regart

The responsive register drawing command line tool.

Usage

   regart
   regart (-n|--name) <name>
   regart (-a|--address) <address>
   regart (-w|--width) <width>
   regart (-s|-section) <section_string> ...
   regart (-h|--help)
   regart (-v|--version)
   regart (-f|--forgive)

Options

   -n --name      Name of the register. Default: REG.
   -a --address   Register address. By default there is no address defined.
   -w --width     Register width. Default is 8.
   -s --section   Section definition string. Syntax: "name@from:to"
   -h --help      Prints out this help.
   -v --version   Prints out the version number.
   -f --forgive   Allows position redefinition. Firs section will be kept.

How to install

You can install regart via pip:

[sudo] pip install regart

Basic usage

All previously described options are optional. If you did not specify any parameter, an empty register will be printed out:

$ regart
/*------------------------------#
| REG                           |
#-------------------------------#
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
#------------------------------*/

As you can see, the default name is REG and the default width is 8 bits. You can also notice that if there is no section defined, the register section row did not get printed. You can add name, address and different width to your register:

$ regart --name REGA --address 0x120 --width 16
/*--------------------------------------------------------------------#
| REGA                                                          0x120 |
#---------------------------------------------------------------------#
| 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
#--------------------------------------------------------------------*/

These were the long named options. You can also use the short versions to save typing: $ regart -n REGA -a 0x120 -w 16. The result will be the same. The address was given as a hexadecimal number, but you are free to use decimal numbers as well.

For the register width the only limitation is your screen width :D

Sections

Let's define some register sections!

$ regart --section SECTION@0:7
/*------------------------------#
| REG                           |
#-------------------------------#
| SECTION                       |
#-------------------------------#
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
#------------------------------*/

There is a new row below the register name. This row is the register section definition row. We have defined a section named SECTION from bit 0 to bit 7 with the following syntax: "name@from:to". You can also change direction of the definition: "name@to:from".

I you left out one of the position limit, the defined section will be added as a one bit wide section.

You can use the short section definition as well: $ regart -s SECTION@0:7. Be careful, when you define sections. The defined sections have to fill the entire register width. The following definition is syntactically wrong:

$ regart -s SECTION@0:5

Sections do not fill the register width. The default register width is 8 bit. The defined section takes 6 bits, so the last 2 bits are undefined. This is an error. You always have to define all bits in your registers.

Let's see a fully defined 8 bit wide register:

$ regart -n REGA -a 0x123 -s STATUS@7:5 -s CARRY@4 -s ENABLE@3 -s SUM@2:0
/*---------------------------------------#
| REGA                             0x123 |
#----------------------------------------#
| STATUS    | CARRY | ENABLE | SUM       |
#----------------------------------------#
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 4     | 3      | 2 | 1 | 0 |
#---------------------------------------*/

Sections are responsive, as they take up as much space as the needs to keep themselves aligned with their bits.

Regart as a python module

You can use regart as a python module as well. The following example code will demonstrate the usage. It will prodice the same output as the previous command:

import regart
reg = {
    'name': 'REGA',
    'address': '0x123',
    'width': 8,
    'sections': {
        'STATUS': {
            'position': 5,
            'size': 3
         },
         'CARRY': {
             'position': 4,
             'size': 1
         },
         'ENABLE': {
             'position': 3,
             'size': 1
         },
         'SUM': {
             'position': 0,
             'size': 3
         }
    }
}
result = regart.generate(reg)
print(result)

As you can see, this is basically the same register description. The only difference is the way you define the sections. Instead of the from-to approach you define the lowest bit number and the section size. Every key in the reg dictionay is optional too. You can pass an empty dictionary as well, and the default register art will be produced.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 Tibor Simon

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