mrav-cpu
A set of tools and libraries for building a tiny CPU core for microcontroller-style systems, from generating the hardware design to running simulations and producing software. The project notes it is not yet ready for general use.
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Overview
Mrav is a set of tools and libraries for building a tiny CPU core for microcontroller-style systems. The monorepo covers generating the RTL code, running software simulations and producing software for the CPU, all automated with the Bazel build system. The author says it is a proof of concept, that the instruction set may still change, and that it is not ready for production.
Key features
- Generates RTL code for the CPU core
- Runs software simulations
- Builds the assembler and assembles Mrav software
- Bazel drives the whole flow, from RTL to tests
- Can be tried in the browser first
Best for
Readers who want to study a minimal custom CPU and its toolchain. The author advises against production use and suggests lightweight RISC-V cores for that.
- Upstream
- popovicu/mrav-cpu
- Fork on GitHub
- Guo-astro/mrav-cpu
- Upstream stars
- 95
- Category
- Hardware, OS and embedded
- License
- MIT
- Forked
- 2025-11-22
- Sync status
- In syncLast synced 2026-11-09
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