static void Main(string[] args)
{
// Wrapping the whole program into Task.Run() is a workaround for async just to be able to run all this from
// inside a console app.
Task.Run(async() =>
{
/*
* On a high level these are the steps to use Hastlayer:
* 1. Create the Hastlayer shell.
* 2. Configure hardware generation and generate FPGA hardware representation of the given .NET code.
* 3. Generate proxies for hardware-transformed types and use these proxies to utilize hardware
* implementations. (You can see this inside the SampleRunners.)
*/
// Configuring the Hastlayer shell. Which flavor should we use? If you're unsure then you'll need
// the Client flavor: This will let you connect to a remote Hastlayer service to run the software
// to hardware transformation.
var hastlayerConfiguration = new HastlayerConfiguration {
Flavor = HastlayerFlavor.Developer
};
// Initializing a Hastlayer shell. Since this is non-trivial to do you can cache this shell object
// while the program runs and re-use it continuously. No need to always wrap it into a using() like
// here, just make sure to Dispose() it before the program terminates.
using (var hastlayer = await Hastlayer.Create(hastlayerConfiguration))
{
// Hooking into an event of Hastlayer so some execution information can be made visible on the
// console.
hastlayer.ExecutedOnHardware += (sender, e) =>
{
Console.WriteLine(
"Executing " +
e.MemberFullName +
" on hardware took " +
e.HardwareExecutionInformation.HardwareExecutionTimeMilliseconds +
" milliseconds (net) " +
e.HardwareExecutionInformation.FullExecutionTimeMilliseconds +
" milliseconds (all together)");
};
// We need to set what kind of device (FPGA/FPGA board) to generate the hardware for.
var devices = await hastlayer.GetSupportedDevices();
// Let's just use the first one that is available. However you might want to use a specific
// device, not just any first one.
var configuration = new HardwareGenerationConfiguration(devices.First().Name);
// If you're running Hastlayer in the Client flavor, you also need to configure some credentials
// here:
var remoteClientConfiguration = configuration.RemoteClientConfiguration();
remoteClientConfiguration.AppName = "TestApp";
remoteClientConfiguration.AppSecret = "appsecret";
if (hastlayerConfiguration.Flavor == HastlayerFlavor.Client &&
remoteClientConfiguration.AppSecret == "appsecret")
{
throw new InvalidOperationException(
"You haven't changed the default remote credentials! Write to [email protected] to receive access if you don't have yet.");
}
// Letting the configuration of samples run. Check out those methods too!
switch (Configuration.SampleToRun)
{
case Sample.Fix64Calculator:
Fix64CalculatorSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.GenomeMatcher:
GenomeMatcherSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.ParallelAlgorithm:
ParallelAlgorithmSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.ImageProcessingAlgorithms:
ImageProcessingAlgorithmsSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.Loopback:
LoopbackSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.MonteCarloAlgorithm:
MonteCarloAlgorithmSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.ObjectOrientedShowcase:
ObjectOrientedShowcaseSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.PrimeCalculator:
PrimeCalculatorSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.RecursiveAlgorithms:
RecursiveAlgorithmsSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.SimdCalculator:
SimdCalculatorSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
default:
break;
}
// The generated VHDL code will contain debug-level information, though it will be slower to
// create.
configuration.VhdlTransformerConfiguration().VhdlGenerationConfiguration = VhdlGenerationConfiguration.Debug;
Console.WriteLine("Hardware generation starts.");
// Generating hardware from the sample assembly with the given configuration.
var hardwareRepresentation = await hastlayer.GenerateHardware(
new[]
{
// Selecting any type from the sample assembly here just to get its Assembly object.
typeof(PrimeCalculator).Assembly,
typeof(Fix64).Assembly
},
configuration);
Console.WriteLine("Hardware generation finished, writing VHDL source to file.");
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Configuration.VhdlOutputFilePath))
{
await hardwareRepresentation.HardwareDescription.WriteSource(Configuration.VhdlOutputFilePath);
}
Console.WriteLine("VHDL source written to file, starting hardware execution.");
// Running samples.
