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<li> Install the Magic VLSI layout editor. Instructions <a href="http://opencircuitdesign.com/magic/index.html">here.</a></li>
<li> Install <a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/ngspice/">ngspice</a>, by cloning the git source repository
and building the program. If you want adms integration you must instal adms (<kbd>sudo apt install adms</kbd>).</li><br>
<pre class="code">
git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/ngspice/ngspice ngspice_git
cd ngspice_git
mkdir release
## in order to run the following you must have adms installed (<kbd>sudo apt install adms</kbd>)
./autogen-sh --adms
cd release
## by default if no <kbd>--prefix</kbd> is provided ngspice will install under <kbd>/usr/local/{bin,share,man,lib}</kbd>
## you can add a <kbd>--prefix=/home/username</kbd> to install into your home directory.
../configure --with-x --enable-xspice --disable-debug --enable-cider --with-readline=yes --enable-openmp --enable-adms
## build the program
make
## install the program and needed files.
make install
</pre><br><br>
<li> Install <a href="http://opencircuitdesign.com/open_pdks/index.html">Open_Pdks</a>
that will provide among other things all the sky130 PDK data, including standard
cells, SPICE models, layout data, timing information, design rules and also the Xschem symbols of available
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Please ensure sufficient disk space is available (Open_pdks uses several GB, a lot of space can be recovered
after installation by removing the source files if needed). Also keep in mind that the installation takes
considerable time.
The following steps are needed:<br><br>
The following steps are needed:<br><br></li>
<pre class="code">
## fetch the repository with git:
git clone git://opencircuitdesign.com/open_pdks
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./configure --enable-sky130-pdk
make
make install </pre><br>
</li>
<li> At this point the complete PDK has been installed in <kbd>/usr/local/share/pdk</kbd> (or
<kbd>&lt;prefix&gt;/share/pdk</kbd> if --prefix was provided).<br>
@ -62,24 +80,22 @@ make install </pre><br>
</li>
<li> After completing the above steps you can do a test run of xschem and use the Sky130 devices.
You need to create a new empty drectory, copy the provided xschemrc
(<kbd>&lt;prefix&gt;/share/pdk/sky130B/libs.tech/xschem/xschemrc</kbd>) into it and run xschem:<br><br>
(<kbd>&lt;prefix&gt;/share/pdk/sky130B/libs.tech/xschem/xschemrc</kbd>) into it and run xschem:<br><br></li>
<pre class="code">
mkdir test_xschem_sky130
cd test_xschem_sky130
cp /usr/local/share/pdk/sky130B/libs.tech/xschem/xschemrc .
xschem
</pre><br><br>
</li>
<li> If all went well the following welcome page will be shown. The page contains some example
circuits on the left and shows all the available silicon devices on the right.
You can descend into the example circuits on the left by clicking the symbols (they will turn to grey
meaning they are selected) and press the <kbd>e</kbd> key or by menu <kbd>Edit-&gt;Push schematic</kbd>.
You can return to the parent level by pressing <kbd>Ctrl-e</kbd> or by menu <kbd>Edit-&gt;Pop</kbd>.
<br><br><img src="tutorial_xschem_sky130_01.png"><br><br>
You can disable the welcome page by commenting the following line in the xschemrc file:<br><br>
You can disable the welcome page by commenting the following line in the xschemrc file:<br><br></li>
<pre class="code">
set XSCHEM_START_WINDOW {sky130_tests/top.sch} </pre>
</li>
</ul><br><br>
<h2> PDK_ROOT and PDK environment variables </h2>
<p>