This project is now located on GitHub. https://github.com/joshwyant/mips-machine

In college, my Machine Organization and Architecture professor is teaching the MIPS architecture. Since it's so simple, I'm building a MIPS simulator and assembler as a project.

It will be compatible with the book we're using for learning assembly language (MIPS Assembly Language Programming by Robert L. Britton). The machine will consist of hypothetical components for I/O.

It will probably be sufficient for use as a initial target test platform for the managed operating system I'm writing as an experiment.

Note for Running C Programs:

It's best to use an already installed toolchain for C. The target is specified in the App.config file, and the bin directory should be in PATH. The defaults will work (mips-sde-elf).

Here are two places to get a free MIPS bare-metal GCC toolchain:

developer.mips.com - Pre-built Linux binaries, and build instructions for other platforms

CodeSourcery CodeBench Lite - Pre-built Windows binaries

News

5/7/2012: I'm ready to present this to my class tomorrow! This project now has basic video functionality accessible from C/ASM. I created a demonstration file, examplevideo.c. Check it out!

5/4/2012: The simulator can now run programs written in C.

3/12/2012: Lots of changes so far, see source. I added a current test build to the downloads section.

http://mips-machine.googlecode.com/files/MIPSCapture2.PNG

http://mips-machine.googlecode.com/files/MIPS.PNG

Initial thread

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