Links

Here are some excellent links for information on Cadence IC Design tools.  The WPI tutorial page listed first is a "must see" for anyone new to these tools.  The NCSU toolkit covers the process we use in our Introduction to VLSI course and is also good background reading.  Finally, check out the links to Cadence's own information and that of their University partners!  This covers the IC tools, but also the full suite of products offered through the Cadence North American University Program.

• WPI tutorial page for custom IC layout program
• Information on the NCSU toolkit we use for our MOSIS designs
• Cadence North American University Software program
• Other member universities
  
  

Cadence Tool Use at K-State

Software available includes:

• Advanced Pspice tools including schematic-capture, simulation, and board layout (hosted on Windows XP)
• IC design tools  (hosted on Linux - which we now run under Windows via the magic of CentOS)

• EECE525 and 526 Electronics courses
• EECE641 Advanced Digital Design Using Hardware Description Languages course
• EECE645 Digital Electronics course
• EECE696 Integrated Circuit Design course
• EECE 765 Digital Radio Microelectronics Design course

• NSF
• Honeywell
• Sandia National Labs
• Peregrine Semiconductor Corporation
• NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Using the Software

Software hosted on the Windows PCs is available through the Windows Start menu and includes on-line documentation.

IC design software hosted on Linux is a bit more involved to setup and use.  For a primer on how to use this software see your EECE696 class notes, and also see the on-line help pages and the tutorials created by other Cadence University Program member universities given in the links section above (especially the WPI tutorial !!).