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Oran C

12/21/2021, 9:33 PM
Does anyone have a prebuild vm that has everything all setup to get developing? im finding it really difficult on windows to get started. any pointers would be appriated.
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Luis Henrique Rodovalho

12/21/2021, 9:40 PM
Try the latest Ubuntu distro as VM. It has Magic, Ngspice, Xschem and KLayout. Then you just need to install Open PDKs. http://opencircuitdesign.com/open_pdks/install.html
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Oran C

12/21/2021, 9:41 PM
ooh!
wait, magic is included? or are you refering to apt get magic,.....?
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Luis Henrique Rodovalho

12/21/2021, 9:43 PM
Yep. apt get magic is all you need.
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Oran C

12/21/2021, 9:45 PM
aside: im wanting to add vector art to my design any suggestions? Had a play around with magic before, but it seems to be all manual....
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Luis Henrique Rodovalho

12/21/2021, 9:47 PM
If you know how to handle TCL scripts, you can add any shape to your layout with magic. There must be a translator somewhere... Ask @User
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Matt Liberty

12/22/2021, 7:24 PM
OL publishes docker containers if that works for you
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Oran C

12/23/2021, 3:39 AM
okay ill ask tim edwards! thanks
@User what is OL liberty?
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Matt Liberty

12/23/2021, 4:24 AM
OL = OpenLane
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Oran C

12/23/2021, 4:39 PM
oh. thanks!'
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Matt Liberty

12/23/2021, 4:40 PM
I'm a lazy typist 😉
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Oran C

12/23/2021, 4:40 PM
arnt we all. do you have a link by chance to the docker container your talking? I had a look and wasnt able to find it.
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Matt Liberty

12/23/2021, 4:45 PM
Whenever you use OL it uses docker by default. You can do 'make mount' to start it up. The container itself is efabless/openlane
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Oran C

12/23/2021, 4:46 PM
awesome thanks!
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Matt Liberty

12/23/2021, 4:46 PM
np