Setting Up Cadence on ECE & COE system

    Before you can start Cadence, there are a few configuration files that are needed in your home directory. These files determine the environment in which Cadence runs, what libraries are to be included in your current session. No doubt these files can be edited to suit personal preferences. The setup given below is tailored for machines in the COE workstation cluster:

     

Step 0: Downdload and Run MobaXterm.

    Download link  MobaXterm

Step 1: Login your ECE or COE(Unix) Account.

     Type in terminal SSH -l(small L) your_coe_id gateway.coe.neu.edu

Step 2: Make your working directory using "mkdir" command in the Unix machine and change to your working directory.

     Type in terminal tcsh

     Type in terminal mkdir lab

     Type in terminal cd lab

Step 3: Copy "eda_script.csh.090619" in your working directory.

     Type in terminal cp /ECEnet/Apps1/linux/cad12/tools /eda_script.csh.090619 ./

Step 4: Activate the "eda_script.csh.090619" file in your working directory.

     Type in terminal source eda_script.csh.090619

     (You can check a few files in your working directory after the Step 4)

     The "eda_script.csh.090619" file has to be activated whenever logging in your account.

Step 5: Copy PDK library (GPDK180) setup file"setup.csh" in your working directory.

     Type in terminal cp $PDKS/gpdk180_v3.3/cdssetup/setup.csh ./

Step 6: Activate the "setup.csh" file in your working directory.

     Type in terminal source setup.csh

Step 7: Run Cadence 

    Type  virtuoso  &

        Be careful! Cadence has to be run under your working directory.

 

 

Dr. Yong-Bin Kim. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
327 Dana Research Center, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Tel: (617) 373-2919, Fax: (617) 373-8970

 ybk@ece.neu.edu