Peter Clifton <pc...@cam.ac.uk> writes: > On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 21:14 -0500, al davis wrote: >> Reading a file is easy. The hard part about the geda format, >> where use of libgeda may be advantageous, is establishing >> connectivity. > > A mix of libgeda, with gnetlist wading in and flattening things (perhaps > unhelpfully). I want to see all connectivity code move into libgeda, and > flattening be optional. > >> I don't know where that is done, or if it is done >> in a form that would be useful here, or whether there exists the >> code to go the other way (generate a schematic given a netlist >> and rendering info) which is equally needed. > > Not done. Would be nice though - but I'd rate it of similar complexity > to a board auto-router. (Not as rigidly constrained topologically, but > to do well would require a decent auto-place, and a decent auto-router - > even if the rules are different to that used with a PCB).
Why would anybody want such a schematic? I see two semi-graphical ways to express a netlist in gschem format. 1. Each element uses the same generic symbol, with the proper attributes attached, and net= attributes for connectivity. Placed on some grid in arbitrary order, optionally so that the attribute lists do not overlap when viewed graphically. 2. When symbols are available for the elements, those can be placed on some grid, and each pin gets a little net stub with netname= for connectivity. Last millenium, some cadence netlister move such schematics from synthesized Verilog netlist, but I do not remember why they were needed in the flow, certainly not for human inspection. A mixture between 1. and 2., in case there is some way to feed an element to symbol map into the process, falling back to 1. for elements without symbols. But that use case is What are the use-cases? Mix gschem schematics with synthesis output into gnetlist for ASIC or simulation targets? -- Stephan _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
