--- In [email protected], "Frank Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "Chris Albertson"
> <albertson.chris@> 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 <bennett78@> 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
>
Found it EDIF 2.0.0, 500 page book.1989, $60 (student $40).
The intent was simulation, with timing, schematic to layout.
Here are the EDIF viewtypes:
o Behavioral
o Document
o graphics
o logicmodel
o netlist
o PCBlayout
o schematic
o stranger?
o symbolic
o schem page?
So I have the EDIF bible if we need a reference.
