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+# vivado-make
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+Simple make system for simulating, synthesizing and routing VHDL projects as well as programming boards. Requires Vivado and doesn't rely on any other tools (apart from `make`, install with `scoop` on Windows)
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+Supports VHDL and the example is build for the Zybo-Z7 board.
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