The New Laker ADP Simulation Console
The Laker™ Advanced Design Platform (ADP) unites the full-featured Laker schematic editor, open Simulation Console and LakerWave™ waveform analyzer to create a complete circuit design environment. It works seamlessly with SpringSoft’s award-winning Laker Custom IC Layout system and all of the popular analog simulators to provide a complete solution for the rapid design of your analog, mixed-signal, memory, and custom digital IC designs.
In the 2010.11 release of Laker ADP, the Simulation Console which enables the user to set up and execute most major simulation tools from within the Laker ADP environment has been completely revamped. The Simulation Console (invoked by selecting the Tools → Simulation command in the Schematic Editor window or clicking the Simulation toolbar icon in the Schematic Editor window) has been redesigned to enable better third-party tool integration, and the GUI and use models were restructured and improved to add features that further enhance the Simulation Console’s ease-of-use.
The Simulation Console window consists of the Simulator Setting and Simulation Tree Browser panes.
Simulation Console Window
The new Simulation Tree Browser was added for convenient manipulation of the Environment Setting; Model and Include Files; Temperature; Design Variables; Analyses; Options; Output/Probing; and Others statements.
Simulation Tree Browser Pane
Key highlights of the new Simulation Console include:
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- New improved QT-based GUI
- New Simulation Tree Browser
- Support for Spectre® RF analyses such as PSS, PAC, PNoise, Noise, STB, XF, and SP
- A new pick-up operation used to select an instance, net, or port from the Schematic Editor window and then add the selected instance, net, or port to the Output/Probing table. Objects that will be selectable will vary depending on which analysis types and values are selected.
- The ability to extract design variables from the open schematic view when the Extract from Design option is turned on
- The Simulation View: Now simulation settings can be saved or opened as a simulation view (Laker ADP now supports four new views including simulation, Verilog, Veriloga, and SPICE views). The Simulation Console will be invoked when simulation view is selected in the Open Cell GUI.
Open Cell GUI Supports 4 New Views
The simulation settlings used with the previous Simulation Console cannot be used in the new Simulation Console because the storage model had to be changed. In order to reuse settings from previous revisions of Laker ADP, it is necessary to save the simulation settings again in the new Simulation Console. However, the original Simulation Console can still be invoked by designating a keyword InvokeLegacySim in the [SimCon] section of the laker.rc resource file. For example:
[SimCon] InvokingLegacySim = TRUE
For more details, please refer to the Simulation Console chapter of the Command Reference Manual. We think that you will find the new Laker ADP Simulation Console more productive and easier to use than ever.
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