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Question regarding running parametric simulations using Ocean

gurusub
gurusub over 15 years ago

 Hi all,

I have a set of design variables in my schematic. I would like to input multiple data vectors to my schematic and save the output data in Ocean

For example, If P is a set of parameters P={p1,p2,p3,p4} (p1-p4 are the design variables in the schematic). I would create a matrix of data values with different instances of P ie my data matrix would look like 

Q=[-------P1---------

     --------P2---------

    ---------P3--------]

and so on where each Pi contain (p1i, p2i,p3i,p4i). (In other words I want to use the analogus of paramset command in Spectre for ocean). I would like to simulate my circuit for these values in Q and make some measurements using Calculator function and finally store the output data in the text file. Can somebody please go through the steps in accomplishing the same?

 

Thanks,

 

Guru

 

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 14 years ago

    You can cut down the verbiage by using these settings. Not sure you can suppress the output completely though (unless that's crept in without me noticing):

    (option ?categ 'analog 'info "no")
    (option ?categ 'analog 'warn "no")

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • KMan2011
    KMan2011 over 13 years ago

    Hi Andrew,

     Sorry to ping you again on this, but this command cuts out the verbiage, which isn't necessarily what I wanted.  I'm looking to avoid having the output.log of a simulation in CIW, and would instead like it printed to a file in the psf directory, or better still, open a new text window and print the entire log to that....pretty much like what running  a parametric sim using the GUI buttons does in Artist.

     CIW log goes nuts with so much logging.

     Thansk in advance

    Ketan

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 13 years ago

     Ketan,

    You could use this:

     procedure(abSilentRun(@rest args)
      let(((nullport (outfile "/dev/null")))
        prog1(
          let(((poport nullport))
            apply('run args)
          )
          close(nullport)
        )
      )
    )

    Then call abSilentRun() instead of run(). This will take the same arguments as run(). The output gets saved in the psf directory anyway, even using this (because spectre itself will write spectre.out by virtue of a command line argument passed to the simulator).

    For anything better, you'd need to log a service request to get an enhancement request.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • andyadams
    andyadams over 10 years ago

    Hi,i am a student of datamatix generation of word barcode.I am analysing an NMOS ciruit for different CORNERS and also for different parametric simulatons sweep such as temperature and body voltage. Iam doing all my simulations using analog artist GUI. I could run my NMOS circuit for different CORNERS without any parametric sweep perfectly using Analog artist. But when i try to do parametric sweep and plot the same, iam not able to view the different parametric sweep curves for different CORNERS using analog artist. In regard to this problem, i also checked a previous post concerning parametric simulation for different CORNERS using OCEAN. But i could not understand the solution posted in that post very much since i am very new to this cadence and also to OCEAN script. I would like to know if there is any solution to this problem usinganalog artist ????Or I can only run this kind of simulation using OCEAN script ???If so i would be glad if some one can help me out to do the same using an OCEAN script.Also any tips using analog artist. Thankyou very much.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 10 years ago

    Please read the forum guidelines. These tell you not to post on the end of old threads, and also to provide information about the version you're using. The Analog Design Environment hasn't been called "Analog Artist" for a very long time now, so I don't know if you're using an ancient version or are just using old terminology.

    I cannot see a good reason why this shouldn't work - but maybe if you gave some details as to how you're running your corner simulations (as well as the version), then that might help.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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