Schematics Edition had lost its luster for lack of innovation which resulted in the perception that Hardware Description Languages had made it obsolete. But the essence of any conceptualization can only be graphical: any designer thinks in images, not in words.
Beyond the traditional bottom-up practice of interconnecting analog or logic primitives, in view of the top-down techniques needed for mixed signal and multi-domain designs, SLED 1.2 paves the road to the Schematics Editor of the third generation embedding the Link-Edit capability of Hardware Description Languages.
Schematics Edition had lost its luster for lack of innovation which resulted in the perception that Hardware Description Languages had made it obsolete. But the essence of any conceptualization can only be graphical: any designer thinks in images, not in words.
Beyond the traditional bottom-up practice of interconnecting analog or logic primitives, in view of the top-down techniques needed for mixed signal and multi-domain designs, SLED 1.1 performs the transition to the Schematics Editor of the third generation embedding the Link-Edit capability of Hardware Description Languages.
SLED is a hierarchical schematic entry solution of the third generation which delivers the long awaited dual capability for Graphic Entry and Scriptability at once. It blends efficiently the feasibility of linking components and of writing scripts for configuring a netlist hierarchically. Interoperability with other schematic entry tools is ensured for capitalizing on legacy designs and cooperative work, and interoperability in the Design Chains is ensured through standard design exchange formats and scriptability for customization by CAD managers.
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