switch (Configuration.SampleToRun)
{
case Sample.Fix64Calculator:
await Fix64CalculatorSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.GenomeMatcher:
await GenomeMatcherSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.ParallelAlgorithm:
await ParallelAlgorithmSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.ImageProcessingAlgorithms:
await ImageProcessingAlgorithmsSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.Loopback:
await LoopbackSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.MonteCarloAlgorithm:
await MonteCarloAlgorithmSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.ObjectOrientedShowcase:
await ObjectOrientedShowcaseSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.PrimeCalculator:
await PrimeCalculatorSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.RecursiveAlgorithms:
await RecursiveAlgorithmsSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.SimdCalculator:
await SimdCalculatorSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
default:
break;
}
}
}).Wait();
Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit.");
Console.ReadKey();
}
static async Task MainTask(string[] args)
{
/*
* On a high level these are the steps to use Hastlayer:
* 1. Create the Hastlayer shell.
* 2. Configure hardware generation and generate FPGA hardware representation of the given .NET code.
* 3. Generate proxies for hardware-transformed types and use these proxies to utilize hardware
* implementations. (You can see this inside the SampleRunners.)
*/
// Configuring the Hastlayer shell. Which flavor should we use? If you're unsure then you'll need
// the Client flavor: This will let you connect to a remote Hastlayer service to run the software
// to hardware transformation.
var hastlayerConfiguration = new HastlayerConfiguration {
Flavor = HastlayerFlavor.Developer
};
// Initializing a Hastlayer shell. Since this is non-trivial to do you can cache this shell object
// while the program runs and re-use it continuously. No need to always wrap it into a using() like
// here, just make sure to Dispose() it before the program terminates.
using (var hastlayer = await Hastlayer.Create(hastlayerConfiguration))
{
// Hooking into an event of Hastlayer so some execution information can be made visible on the
// console.
hastlayer.ExecutedOnHardware += (sender, e) =>
{
Console.WriteLine(
"Executing " +
e.MemberFullName +
" on hardware took " +
e.HardwareExecutionInformation.HardwareExecutionTimeMilliseconds +
" milliseconds (net) " +
e.HardwareExecutionInformation.FullExecutionTimeMilliseconds +
" milliseconds (all together)");
};
// A little helper for later.
var argsList = (IList <string>)args;
string GetArgument(string name)
{
name = "-" + name;
return(args.Contains(name) ? args[argsList.IndexOf(name) + 1] : null);
}
// We need to set what kind of device (FPGA/FPGA board) to generate the hardware for.
var devices = await hastlayer.GetSupportedDevices();
if (devices == null || !devices.Any())
{
throw new Exception("No devices are available!");
}
// Let's just use the first one that is available unless it's specified.
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Configuration.DeviceName))
{
Configuration.DeviceName = devices.First().Name;
}
var targetDeviceName = GetArgument("device") ?? Configuration.DeviceName;
var selectedDevice = devices.FirstOrDefault(device => device.Name == targetDeviceName);
if (selectedDevice == null)
{
throw new Exception($"Target device '{targetDeviceName}' not found!");
}
var configuration = new HardwareGenerationConfiguration(selectedDevice.Name);
// If you're running Hastlayer in the Client flavor, you also need to configure some credentials:
var remoteClientConfiguration = configuration.RemoteClientConfiguration();
remoteClientConfiguration.AppName = GetArgument("appname") ?? Configuration.AppName;
remoteClientConfiguration.AppSecret = GetArgument("appsecret") ?? Configuration.AppSecret;
if (hastlayerConfiguration.Flavor == HastlayerFlavor.Client &&
remoteClientConfiguration.AppSecret == "appsecret")
{
throw new InvalidOperationException(
"You haven't changed the default remote credentials! Write to [email protected] to receive access if you don't have yet.");
}
// If the sample was selected in the command line use that, or otherwise the default.
