Electric


URL: http://www.staticfreesoft.com/  

Basic tool flow:

Tool Definitions:

IRSIM - switch level simulator
Place and route, layout editor, design rule checker, network comparitor, and pad frame generator are integrated into the Electric Editor

The place and route tool reads a VHDL netlist, which must be generated outside of Electric.

System Requirements: Source code is freely available for Electric, and precompiled binaries are available for the following: Microsoft® Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, or Windows XP, Macintosh System 7 or later, as well as SunOS, Solaris, BSD, HPUX, AIX, and GNU/Linux.

Libraries: Harvey Mudd College has developed a set of standard cells and pad frames that are freely available. 

Licensing: None

Contact Information:
Static Free Software
4119 Alpine Road
Portola Valley, California 94028

(650) 851-2927
(650) 851-9095 (FAX) 
strubin@staticfreesoft.com  
http://www.staticfreesoft.com/  

Courses using Electric tools: