mpw-7-rc1

First release candidate for Caravel redesign (MPW-7).

What's Changed

• Corrected the documented solder bump diameter by @RTimothyEdwards in #133
• Error in User Area Base Address by @PriyankaDilip in #97
• Fix user pass thru by @RTimothyEdwards in #134
• Added reset values for pwr_ctrl_out in housekeeping by @RTimothyEdwards in #131
• Remove mgmt protect tristates by @RTimothyEdwards in #142
• Changed gpio_defaults_block_14 to gpio_defaults_block_25 by @RTimothyEdwards in #137
• fix typos in mgmt_protect.v by @M0stafaRady in #146
• Fix direct power connections by @RTimothyEdwards in #122
• Change CSB pin (GPIO 3) to be a weak pull-up input by @RTimothyEdwards in #135
• Remove SRAM read-only interface by @RTimothyEdwards in #151
• Added spare logic blocks for GPIO by @RTimothyEdwards in #153
• 152 add pass thru for clock and reset by @jeffdi in #154
• Effectively reverted the change to add spare logic blocks near each by @RTimothyEdwards in #157
• Caravel redesign by @mo-hosni in #158
• Chip io rework by @RTimothyEdwards in #161
• Update of all views of chip_io and chip_io_alt by @RTimothyEdwards in #162
• Caravel redesign by @mo-hosni in #163
• Fix typo at mprj_io by @M0stafaRady in #168
• gpio_control_block sparecell by @kareefardi in #166
• Updated the LEF of simple_por by @RTimothyEdwards in #170
• new environment for simulation automation with cocotb and vcs by @M0stafaRady in #139
• some rtl changes by @kareefardi in #165
• Cocotb dev to cocotb by @M0stafaRady in #172
• Caravel redesign by @mo-hosni in #173
• updated openlane and open_pdks commit by @marwaneltoukhy in #176
• Rehardened housekeeping to fix Antenna violations. by @mo-hosni in #178
• Fixes the .mag, LEF, DEF, and GDS views of chip_io and chip_io_alt by @RTimothyEdwards in #179
• Caravel redesign by @mo-hosni in #180
• Caravel update by @kareefardi in #181
• fix a typo in openlane makefile run tag variable and flag by @kareefardi in #182
• Rearrange spef and signoff directories and add separate directory for signoff sdc by @passant5 in #183
• ~ regenerate chip_io verilog netlist to fix missing power pins from constant blocks by @kareefardi in #190
• • add multiconrner gpio_control_block spefs by @kareefardi in #194
• Antenna check addition to automation by @marwaneltoukhy in #205
• Digital pll reimplmentation and rtl update by @kareefardi in #197
• Caravel clocking reharden by @kareefardi in #214
• mgmt_protect final views by @marwaneltoukhy in #210
• Housekeeping final views by @marwaneltoukhy in #216
• Buff flash clkrst by @marwaneltoukhy in #217
• Add PT signoff directories for each block by @passant5 in #209
• Cocotb tests update by @M0stafaRady in #206
• reimplement caravel with latest blocks updates and a buffer macro by @kareefardi in #219

New Contributors

• @PriyankaDilip made their first contribution in #97
• @M0stafaRady made their first contribution in #146
• @mo-hosni made their first contribution in #158
• @passant5 made their first contribution in #183

Full Changelog: mpw-7b...mpw-7-rc1