Non-Piped MNS Simulations

Non-piped MNS simulations are identical to non-piped SPICE simulations. Execute a simulation with the Simulation Debugger ON to perform a non-piped simulation. MNS is capable of performing piped simulations, which enables you to turn the Simulation Debugger OFF without requiring that MNS be restarted for every simulation.

Syntax: Non-piped simulation

This section describes the argument syntax required to invoke the template simulator. This information is needed when writing the user translation module, since these are the arguments supplied by IC-CAP when it calls the translation module. For information on the translation module and adding a simulator, refer to "Adding a Simulator" in the User's Guide.

The command format for an MNS non-piped simulation is as follows:

 mns -r rawfile deckfile 

where:

deckfile is the input deck file containing the circuit description and analysis commands.

rawfile is the output binary data file.

The output text file, which normally is sent to standard output is redirected by IC-CAP to a file. This file is displayed in the Output table of the Simulation Debugger if it is on.