Designing ASICs with the ADK Design Kit

and Mentor Graphics Tools

Version 1.6

The purpose of this document is to provide university students with the basic flow and procedures for using Mentor Graphic' design tools with ADK design kit. The usage of this document is intended for student use only and in no way should be percieved as a complete process guide. Please refer to standard Mentor Graphics documents for complete process information.

Installing the ADK

Using as little UNIX as possible....

Simulating HDL in ModelSim

Synthesizing VHDL or Verilog

Designing for Testability

Creating a Schematic

Automated IC Layout using IC Station

Schematic Driven Layout using IC Station

Generating Padframes

Performing Post-Layout Verification using Mach-TA

Simulating the Design Using QuickSim II

Performing Static Timing Analysis