Re: netlists

[cfk]

I always seem to get myself into trouble when I volunteer too quickly, but,
getting a netlist into Electric is right near the top of my list right now.
I could commit to a weekend once in a while for such an endeavor with the
sole provisio that my employeer could pre-empt me. With that said, please
feel free to add my name to the list.

On a seperate subject, is there any way to run the ALS simulator on a
portion of a layout and appreciate the underlying capacitance and resistance
of the poly & metal layers and calculate the rise/fall times of say, a
PAD_in, through a trace to a PAD_out directly in Electric. I have to admit
that simulation is perhaps my weakest point, so I would need a bit of step
by step here.

Charles



----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Rubin" <address@hidden>
To: "cfk" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 5:10 PM
Subject: Re: netlists


>
> >and of course, all of the rest of the gates in the design. So, the
> >question is, how would I go about getting my Verilog code into Electric.
I
> >suppose one option is for me to write a program to manipulate the netlist
> >output of Icarus Verilog so that the netlist format is acceptable to
> >Electric so I can attempt to boot-strap my understanding to the next
level.
> >
> >Perhaps, there allready exists either a Verilog compiler that has an
> >output compatible with Electrics input (please dont say Synopsis,
Cadence,
> >or Mentor Graphics as I dont have any sheckles for this project other
then
> >my weekend time). Or there is some translator that simplifies this issue.
> >
> >Anyone have any suggestions or comments.
>
> As far as I know, there is no Verilog compiler that produces any of the
> Electric netlist formats.  And, of course, there is only 1 format of
> interest to you: the QUISC netlist format which the silicon compiler
> uses.  I think that it would be easier to write a program to convert some
> other netlist format (any that you may have) into QUISC.  After all, such
> netlists are merely components and connections.  It might even be simplest
> to modify Icarus Verilog to produce the correct netlist.
>
> There are people who are investigating the integration of Icarus Verilot
> into Electric.  If this were to happen, they would certainly be interested
> in making it produce netlists that Electric can use.  If you are
interested
> in such work, let me know.
>
>     -Steven Rubin
>
>