Users can verify EPDA installation by the following steps.
Verify Virtuoso library
With successful installation, the following files/libraries will be added to the working directory that is specified by user, as shown in below:
Now, navigate to the working directory and launch virtuoso, user should be able to see the initialization of Virtuoso Photonics and INTERCONNECT, as shown in below:
And the “INTERCONNECT interop” will be appeared in the main tool bar.
Then, Open Library Manager by:
Tools -> Library Manager
User should see the “INTERCONNECTLib” in the list, as shown in below:
User can add libraries to virtuoso by editing the cds.lib file in the working directory with adding strings:
DEFINE <library name> <library path>
or by using the “Library Path” feature in Library Manager:
Tools->Library Manager->Edit->Library Path
Verify EPDA tool's versions
With successful installation, a pull-down menu “INTERCONNECT Interop” will be added to the virtuoso CIW window, as shown in below:
Check the versions of tools by:
INTERCONNECT Interop -> EPDA versions
which prints out the versions of INTERCONNECT, Virtuoso, and SPECTRE that are compatible with the EPDA working environment, which are the minimal requirements. We highly recommend users update their tools to the latest release versions.
Verify INTERCONNECT compact model library (CML)
Launch INTERCONNECT application. With successful EPDA installation, INTERCONNECTLibCML and opticalLibCML will be added to the Design Kits folder of INTERCONNECT, as shown in below:
