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Design variables in ADE - SKILL functions

jdimov

Hi,

I haven't tried using SKILL in ADE before, and now I have a need to change the values of over 250 different design variables, but got lost in the functions list for ADE.
And I am almost certain that as you can get a list of objects in your layout design and then proceed with your stuff using SKILL, you can get a list of design variables in ADE L/XL but I''m in a need for a head start here...

Can someone please give me a list of starter points for using SKILL in ADE in general? What handlers to look for, what's the general flow of thought here (first find the window ID, then the sesion ID, then what?)

Thanks in advance!

  • If you have ADE XL open, it would be along these lines:

    axlSess=axlGetWindowSession()
    sdb=axlGetMainSetupDB(axlSess)
    cadr(axlGetVars(sdb))  ; this will give you a list of the variable names
    axlGetVarValue(axlGetVar(sdb "gain")) ; this will get you the value of the variable "gain"
    axlPutVar(sdb "gain" "20") ; this will set variable gain to 20.

    Note this is for changing global variables in ADE XL. Not sure what your precise requirements are.

    With the new IC617 Explorer and Assembler tools, there's a simpler interface using a set of functions beginning with "mae" - maeGetVar() to get the value and maeSetVar to set the value; these can be used for global variables, test variables, and corner variables with the same function just with different arguments. 

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • This helped out a lot!
    I see now that the variables I were referring to are global variables so this works perfectly.
    I've got a simulation in ADE that has loads of variables and most of them need to be set to 0 or 1 for the run and it seems I'm not allowed to add or delete anything in the session so writing a procedure that would make a list of the specific ~250 global variables and then running through that list and changing them seemed like a good start.

    Thanks again Andrew!

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