xschem(1)

xschem - schematic capture and netlisting EDA tool

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Description

xschem

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NAME

xschem - schematic capture and netlisting EDA tool

SYNPOSIS

xschem [options] [inputfile]

DECSRIPTION

Xschem is a schematic capture program, it allows creation of hierarchical representation of circuits with a top down approach.

OPTIONS

-h

Print help screen and exit.

-n

do a netlist of the given schematic cell

-v

set netlist type to VHDL

-w

set netlist type to verilog

-t

set netlist type to tedax

-s

set netlist type to SPICE

-3

set page size for printing to A3

-x

dont use X (only command mode)

-i

Do not read any system or user configuration files (xschemrc)

-z

use a raibow-looking layer color table

-W

show simulation waveforms

-f

set flat netlist (for spice format only)

-r

start without the tclreadline package (this is necessary if stdin and stdout are to be redirected for example to /dev/null).

-c

set color postscript

-p

print schematic

-S

simulate schematic

-q

quit after doing things (no interactive mode)

-l ile

set a log file

-d evel

set debug level: 1, 2, 3, n sets C program debug, -1, -2, -3, -n sets TCL frontend debug

FILES

$PREFIX/share/xschem/xschemrc

default configuration

˜/.xschem/xschemrc

user configuration; if exists overrides settings from default configuration; may be partial: settings not overridden will remain as set from the system config

./xschemrc

local/per-project configuration; if exists overrides settings from the user configuration and default configuration; may be partial: settings not overridden will remain as set from the system config or user config

$PREFIX/share/xschem/systemlib

builtin essentials, such as font and missing symbol graphics

$PREFIX/share/xschem/utile

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