Environment brings mixed-signal tools together

A new design environment for schematic capture is an integrated suite of affordable Tanner analogue and mixed-signal design capture, simulation, layout, design rule checking and verification tools.

Tanner EDA has released its new S-Edit design environment for schematic capture.

For the first time, users can get an integrated suite of affordable Tanner analogue and mixed-signal design capture, simulation, layout, design rule checking and verification tools.

S-Edit also supports legacy tools and data to preserve existing investments.

S-Edit is anticipated to reduce front-end design time, which typically is about 60% of the total design process.

For example, S-Edit supports physical design from T-cells, which automatically generates the design and tracks its status.

Once a design is completed, modifying it or creating next-generation devices is much faster than in previously available analogue or mixed-signal design tools.

To further simplify and shorten the design process, S-Edit also imports schematics from Cadence and ViewDraw tools.

"For most analogue and mixed-signal designers and their management, the key issue for tools is buying expensive ones versus spending time to build proprietary ones", said Mass Sivilotti, Chief Scientist, Tanner Research.

"S-Edit gives these designers a cost-effective, productive option to front-end design so they can use their existing design flow from Tanner EDA or with other tools".

Tight integration with Tanner's T-Spice analogue simulation tool and W-Edit waveform probing tool enables designers to move quickly through the design flow.

Designers can take the designs created in S-Edit and use Tanner's L-Edit and verification tools to finalise the process.

A Windows-based user interface is common to all Tanner tools, meaning designers can get started in minutes and work easily across tools.

User interfaces can be localised as well.

S-Edit provides schematic capture, netlist input and output with automatic conversion of Cadence and ViewDraw EDIF schematics, and integrated analogue simulation.

Users can run simulations and cross-probe from within S-Edit, making design more efficient and real-time.

S-Edit is available now from EDA Solutions.

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