EEC 116 - Tutorial Errata

• Tutorial #1
• Do not precede commands by a colon (:) when you type long commands from the text window. However, pressing the colon while the layout window is active is a handy macro to enter commands and keep the layout window active.
• Replace magic with magic116 when starting magic from a terminal window.
• Section 3 and 4 are now irrelevant.
• Changing the box by holding down the mouse buttons does not work anymore. Just use single clicks and the keypad instead.
• Tutorial #2
• The C key is not bound to the command 'select less'.
• The 'translate' command is now bound to the m key.
• The directional 'stretch' and 'move' commands are now bound to the keypad.
• Do not use labels with the "!" character. These global labels are unnecessary since nodes should be connected electrically anyway. Also use "Vdd" and "Gnd" for power and ground (required by IRSIM).
• Use "point" labels (by left clicking and right clicking in the same spot) instead of box labels (a yellow box around a region). Box labels seem to cause students more problems.
• You can also use 'plot pnm file.pnm' for an alternative output format. This is better for large designs.
• Tutorial #3
• There is a fouth tool, the "pick" tool, used for moving regions of paint.
• In the "wire" tool, use left-click to select a material, move the mouse to extend the leg and left-click again to create a wire. The selected leg will still be active so use right-click to finish the wire.
• Tutorial #4
• The i key, not the f key is bound to the 'select cell' command.
• Tutorial #5
• The 'openwrapper' command opens a new window with scroll bars and menus.
• Section 2.2 and 2.3 are now irrelevant.
• The 'windowpositions' command now does nothing.
• The "color" specialopen window does nothing.
• Tutorial #6
• You can turn DRC checking on and off using the DRC button on the menu bar, which also shows the number of DRC errors in the entire circuit.
• Tutorial #7
• This tutorial covers advanced topics.
• Tutorial #8
• The ext2sim program is no longer included, and has been replaced by the built-in magic command 'exttosim'.
• To produce .node and .al files run the commands 'exttosim labels on' and 'exttosim alias on' before running 'exttosim'.
• Tutorial #9
• This tutorial is mostly irrelevant. The CIF format is rarely used anymore, and magic now supports the industry standard GDS-II format.
• Tutorial #10
• The net2ir program is no longer included.
• The 'iroute' command is no longer bound to the key Ctrl + R.
• This tutorial covers advanced topics.
• Tutorial #11
• This tutorial no longer applies, see Tcl Tutorial #4.
• Tcl Tutorial #1
• This tutorial gives a brief introduction to writing more complex macro functions made possible through TCL, which can use control logic.
• Tcl Tutorial #4
• Start irsim within magic using the command 'irsim TSMC.18' to load the correct technology file.

Other modifications for EEC 116 only:

• Only make labels as "points" meaning small "+" shapes and never covering a larger region. This avoids some problems.
• Normally for every gate or module, make each "signal" input only at one physical input. In other words, normally you should never have two inputs for the same signal at two different "I/O pins", especially if those two pins are not connected internally.

2005/04/21, 21:00  Written
2005/04/29, 23:45  Added no "!" in labels
2006/04/06, 22:00  First complete pass
2007/04/17,        Added 116 modifications