Cadence

Running Cadence applications

There are a few ways to remotely access Cadence

You can use our thinlinc service and run the "Cadence Desktop (Rocky 8)" to get remote access to a linux desktop

You can also use MobaXterm to connect via SSH to one of our SGD servers:

liverpool.ee.ucl.ac.uk
manchester.ee.ucl.ac.uk
newcastle.ee.ucl.ac.uk

If you are connecting from outside of UCL you will need to connect to the UCL VPN before you can use mobaxterm for Cadence. If you cannot use the VPN you should access this via the Rocky 8 desktop application on our ThinLinc service.

Once you have access to one of the departmental servers you can run cadence.

First you will need to create a project directory and run Cadence from that directory (If you are connecting via Thinlinc you will need to right click on the desktop and choose to "open terminal")

Create a project directory (the example directory is "CAD_PROJECT", but you can use a different name)

mkdir CAD_PROJECT

Change to this directory

cd CAD_PROJECT

Using the latest version of Cadence

To configure your environment to use the latest release of Cadence, type the following command:

cadence

This will set your environment up to run the specified version of Cadence. You can then start the tools from the command line.

i.e To start the Virtuoso tool, type the command:

virtuoso

We have a number of PDKs/kits installed in /apps/cadence/kits. If you are using the latest version of cadence you will need to install the kits manually. This will vary depending on what kit you wish to use.

Using Calibre

If you wish to use Calibre, you need to make sure that the relevant skill file is loaded when you start virtuoso. To do this, you need to go into your Cadence project directoy and run the following command:

calibre-setup

Start virtuoso and you should be able to access the Calibre tools