Lab 1 - ECE 421L 

Authored by Jimmy Manone
manonej@unlv.nevada.edu

8/21/15

Lab description:

In this lab exercise we will be following Tutorial 1.
The tutorial covers the configuration of MobaXterm including setting up our login information.
After the initial steps, we will upload 'NCSU-CDK-1.6.0.beta.tar' to our home directory and learn the basics of using Cadence and Virtuoso in the csimcluster.

The photo of MobaXterm is as follows:

We will then download 'NCSU-CDK-1.6.0.beta.tar' from http://www.eda.ncsu.edu/

After uploading the .tar file to the home directory (MobaXterm), the listing of files is as follows (with the uploaded file circled):

We then create a directory (CMOSedu) and decompress the contents of the .tar file into this directory.
At this point, we add a '.' before cdsinit, simrc, and cdsenv:

From here, we go to the home directory and cd into /share/apps/cadence/IC615/tools.lnx86/dfII/etc/cdslib/artist/.
The directory is as follows:

By typing 'virtuoso &' from the home directory we get the following:

We then add the libraries to the cds.lib using a text editor (copied/pasted from cds lib IC61.txt) and the following is found in the library manager:

(NOTE: The warnings were cleared when the .bashrc was re-sourced)

The schematic for 1_21 was then loaded:

We then load the state as follows:

Finally, the transient response:

As for regular backups, I will be using Dropbox. I always keep a dedicated folder for the semester:

As I'm still learning how the ftp system works, I plan to complete each web page locally, and then upload the results to ftp://cmosedu.com. Otherwise, there exists the possibility of having errors including establishing too many connections when publishing.

The folder structure will be similar in both the Dropbox folder and my home ftp site: