Cadmaster
THIS DOCUMENT IS A WIP AND INCOMPLETE
This is the homepage of cadtools, the server and services used at UOM for hosting Computer Science Computer Aided Design tools.
For current support contact: anthony.mathews@manchester.ac.uk
Cadmaster
Europractice Tools
The bulk of the tools supported by licences via Cadmaster come from Europractice. The University of Manchester Europractice membership number is A35080.
The current Europractice Representative for the university is Anthony Mathews (contact at anthony.mathews@manchester.ac.uk).
Current Tools available with Europractice Bundle
- Cadence IC 6.1.6 for AMS HITkit compatability
- Cadence IC Tools
- Cadence Jasper Formal Verification Platform Option
- Cadence Systems Tools
- Full IC Membership
- Intel Quartus FPGA tools
- Mentor FPGA tools
- Mentor Full Suite
- Synopsys Advanced TCAD
- Synopsys Analogue Simulation and Modelling
- Synopsys Front End and Verification
- Synopsys Implementation Tools
- Synopsys Simpleware 50 Licenses
- Xilinx Vivado
Basic Tools guides
Some tutorials and basic git repositories are available for the following tools:
Please contact the Europractice rep for help with other tools not on this list, or add your own guide.
Downloading Tools
The different vendors have different methods for accessing downloads of tooling.
- Xilinx AMD - Available at https://www.xilinx.com/support/download.html
- Synopsys
- Cadence
- Intel
- Mentor
- Siemens
For use in the department of computer science, the cadtools5 network share is available containing many tools. Machines in the Kilburn building should be able to mount cadtools without issue, machines outside the building LAN may require whitelisting. If mounting fails, contact for additional support.
Add the following to your /etc/fstab
cadmaster.cs.man.ac.uk:/data/cadtools5 /cadtools5 nfs4
Or otherwise mount
cadmaster.cs.man.ac.uk:/data/cadtools5
Troubleshooting Europractice tools
For tools relating to Computer science, contact the Europractice representative.
Or contact Europractice directly at: microelectronicscentre@stfc.ac.uk
In general, support will come from the Europractice rep or Europractice. Many of the vendors will reject support requests not sent through these channels.
The below sections outline the tools currently available.
Contacts
| Role | Person | Contact email |
|---|---|---|
| Europractice Rep | Anthony Mathews | anthony.mathews@manchester.ac.uk |
| Tecnical Manager - Computing | Chris Page | christopher.page@manchester.ac.uk |
Licence Server and Access
Currently, access to the licence server is available on the campus wired network and via Eduroam. Please contact the Europractice rep for any additional help.
In general, many of the vendor tools are not available/allowed to be accessed off site. We are therefore forced to restrict access in general for most tool licences to operator on site only.
The licence servers name is cadtools.cs.man.ac.uk and will be required for checking out licences. For example, the Siemens licence server acts from port 1718 of cadtools, and required the following environment variables to be set:
export SALT_LICENSE_SERVER=1718@cadtools.cs.man.ac.uk
| Vendor | port | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsys | 27011 | ... |
| Siemens | 1708 | ... |
| Xilinx/AMD | 2100 | ... |
| Cadence | 5280 |
Training
Europractice Training
Europractice provided courses at low cast. See there latest availability at: https://www.europractice.stfc.ac.uk/training/courses.cfml
Vendor Training
Cadence
Providing free and paid training, Cadence. Please contact the university Europractice rep for the site key required when signing up.