RE: Initial Help

Gaurang,

The version of IBIS that you use depends on what features you need in order
to accurately describe your device. If you don't need the advanced features
in IBIS 3.2 then use 2.1.

Be very careful with whatever tool you use to create IBIS files. Remember
that these are just tools. They are not engineers. It takes an engineer
with a good understanding of IBIS to create good IBIS files with any tool.
The only tool that I know of that is not a derivative of the NCSU s2ibis is
from Applied Simulation Technology http://www.apsimtech.com/. I saw a beta
version of their tool and it looked very good.

Regards,
Weston Beal

-----Original Message-----
From: Gaurang Shah [mailto:gaurang.shah@icube.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 12:32 PM
To: ibis-users@eda.org
Cc: ibis-info@eda.org
Subject: Initial Help

Hello,

I am currently initiating IBIS model development here and I need a couple
of clarifications.

1) Which version of model should I be developing?? Seems like Version 2.1
seems to be the most commonly used models. Are most people developing in
2.1 or customers demand version 3.1 and higher?

2) I plan to use the SPICE2IBIS utility, but it appears that shareware from
North Carolina State University generate 2.1 models only. Are there free
tools available for higher version models or does one have to buy
commercial tools?? If latter is the case what is the cost of them and who
are the vendors??

Please help.

--Thanks

--Gaurang
Received on Mon Mar 13 08:54:33 2000