Tapeo

Getting started

Introduction

What Tapeo is, what the landing page shows, and the four steps from an idea to a checked design.

Early access

Tapeo is in early access. We're opening Tapeo to engineers in small waves and improving it with every one.

  • Each wave of new users helps us harden the tools, flows, and AI behind the workspace, and improvements ship continuously.
  • You may still meet rough edges, such as a stage that needs a rerun or a design the flow doesn't handle yet. Your files, runs, and evidence are saved as you go.
  • Results are real tool evidence for exploring and learning, not foundry signoff.

What Tapeo is#

Tapeo is the easiest way to learn digital hardware design by building it. You describe what you want, and Tapeo runs the real open-source chip tools for you in the browser: there is nothing to install or configure. The Architect explains your design, errors, and results in plain words, and your design can go all the way to an FPGA board or a real chip.

The four steps#

  1. 1
    Describe
    Explain the hardware you want in Architect chat. Add behavior, interfaces, constraints, and any technology preference you know.
  2. 2
    Choose
    Review the requirements and architecture choices. Accept one to create the project.
  3. 3
    Follow
    The first-run workflow generates project files and starts the available stages. Follow status, files, tool logs, and blockers in Workflow.
  4. 4
    Improve
    Inspect the design in other tabs, edit files, ask the Architect for help, update goals, and rerun stages after changes.

Create a project

The Architect conversation, step by step.

One-click workflow

Every stage from lint to layout, in order.

The landing page#

  • The public landing page at / presents the design journey before asking you to sign in.
  • Choose an example to explore saved results without an account, or select Start building free or Sign in when you want your own workspace.
  • The animated chip, the “prompt to silicon” console, and the five-stage 3D journey are illustrative product motifs. They are not project simulations or physical-analysis results.
  • FPGA boards are available as a preview (FPGA boards), and so are the VS Code extension and the terminal client (VS Code and terminal). The Marketplace is coming soon.

What runs for your project#

Tool availability depends on the configured runners, the selected technology platform, and the design files and process data available for that project.

Every step reports its state

A step can finish, fail, be skipped, remain blocked, or be unavailable.