Converting a CDL netlist into a spice netlist

[mlxsae]

Anyone has any experiences on converting a CDL netlist into a spice netlist? I know both languages are from the same family however I can't find a good manual of a CDL file and his syntax.

 

[abner]

cdl spice

Anyone has any experiences on converting a CDL netlist into a spice netlist? I know both languages are from the same family however I can't find a good manual of a CDL file and his syntax.

If you have synopsys hercules, you can use "nettran" utility to do the transformation.

Actually, the difference between cdl and spice is small, you can write your own utility to do the conversion, I think perl is a not-bad programming language choice.

 

[ejean]

cdl to spice

I do it manually.
Add head, include file, global variables.
Kill * sign on useless lines.
Add simulation status, power, etc.

Good luck!

 

[cikyen]

cdl2spice

Anyone has any experiences on converting a CDL netlist into a spice netlist? I know both languages are from the same family however I can't find a good manual of a CDL file and his syntax.

You can use Hercules Nettran function to do it
example:

nettran -cdl <InputFileName> -outType "spice" -outName output.sp

good luck!

 

[mlxsae]

hercules nettran

Thnx guy's. I have written my own program to do the conversion (c++)

Greetzzz,
S. 8)

 

[eda_heat]

cdl syntax

Does any one know where can find the manual with detail description about
CDL syntax? Or you can upload the manual for me.

 

[gerryhsu]

cdl to spice conversion

Anyone has any experiences on converting a CDL netlist into a spice netlist? I know both languages are from the same family however I can't find a good manual of a CDL file and his syntax.

Why do you need the translation ? Most simulation tool can handle both type of netlist

 

[mlxsae]

cdl spice netlist

If you're working with a PsPice 9.2 (orcad); he can't handle this. However I haven't checked it for the 10.0 series so perhaps they are supported there.

Best Regards,
S. 8)