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Alexandre Rusev, Steven Rubin2

Nov 22

Electric LEF files export/import with MOCMOS questions

The code in tool/io/output/LEF.java makes certain assumptions that apply to every technology. It

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Electric LEF files export/import with MOCMOS questions

The code in tool/io/output/LEF.java makes certain assumptions that apply to every technology. It

Nov 22

Alexandre Rusev, Steven Rubin3

Nov 10

Question on MOCMOS objects' dimension precision

OK, thank you! I guess that increasing number of decimals may be quite error prone ...:( I observe

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Question on MOCMOS objects' dimension precision

OK, thank you! I guess that increasing number of decimals may be quite error prone ...:( I observe

Nov 10

Alexandre Rusev

Nov 1

Fwd: Layout components bug when using absolute units as tech scale

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Alexandre Rusev <cybe...@gmail.com> Date: Fri,

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Fwd: Layout components bug when using absolute units as tech scale

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Alexandre Rusev <cybe...@gmail.com> Date: Fri,

Nov 1

Trung Khanh Lê, Steven Rubin4

Oct 31

DRC error on spiceparts of version 9.08

Hello Mr. Steven Rubin, Thank you for your reply. I have been using the Electric in teaching for many

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DRC error on spiceparts of version 9.08

Hello Mr. Steven Rubin, Thank you for your reply. I have been using the Electric in teaching for many

Oct 31

JanardhanReddy Hosuru, … Alexandre Rusev3

Oct 5

Need Resource of MIPI CSI-2 Rx project.

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Alexandre Rusev <cybe...@gmail.com> Date: Sun,

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Need Resource of MIPI CSI-2 Rx project.

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Alexandre Rusev <cybe...@gmail.com> Date: Sun,

Oct 5

Arvind Gupta, … Alexandre Rusev8

Aug 6

Running simulations with Skywater 130nm PDK in Electric

Sky130 support by Westernsemico is quite limited as I saw. Repository wasn't modified about 4

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Running simulations with Skywater 130nm PDK in Electric

Sky130 support by Westernsemico is quite limited as I saw. Repository wasn't modified about 4

Aug 6

Alexandre Rusev

Jun 17

Usefull resource for teaching Electric

https://www.yilectronics.com/Courses/ENGR338L_CE/s2025/CE338_labs.html

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Usefull resource for teaching Electric

https://www.yilectronics.com/Courses/ENGR338L_CE/s2025/CE338_labs.html

Jun 17

Steven Rubin, … Wong Ho4

May 9

Release of GNU Electric, version 9.08

Congratulations! Hope to see you progress soon On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM Steven Rubin <

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Release of GNU Electric, version 9.08

Congratulations! Hope to see you progress soon On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM Steven Rubin <

May 9

Alexandre Rusev

May 2

pom.xml fixes for Maven build from the command line

Steven, could you please commit fixes to pom.xml, which make 9.08a build with command line mvn?!

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pom.xml fixes for Maven build from the command line

Steven, could you please commit fixes to pom.xml, which make 9.08a build with command line mvn?!

May 2

Alexandre Rusev

Apr 29

Building Electric from sources with JDK1.8 - Error

acl2/modsext/DriverExt.java:[416,50] unchecked cast required: com.sun.electric.tool.simulation.acl2.

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Building Electric from sources with JDK1.8 - Error

acl2/modsext/DriverExt.java:[416,50] unchecked cast required: com.sun.electric.tool.simulation.acl2.

Apr 29

Recep Sipahi, … Michel S.15

Mar 3

Electric VLSI does not working

I got a similar problem, it is caused by changing "Maximum permanent space from 0 to 512M".

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Electric VLSI does not working

I got a similar problem, it is caused by changing "Maximum permanent space from 0 to 512M".

Mar 3

Alexandre Rusev

12/7/24

Question: Eelctric inductors model substitution

Hello all! I am playing with inductors. How to attach extracted induction of segment consisting of

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Question: Eelctric inductors model substitution

Hello all! I am playing with inductors. How to attach extracted induction of segment consisting of

12/7/24

silvino bastos, … Alexandre Rusev3

12/3/24

Upgrading Electric for beyond silicon

Due to implement tech file you need to either base on some already existing tech likes MOCMOS or code

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Upgrading Electric for beyond silicon

Due to implement tech file you need to either base on some already existing tech likes MOCMOS or code

12/3/24

sebastiano viti, … Alexandre Rusev4

12/2/24

I build Electic periodically using command line maven or NetBeans8 or even NetBeans11. I am

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I build Electic periodically using command line maven or NetBeans8 or even NetBeans11. I am

12/2/24

sebastiano viti, Alexandre Rusev3

12/2/24

access to development request

Do you have particular ideas to implement? The main issue now (IMHO) is coding various techprocesses

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access to development request

Do you have particular ideas to implement? The main issue now (IMHO) is coding various techprocesses

12/2/24

Alexandre Rusev

7/29/24

Electirc digital simulation question

Hello All! Electric includes some functionality for digital simulation using IRSIM/ALS. Do we have

