Role: Developer