Kactus2: A graphical EDA tool built on the IP-XACT standard
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Kactus2 is based on IEEE 1685-2014 “IP-XACT” standard (“IEEE Standard for Ip-Xact, Standard Structure for Packaging, Integrating, and Reusing Ip Within Tool Flows” 2014), which defines an XML format for documents describing the components, designs and configurations. Ideally, this enables vendor independent integration between standard compatible tools. The IP-XACT standard is complex and versatile, but Kactus2 hides most of the complexity and offers the users the easiest to use tool to accomplish IP-XACT related EDA tasks. In addition, Kactus2 includes extensions for software components, software on hardware mapping and API abstraction, as well as physical product hierarchy including printed circuit board level.
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