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Electirc digital simulation question

Hello All! Electric includes some functionality for digital simulation using IRSIM/ALS. Do we have

7/29/24

robb...@gmail.com, … Alexandre Rusev7

7/29/24

Layout of Photodiode and PhotoVoltaic

What simulators are used for photonic elements? They probably need to interact with SPICE ... Are

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Layout of Photodiode and PhotoVoltaic

What simulators are used for photonic elements? They probably need to interact with SPICE ... Are

7/29/24

student_learner, … Gavin7

11/29/23

Electric 3D not working in windows after java 3d installation

It looks like the website for Silvaco TCAD is: https://silvaco.com/tcad/ It looks like the website

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Electric 3D not working in windows after java 3d installation

It looks like the website for Silvaco TCAD is: https://silvaco.com/tcad/ It looks like the website

11/29/23

Alexandre Rusev

11/29/23

A minor bug in "added technologies"

Hello! Playing with custom technologies I tried to inherit technology base class and implement it.

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A minor bug in "added technologies"

Hello! Playing with custom technologies I tried to inherit technology base class and implement it.

11/29/23

Alexandre Rusev

11/21/23

OpenTimer is STA tool which may be interesting to integrate with

See subj https://github.com/OpenTimer/OpenTimer

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OpenTimer is STA tool which may be interesting to integrate with

See subj https://github.com/OpenTimer/OpenTimer

11/21/23

Sujata Devaramani, … Alexandre Rusev6

11/3/23

installing Electric VLSI tool on Mac

Sorry I had to pint it out directly - currently Java8 == JDK1.8 is minimal version to run Electric.

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installing Electric VLSI tool on Mac

Sorry I had to pint it out directly - currently Java8 == JDK1.8 is minimal version to run Electric.

11/3/23

Anand Verma, … Patrick Mendes6

9/23/23

Regarding an error in linking LTspice to Electric

Hello Anand, I'm using Windows and my installation is at: "C:\Program Files\LTC\LTspiceXVII\

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Regarding an error in linking LTspice to Electric

Hello Anand, I'm using Windows and my installation is at: "C:\Program Files\LTC\LTspiceXVII\

9/23/23

Alexandre Rusev

4/2/23

Trivial bug with Electric netlister when "ngspice" engine is chosen

Hello all! Encountered this bg when, testing .alterparam with ngspice. I'm not going to fix it

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Trivial bug with Electric netlister when "ngspice" engine is chosen

Hello all! Encountered this bg when, testing .alterparam with ngspice. I'm not going to fix it

4/2/23

1/30/23

Import skywater 130nm PDK into Electric

hello, I have successfully imported pdk into Electric. However, when I imported a GDS, Electric

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Import skywater 130nm PDK into Electric

hello, I have successfully imported pdk into Electric. However, when I imported a GDS, Electric

1/30/23

Martin Njoroge, … Joselito Morallo8

10/30/22

Java 3D and Electric Graphing Tool

Thank you for sharing this tool 3D integration manual, it will be helpful for ELECTRIC VLSI chip

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Java 3D and Electric Graphing Tool

Thank you for sharing this tool 3D integration manual, it will be helpful for ELECTRIC VLSI chip

10/30/22

Alexandre Rusev, Joselito Morallo2

9/2/22

Who is using Electric for regular taping out commercial or educational ASIC-s

Need to follow-up this Thread. Best Regards, Joselito On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 7:39 PM Alexandre Rusev

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Who is using Electric for regular taping out commercial or educational ASIC-s

Need to follow-up this Thread. Best Regards, Joselito On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 7:39 PM Alexandre Rusev

9/2/22

Amr Maghraby, … Alexandre Rusev3

6/14/22

PDK Integration for tape-out

We could do it manually. Unfortunately our guys lost the UMC PDK 180nm long times ago :( So that I

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PDK Integration for tape-out

We could do it manually. Unfortunately our guys lost the UMC PDK 180nm long times ago :( So that I

6/14/22

Ash, … sudheer k Muhammed4

6/6/22

Electric on MacOS

get the jar from the below site https://www.staticfreesoft.com/productsFree.html open command prompt

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Electric on MacOS

get the jar from the below site https://www.staticfreesoft.com/productsFree.html open command prompt

6/6/22

4/30/22

layout of 2 stage OTA

i am designing a 2 stage OTA ,MY SIMULATION OF SCHEMATIC OF ota is working fine. But my post layout

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layout of 2 stage OTA

i am designing a 2 stage OTA ,MY SIMULATION OF SCHEMATIC OF ota is working fine. But my post layout

4/30/22

Alexandre Rusev, … Steven Rubin5

4/28/22

Question: how to deal with new type of component (cap/res) in schematics tech when the component is added to mocmos.xml

Thx On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 5:48 AM Steven Rubin <str...@rulabinsky.com> wrote: There are two

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Question: how to deal with new type of component (cap/res) in schematics tech when the component is added to mocmos.xml

Thx On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 5:48 AM Steven Rubin <str...@rulabinsky.com> wrote: There are two

4/28/22

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