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ECE 126 Fall 2002 Labs

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Cadence Design Tools Tutorial from Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Cadence Help Page from ISU (via UCLA). Not recent, not complete.

Magic Manual/Tutorials
Magic Command Synopsis
IRSim Manual/Tutorial
IRSim Command Synopsis

Magic Manuals/Tutorials ("Official")

The tutorials are for version 6 of Magic. Tut files listed without an extension have an implied ".mag" extension. To save the files for use with Magic, right-click on the file name and choose "Save Link as ...", and save the file to your user account.

[HTML][PS][PDF]Tutorial #1, Getting Started

tut1a

[HTML][PS][PDF] Tutorial #2, Basic Painting & Selection

tut2a, tut2b, tut2c, tut2d

[HTML][PS][PDF] Tutorial #3, Advanced Painting (Wiring & Plowing)

tut3a, tut3b, tut3c, tut3d, tut3e, tut3f, tut3g, tut3h

[HTML][PS][PDF] Tutorial #4, Cell Hierarchies

tut4a, tut4x, tut4y, tut4z

[HTML][PS][PDF] Tutorial #5, Multiple Windows

tut5a, tut5b

[HTML][PS][PDF] Tutorial #6, Design-Rule Checking

tut6a, tut6b, tut6c, tut6x, tut6y

[HTML][PS][PDF] Tutorial #7, Netlists and Routing

tut7a, tut7b, tut7b.net, tut7c, tut7d, tut7d.net

[HTML][PS][PDF] Tutorial #8, Circuit Extraction

tut8a, tut8b, tut8c, tut8d, tut8e, tut8f, tut8g, tut8h
tut8i, tut8j, tut8k, tut8l, tut8m, tut8n, tut8r

[HTML][PS][PDF] Tutorial #9, Format Conversion for CIF and Calma

tut9a, tut9b, tut9x, tut9y

[HTML][PS][PDF] Tutorial #10, The Interactive Router
[HTML][PS][PDF] Tutorial #11, Using IRSIM and RSIM with Magic

tut11a, tut11a.nodes, tut11a.sim, tut11a.rsm
tut11a.al, tut11a.cmd, tut11a.ext
tut11b, tut11b.ext
tut11c, tut11c.ext
tut11d, tut11d.ext

Supplemental Magic Manual Sections

Not required for the course, but provided for completion. Only available in Postscript format

Insert Magic Tutorials #1 - #11 here

to construct a complete manual.

Magic MAN Pages

Magic(1) [HTML][PS][PDF]

Magic Online Suplemental Tuturials (HTML)

Please be advised, these tutorials are not entirely acurate with respect to the Magic System we have at the George Washington University. As such, use them merely as guidelines and examples. These should not be used as a substitute for the "Official" Magic Tutorials.