“Digital Analog Design” is a design flow to improve the design/verification productivity of mixed-signal system-on-chips (MS SoCs) developed by VLSI research group at Stanford university. Our mission is to formalize design and verification flow and develop relevant tools of mixed-signal system-on-chips.
Currently, this project page is under construction. In the mean time, visit the old personal website by Dr. Byong Chan Lim. You can download analog modeling tools soon in the site.
Tools related to analog modeling is distributed in binary form and SystemVerilog/Verilog-AMS primiive libraries are provided (partly in encrypted form). It is named “DaVE” which stands for big-D, little-a Verification Environment.
* CURRENTLY, THE DOWNLOAD LINKS BELOW ARE BROKEN AND WILL BE RECOVERED SOON.
* Download link (Last uploaded date: See the filename.). Brief Update History. Read Copyright and License terms below before downloading/installing it.
* Distribution form: Self-executable archive
* Operating system: Linux, verified on 64-bit CentOs 6.5 and 7, and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
* Supported SystemVerilog simulators: Cadence’s Incisive, Synopsys VCS
* Supported Verilog-AMS simulators for mProbo: Cadence’s Incisive
Note that mProbo in the distributed software will expire in 180 days after upload while mLingua will still work after the expiration. When it expires, you can simply download/use it again.
By downloading and installing “DaVE”, you agreed to the following license terms and conditions. If you do not agree and/or accidentally downloaded and installed “DaVE”, you must destroy all copies of the “DaVE” software and accompanied documentation.
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“DaVE” tool is provided as a self-extractable file, but running the tool relies on Python language (Python 2.7) and its built-in and 3rd-party libraries. Therefore, the installation is two-step processes: Python and “DaVE” installation. For Python-related libraries, we strongly suggest to install them using ANACONDA to avoid any hassle.
You can download a full list of 3rd-party Python libraries being used for “DaVE” HERE.
After installing Anaconda, one can easily install all Python dependencies. First, download the package list and install the needed packages by running the command below.
$ conda env create -f env.yaml
Note that the compatible (tested) Python version is 2.7.
An installation file is named in a format, install_DaVE_YYYY-MM.sh, where YYYY-MM represents the software release year and month. After getting an installation file, the tool can be installed by running the file as follows
$ ./install_mProbo_YYYY-MM.sh
--targettargdir
where targdir is a target installation directory that one wants. Depending on a machine on which the tool is being installed, it might need to make the installation file executable like this.
$ chmod +x install_mProbo_YYYY-MM.sh
When running the installation script, it will ask where Anaconda environment is located. When finishing the installation, the script will create a sample environment setup file (setup.cshrc for C-shell, setup.sh for Bash).
After the installation, read “GET_STARTED” file under “${DAVE_INST_DIR}/doc/” and follow steps in there to ensure the tool works under your environment.
Email to bclim At stanford Dot edu for any question. Note that we might not respond to non-institutional email addresses such as “@gmail.com”, etc.