Configuration.SampleToRun = (Sample)Enum.Parse(typeof(Sample), GetArgument("sample") ?? Configuration.SampleToRun.ToString(), true);
// Letting the configuration of samples run. Check out those methods too!
switch (Configuration.SampleToRun)
{
case Sample.Fix64Calculator:
Fix64CalculatorSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.FSharpParallelAlgorithm:
FSharpParallelAlgorithmSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.GenomeMatcher:
GenomeMatcherSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.ParallelAlgorithm:
ParallelAlgorithmSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.ImageProcessingAlgorithms:
ImageProcessingAlgorithmsSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.Loopback:
LoopbackSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.MemoryTest:
MemoryTestSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.MonteCarloPiEstimator:
MonteCarloPiEstimatorSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.ObjectOrientedShowcase:
ObjectOrientedShowcaseSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.PrimeCalculator:
PrimeCalculatorSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.RecursiveAlgorithms:
RecursiveAlgorithmsSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
case Sample.SimdCalculator:
SimdCalculatorSampleRunner.Configure(configuration);
break;
default:
break;
}
// The generated VHDL code will contain debug-level information, though it will be slower to create.
configuration.VhdlTransformerConfiguration().VhdlGenerationConfiguration = VhdlGenerationConfiguration.Debug;
Console.WriteLine("Hardware generation starts.");
// Generating hardware from the sample assembly with the given configuration.
var hardwareRepresentation = await hastlayer.GenerateHardware(
new[]
{
// Selecting any type from the sample assembly here just to get its Assembly object.
typeof(PrimeCalculator).Assembly,
typeof(Fix64).Assembly,
typeof(FSharpSampleAssembly.FSharpParallelAlgorithmContainer).Assembly
},
configuration);
Console.WriteLine("Hardware generation finished.");
Console.WriteLine();
// Be sure to check out transformation warnings. Most of the time the issues noticed shouldn't cause
// any problems, but sometimes they can.
if (hardwareRepresentation.HardwareDescription.Warnings.Any())
{
Console.WriteLine(
"There were the following transformation warnings, which may hint on issues that can cause the hardware implementation to produce incorrect results:" +
Environment.NewLine +
string.Join(Environment.NewLine, hardwareRepresentation.HardwareDescription.Warnings.Select(warning => "* " + warning.ToString())));
Console.WriteLine();
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(Configuration.VhdlOutputFilePath))
{
Console.WriteLine("Writing VHDL source to file.");
await hardwareRepresentation.HardwareDescription.WriteSource(Configuration.VhdlOutputFilePath);
Console.WriteLine("VHDL source written to file.");
Console.WriteLine();
}
Console.WriteLine("Starting hardware execution.");
// Running samples.
try
{
switch (Configuration.SampleToRun)
{
case Sample.Fix64Calculator:
await Fix64CalculatorSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.FSharpParallelAlgorithm:
await FSharpParallelAlgorithmSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.GenomeMatcher:
await GenomeMatcherSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.ParallelAlgorithm:
await ParallelAlgorithmSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.ImageProcessingAlgorithms:
await ImageProcessingAlgorithmsSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.Loopback:
await LoopbackSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.MemoryTest:
await MemoryTestSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.MonteCarloPiEstimator:
await MonteCarloPiEstimatorSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.ObjectOrientedShowcase:
await ObjectOrientedShowcaseSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.PrimeCalculator:
await PrimeCalculatorSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.RecursiveAlgorithms:
await RecursiveAlgorithmsSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
case Sample.SimdCalculator:
await SimdCalculatorSampleRunner.Run(hastlayer, hardwareRepresentation);
break;
default:
break;
}
}
catch (AggregateException ex) when(ex.InnerException is HardwareExecutionResultMismatchException)
{
// If you set ProxyGenerationConfiguration.VerifyHardwareResults to true (when calling
// GenerateProxy()) then everything will be computed in software as well to check the hardware.
// You'll get such an exception if there is any mismatch. This shouldn't normally happen, but it's
// not impossible in corner cases.
var mismatches = ((HardwareExecutionResultMismatchException)ex.InnerException).Mismatches;
var mismatchCount = mismatches.Count();
Console.WriteLine($"There {(mismatchCount == 1 ? "was a mismatch" : $"were {mismatchCount} mismatches")} between the software and hardware execution's results! Mismatch{(mismatchCount == 1 ? string.Empty : $"es")}:");