Arm AMBA Viz

Arm AMBA Viz is a tool to visualize AMBA events to accelerate SoC verification. This guide is for SoC verification and validation engineers to efficiently analyze hardware signals in their designs.

A detailed overview of functionality is described in Introduction to AMBA Viz .

How do I download AMBA Viz?

AMBA Viz is a component of Arm Hardware Success Kits .

It is available to download at the Arm Product Download Hub .

You can download AMBA Viz as an individual component, or you can download complete Success Kits.

For more information on the Download Hub, refer to the Arm Product Download Hub install guide .

How do I install AMBA Viz?

AMBA Viz requires a Linux host machine with Java 11 or JavaFX.

Extract the software from the bundle to the desired install location. For example:

    

        
        
tar -xf ambaviz.tar.gz

    

Navigate to the newly-created ambaviz-<version> folder, and run the following script to set up environment variables:

sh/bash

    

        
        
source sourceMe.sh

    

csh

    

        
        
sourceMe.csh

    

The AMBA Viz Release Notes provide full installation instructions, located in the extracted directory at:

    

        
        
docs/public/assets/pdfs/ambaviz-release-note.pdf

    

How do I set up the AMBA Viz product license?

AMBA Viz is license-managed. A Hardware Success Kit license is necessary.

License set up instructions are available in the Arm License install guide .

How do I get started with AMBA Viz?

Typically, AMBA Viz is launched with a waveform file:

    

        
        
ambaviz -f <waveform_file>

    

A proprietary AVDB waveform format is recommended to improve the performance of AMBA Viz.

To convert VCD or FSDB files to this format, use the wave2avdb script, for example:

    

        
        
wave2avdb -d cmn600 -f waves.vcd -o waves.avdb

    

The User Guide provides full usage instructions, located in the extracted directory at:

    

        
        
docs/public/assets/pdfs/ambaviz-user-guide.pdf