Hi all, Could I ask a basic query on how to start

magic

with sky130A pdk ? I have installed

xschem, magic, ngspce, open_pdk

in that order on ubuntu system. I could open xschem and managed to see the

sky130

devices as I had copied over the

xschemrc

file into a directory from which I launched xschem. However when I launch magic, I don't see it is associated with any

pdk Technology

. Could someone please help on how to view the SKY130 pdk associated with the magic when launched ?

@Sud_ana how about

magic -rcfile $PDK_ROOT/$PDK/libs.tech/magic/$PDK.magicrc

? 0r you could link that file to

.magicrc

and just start with

magic

.

(1) Run magic with

-rcfile

specifically pointing to the magicrc file in the PDK, like Mitch mentioned. (2) As long as you have

$PDK_ROOT

declared as an environment variable, magic is good at finding the PDK from an existing layout file, but it will still need to be told where to find it when you start it without a layout file. (3) There is a "tech manager" window, but I see that I have not set it up to recognize

$PDK_ROOT

, which is my oversight. I'll need to correct that.

Thanks @Mitch Bailey, @Tim Edwards I see my environment variables for PDK_ROOT and PDK are not set. Using absolute paths

magic -rcfile ~/open_pdks/sky130/sky130A/libs.tech/magic/sky130A.magicrc

I'm able to launch magic with the tech.