Key Binding binds a key; when pressed will execute a command from the menu to which it is bound. You can bind a key to a command as below: Go to File -> Preferences –> Categories –> General –> Key…
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Checking of DRC (Design Rule Check)
We should keep on checking the Design Rule Check throughout designing (both in case of schematic and layout) to make sure whether there is any error or not. To check DRC you can execute Tools –> DRC –> Check Hierarchically…
Creating Resistor Layout
Create a new cell as in case of schematic earlier with the view as {layout} and with the same cell name Resistive_divider. Now under the library design_1.jelib you can find a layout cell named as Resistive_divider {lay} with an yellow indicator as…
Creating Resistor Schematic
1. Let’s create a Library Go to Explorer (beside the Components view); you will find LIBRARIES name as noname File –> Save Library As Go to the location where you want to save your design (eg: $PATH/Electric/Designs) Name the design (library…
Starting and Setting-up Electric
1. Start Electric: You will see the following window. 2. Towards the bottom of the window, you will find an Electric Messages Window where you can find different messages throughout any design. 3. You can change the background color of the window…
Getting Started with Electric
Installation Steps: Ensure Java is installed and updated on your system Download and save electric-9.07.jar to your computer (It is a java archived file) – You just have to double-click this .jar file and there you go. If java is…
Reliability vs. Availability in Fault Tolerance
We have learnt the following definitions of Reliability and Availability from the Fault Tolerance Measures post: Reliability, R(t): Probability that the system has been up continuously during the whole interval [0,t], given it was up at time 0. This measure is suitable…
Fault Tolerance Measures
Fault tolerance of electronic system is a major concern for the VLSI engineers. This can be realized from the post Need of Fault Tolerant VLSI System Design. The objective of this post is to introduce the proper tools for fault…
Defects, Errors, and Faults
In Electronics industry incorrectness in products are described in several ways which may create confusion in understanding the terms defect, error and fault. Though these terms are used interchangeably in the field of VLSI testing, let’s try to draw a…
Redundancy in Fault Tolerance
In the previous post we have understood the need of Fault Tolerance in VLSI System Design. A VLSI system can broadly be considered as a union of following 3 layers: Hardware Layer (Processing cores, Memories, etc.) Software Layer (OS, Program…