Plotting small-signal parameters
This article describes how to plot small-signal parameters of a component in your design. We will show how to configure the plotting settings both from the GUI as well as by netlisting to achieve this purpose.
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Pin placement methods for Tanner Digital Implementer
The pin placement of your design's floorplan generated from P&R can be customised in two methods: By drawing the floorplan and drawing the pins in L-Edit; and by customising your P&R scripts to source pin locations and insert them during P&R. This article describes these two methods in detail.
Using S-Edit’s Find feature with TCL filters and modifications
Users can easily use the "Find" window to set up search parameters using the GUI and then add additional search filters and modifications using Tcl commands, reducing the overall need for scripting.
Licensing Tanner Tools 2018.x and earlier with node-locked USB dongle based licenses
This KB article shows how to license earlier versions of Tanner Tools using the most recent version of FlexNet licensing.
Customising the Nitro Reference Flow (NRF) in TDI
This technote shows how to transfer a TDI project from the GUI setup arrangement to command line while customising the NRF.
Managing layer rendering settings in L-Edit
Changing the rendering settings in L-Edit can be useful to increase the visibility of certain layers. This article describes how to change, save and restore these layer rendering settings.
Performing XOR using Calibre One
Calibre provides XOR through the DRC verification option to compare two layout cells in Tanner tools. There are two layout comparison flows through the Calibre DRC integration, FastXOR and XOR. This technote will go over the Layout vs Layout techniques when running not using FASTXOR.
Creating multiple simultaneous cell windows
When working with multiple windows, a user may want to stack or create dockable views of cells to manage screen space efficiently and simultaneously access multiple views. This feature is available in S-Edit and L-Edit through the same methods.
Netlisting in S-Edit via Tcl Procedures
S-Edit allows running netlisting procedures in Tcl that would enable greater control over how your device or subcircuit can be netlisted. This guide will explain how to create a Tcl netlister for your devices, supported by examples.
Creating a DLL for T-Cells in L-Edit
Learn how to generate a DLL containing your L-Edit T-Cells in this example-driven tech note.