Dear Kicad friends and IC design enthusiasts,
As some may know, I have been working towards an IC RF/analog/ mixed-signal design flow that uses Kicad as the design capture front end. The flow emulates that of commercial tools like Cadence Virtuoso.
I have made an introductory video demonstrating kicad/confirmaXL interaction through the simulation of both a transistor level OTA circuit and a behavioral level mixed signal ROMDAC sinewave generator. Both designs make use of hierarchical symbols & symbol libraries made possible through ConfirmaXL. Three different user selectable spice simulators (topspice, xyce & ngspice) are used, all driven by the same Kicad schematics.
There is still work to do but it is getting closer to public release. It is intended to be free for individual users. The distribution method is still to be determined.
Here is the link to the youtube video (now updated with 25% faster audio as I talk too slow, ha!).
ConfirmaXL IC design with Kicad design capture
Cheers,
Kevin