Electric VLSI Design System at CMOSedu.com
Quick install: ensure Java is installed (go to java.com) and save electric-9.07.jar to your computer (e.g., the Desktop).
- Double clicking on this saved jar file starts Electric in Windows using 64 MB of memory (see here for how to increase memory allocation, very important if doing simulations or large designs).
- In Linux/Unix open a terminal window, navigate to where you saved the jar file, and enter: java -Xmx512m -jar electric-9.07.jar & to start Electric with 512 MB of memory.
- For the Mac, double clicking on the saved jar file should start Electric. If not, use the Linux/Unix command-line command seen above in a xterm.
- Examples for the C5 process (SPICE models C5_models.txt) for fabrication through MOSIS are found in:
- Unzip then open these libraries after you start Electric (File -> Open Library) and simulate using LTspice
- Download the books’ Electric examples in Electric_CMOSedu.zip with extras!
- Electric VLSI tutorials from CMOSedu.com are found here
- Detailed information on installing and using Electric with add-ons (e.g., SPICE) is found here.
Dr. Steven M. Rubin led the development of Electric in the former VLSI Research Group at Oracle, Inc.
The Electric VLSI Design System – free and powerful CAD system for chip design (schematics, layout, DRC, LVS, ERC, etc.) that runs on any platform (Unix, Linux, Mac, Windows).
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