ESE355 Lab - Homework 2

Read the following information before you start

• Homework FAQ (DFF design, NEW!)

• HW2 work flow:



• Notes for HW2

• Magic Step by Step Tutorial :

1. Magic Tutorial 1: Inverter Layout (From USC, new link)
2. Magic Tutorial 2 : Hierarchical Layout (From USC, new link)
3. Magic Tutorial 3 : Other Tips in Magic (From USC, new link)
4. Magic Reference Manuals in Professor's course homepage
5. Magic FAQ, Irsim FAQ, Unix FAQ at Stanford
6. Magic short guide at UCSD
7. HSPICE, MAGIC documnets in your local machine:
• HSPICE:  /opt2/avanti/2001.2/docs
• MAGIC:   /opt2/magic.old/doc

• Official magic command reference site in JHU

• How to print Magic Layout 

     Three ways:

• Use magic command :plot (search in http://bach.ece.jhu.edu/~tim/programs/magic/ for details)

:plot *.ps 

after the file is saved in .ps, exit magic and use:

lp *.ps 

command for printing.

• Use Sanpshot application in your Solaris CDE

Click right button of mouse on a free space of your workspace, choose application-> snapshot. Choose "Region" for Snap type, 2 sec for Snap Delay. You will get an image. Print it or save it in JPEG/TIFF/Postscript or any other format.

• Use pplot program:

pplot program is in /user3/ee355/pplot/bin. Refer to ISI's website to get its usage.

• Magic Layers

• Mosis layout design rules (short version from EE355)