Application Note: Mixed Signal Simulation with Xyce™

Technical Report · Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1483152· OSTI ID:1483152

Sholander, Peter E. ^[1]; Schiek, Richard ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

This application note describes how the Xyce circuit simulator can be coupled with external simulators via either a Python-based interface that leverages the Python ctypes foreign function library or via the Verilog Procedural Interface (VPI). It also documents the usage of these interfaces on RHEL6 and RHEL7, with Python 2.6 or 2.7. These interfaces are still under development and may change in the future. So, a key purpose of this application note is to solicit feedback on these interfaces from both internal Sandia Xyce users and other performers on the DARPA Posh Open Source Hardware (POSH) program.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 1483152
• Report Number(s): SAND-2018-13130; 670042
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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