Spice Simulation from Electric on OSX - vlsi

Question

I'm using Electric as design system. I want to simulate in LTSPICE the designed circuit.
I've linked LT Spice and Electric (cmosedu) as the tutorial show (http://cmosedu.com/videos/electric/tutorial1/electric_tutorial_1.htm), but
when I try to simulate from Electric, it doesn't open LT Spice.
Any solution?

Answer 1

This is what I did. It works.
Setup parameters in electric-9.07.jar:
Run program: /Applications/LTspice.app/Contents/MacOS/script.sh
With args: ${FILENAME_NO_EXT} -r ${FILENAME_NO_EXT}.raw -o ${FILENAME_NO_EXT}.out
!!IMPORTANT!!
First argument isn't "-i ${FILENAME}". IT'S "${FILENAME_NO_EXT}".
I create "ELECTRIC" folder in Desktop and I use it for saving my *.spi files.
To allow the script to work, you must insert your libraries inside this folder on desktop (ELECTRIC).
SCRIPT
You need to create /Applications/LTspice.app/Contents/MacOS/script.sh
######START HERE######
#!/bin/bash
# Get argument from electric
args=("$#")
# Create *.net file for LTspice
cd ~/Desktop/ELECTRIC/
cp ${args[0]}.spi ${args[0]}.net
# Launch LTspice and pass it parameters.
cd /Applications/LTspice.app/Contents/MacOS/
./LTSpice ~/Desktop/ELECTRIC/${args[0]}.net ${args[1]} ~/Desktop/ELECTRIC/${args[2]} ${args[3]} ~/Desktop/ELECTRIC/${args[4]}
######END HERE######
It needs execution privileges:
sudo chmod +x /Applications/LTspice.app/Contents/MacOS/script.sh
Use Electric as tutorial says (http://cmosedu.com/videos/electric/tutorial1/electric_tutorial_1.htm).
It will open a small window with a netlist.
Click on run button to see the simulation.
To close LTspice, you must exit from it.
INFO:
If LTspice says you that you haven't its latest version, close the window and go on.