Hi, For electric-9.08.1.jar on the Electric VLSI website at [1], the JAVA Version 8 Update 461 at [2] doesn't work. It does work with JDK 24 (e.g., jdk-24_windows-x64_bin.exe) at [3].
Yes, a SPICE simulator can be needed. The install instructions at [4] likely will still work if you just replace instances of 9.07 with 9.08.1. I've not used the SkyWater130 nm process with Electric VLSI myself. However, it looks like you could try following the technology file instructions at [5] (again by replacing instances of 9.07 with 9.08.1). [1] https://www.staticfreesoft.com/productsFree.html [2] https://www.java.com/en/download/ [3] https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#jdk24-windows [4] https://cmosedu.com/cmos1/electric/electric_install.htm [5] https://gitlab.com/westernsemico/com.westernsemico.vlsi Kind Regards, Gavin Electric VLSI user On Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 3:06:30 PM UTC-6 Arvind Gupta wrote: Hi, I am new to Electric EDA tool and want to use it to make schematics and layouts using the Skywater130nm process. I had some queries regarding the same and was hoping someone will answer them: Can I use Electric to run simulations or do I need to integrate another simulator like Ngpice with it? If yes, what is the process pls? Also what is the process of integrating LTspice (latest version) with Electric? The layout editor has the option for loading the Skywater130nm layout rules. Correspondingly, can one use the various transistors available in the Sky 130 technology to make and run schematic simulations pls? Also are the spice model card(s) available with Electric for simulations? I am asking the above two queries as the Skywater PDK is available in Github (and seems to be available for Electric). However, I don’t know how to compile the PDK in Windows and integrate it with the Electric tool. Hence kindly help in this matter. Thanks in advance, Arvind Gupta. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Electric VLSI Editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/electricvlsi/c277af0e-c036-4142-984d-4cf154f1deb0n%40googlegroups.com.
