RVCD

VCD wave file viewer written in Rust.

With egui, rvcd can be compiled to win/linux/web.

Usage

CLI

$ ./target/release/rvcd --help
Simple program to greet a person

Usage: rvcd [OPTIONS] [FILE]...

Arguments:
  [FILE]...  Files to open

Options:
  -i <INPUT>         Input sources
  -s, --src <SRC>    Default source path [default: ]
  -p, --port <PORT>  Manager port [default: 5411]
  -h, --help         Print help
  -V, --version      Print version

GUI

1. Open and show .vcd file：File->Open

2. Open source code dir: `File->e

3. Wave view operations

   1. Shift+Mouse Scroll / TouchPad move left-right / Shift+TouchPad move up-down: ⬅️ move view window ➡️
   2. Mouse Scroll / TouchPad move up-down: ⬆️ move signal view ⬇️
   3. Ctrl+Mouse Scroll / Ctrl+TouchPad move up-down: zoom in/out
   4. Mouse middle drag to move signal view vertically
   5. Mouse right drag to select new view range

4. Signal operations

   1. Right click on the signal to set Height / Color / Display Mode, or goto source code

      

   2. Goto Source:

      1. If multi nets found, select one

         

      2. Can call Visual Studio Code / Scaleda / Internal Editor

         

         

5. Edit source code: After To Source, you can edit source code directly in the internal editor. Ctrl+S Save.

6. Manage windows: Menu bar minimize/New Window/Close All/Quit

   

7. Cursors:

   1. Right click timebar to add/remove all cursors⬇️

      

   2. Drag on timebar to drag any cursor⬆️

   3. Click on wave to put main cursor⬇️

      

   4. Drag on wave to drag temporary cursor⬆️

   5. Right click cursor on timebar to add/remove spans

      

8. Appearance

   1. Switch theme: 🌞 on right top corner
   2. Language: menu Language->en/zh-CN
   3. Signal Tree (SST): menu SST

9. Goto Wave: You can call Goto Waveform in Scaleda

   

10. Debug: menu bar Debug Panel

    

Build

Windows / Linux

# run rvcd
cargo run
# compile to release executable
cargo build --release

Web

# install wasm target
rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
# install cli tool
cargo install trunk wasm-bindgen-cli
# dynamical run in debug
trunk serve
# build release static files
trunk build --release