# The &kpicosim; Handbook

## Introduction

&kpicosim; is a development environment for the Xilinx PicoBlaze-3 soft-core processor for the TDE Desktop (Linux). The environment has an editor with syntax highlighting, compiler, simulator and export functions to VHDL, HEX and MEM files.

## Using &kpicosim;

Here's a screenshot of &kpicosim; Screenshot

### More &kpicosim; features

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## Command Reference

### The main &kpicosim; window

#### The File Menu

&Ctrl;N File New

- Creates a new document

&Ctrl;S File Save

- Saves the document

&Ctrl;Q File Quit

- Quits &kpicosim;

#### The Help Menu

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## Developer's Guide to &kpicosim;

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## Questions and Answers

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How do I compile a file?

Select in the Menu: Debug->Compile.

## Credits and License

&kpicosim;

Program copyright 2005 Mark Six m6@xs4all.nl

Documentation copyright 2005 Mark Six m6@xs4all.nl

&underFDL; &underGPL;

## Installation

### How to obtain &kpicosim;

The source code is available at https://mirror.git.trinitydesktop.org/gitea/TDE/kpicosim .

### Requirements

&kpicosim; relies on the TDE libraries (tdelibs) to build.

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### Compilation and Installation

In order to compile and install &kpicosim; on your system, you will need cmake.

    % mkdir -p build
    % cd build
    % cmake ..
    % make install

For further instructions, please, read the INSTALL file.
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