Re: gEDA-user: Re: change from ngspice to gnucap

[Svenn Are Bjerkem <svenn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 20 April 2006 21:04, Stuart Brorson wrote:
> As Dan pointed out, I think you should use gschem -> gnetlist -g
> spice-sdb -> ngspice/gnucap as your analog simulation flow.  I think
> you should invoke the programs from the command line.  The command
> line is not difficult, and knowing the commands used to invoke the
> tools will help you when you get to teh point of writing Makefiles to
> automate your design flow.

You presume that analog designers know make? Few of the analog designers I 
work with know make. On the other hand, all the digital designers I work with 
know make, they use it everyday and know the syntax by heart. But they don't 
use any schemaic capture, they use emacs and vi to write their Verilog/VHDL.

>
> OTOH, I don't think you should create netlists or schematics using a
> text editor.  I can't imagine any reason to do so, unless you want to
> create a 3 part knock-off netlist for a quick SPICE run.

The best analog designers I work with work on the command line, but they 
modify their SPICE deck. Having the circuit in their heads, so to speak. Not 
good for documentation, but at layout the schematics are updated....

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Svenn