--- In [email protected], "Chris Albertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Frank, > > This is exactly what I thought was needed. As I see it now the Open Source > EDA world is to fragmented. If the programs could share design files it > would help a lot. But I guess I don't need to tell you this. > > I did not know there was an "EDIF" would you happen to have a pointer > the some specs? What can EDIF hold? schematics,PCB layouts, > Foot prints?.... > > I may want to use this and maybe contribute. Have you seen the > gEDA progrect's netlist translator? > > On Nov 20, 2007 8:05 AM, Frank Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > There is an (EDIF) parser which allows exports from one EDA schematic > > > capture system (such as OrCad) for import into another (such as KiCad) > > > on the site http://sourceforge.net/projects/edif2kicad. I downloaded ...... > -- > ===== > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > Chris:
EDIF is actually an old standard. Only the good EDA vendors, who are not afraid of a little competition, provide EDIF out. But to my knowledge EDIF is limited to schematics, symbol libraries and netlists. Even structural HDLs (verilog, VHDL, Xilinx clb) mentions EDIF, but a netlist is just a netlist. I googled one reference out there which described some EDIF basics and it did answer some parts of the syntax...lost the URL...the original thread was saying the spec was about $500, which is riduclus. My main reference is just the BNF in edif.y provided by [EMAIL PROTECTED] I use to have a paper copy around somewhere?? but more googling is worth wild. -Frank
