ECE 498MA: CMOS IC Design

Starting Cadence:

You can start the Cadence software with the following commands from the EWS Linux machines (you must be in your home directory to start):

$ cd ~
$ module load ece498ma (omit after first time setup)
$ ./start_ece498ma.sh

When you start Cadence, you may see warnings about “old versions” or “license not available”. Hit “yes” or “always” and ignore these.
Temporary Note: When you start ADE, go to Setup -> Environment, and make sure Run with 64 bit binary is checked. The simulator will not work otherwise.

Cadence Guides

Cadence Virtuoso Guide - Note this is the most up to date guide, check here before posting on Campuswire.

Cadence Schematic Shortcuts

Cadence is intended to be used with keyboard shortcuts. Here are the ones you'll be using most commonly:

• f : zoom “Full”

• i : add Instance

• m : Move part

• c : Copy part

• w : draw Wire

• l : Label wire

• q : Query properties

• u : Undo (shift+u is redo)

• r : Rotate (shift+r flips over y-axis)

• t : direct Text edit