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| * [[install|ACT]]: use this if you only want the core language and some basic tools for custom circuit design. The [[install_actflow|actflow build]] installs this repository as well. | * [[install|ACT]]: use this if you only want the core language and some basic tools for custom circuit design. The [[install_actflow|actflow build]] installs this repository as well. |
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| We also have a [[summer2024:dockersetup|docker container]] that contains the tools, if you'd like to try them out without installing them on your system. | We also have a [[summer2024:dockersetup|docker container]] that contains the tools, if you'd like to try them out without installing them on your system. |
| If you are a Homebrew user, check out the [[https://github.com/asyncvlsi/homebrew-tap|homebrew tap]] for the tools. | If you are a Homebrew user, check out the [[https://github.com/asyncvlsi/homebrew-tap|homebrew tap]] for the tools. |
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| * [[language:migrate|Migration guide]] from the older (pre-2018) version of ACT | * [[language:migrate|Migration guide]] from the older (pre-2018) version of ACT |
| * [[history:|Language history/lineage]] | * [[history:|Language history/lineage]] |
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| ===== ACT library ===== | ===== ACT library ===== |
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| * [[sim:|Simulation library]], installed together with [[tools:actsim|actsim]]; It provides tools for simulation and verification | * [[sim:|Simulation library]], installed together with [[tools:actsim|actsim]]; It provides tools for simulation and verification |
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| For those interested in writing tools, we have some documentation available for the core ACT library and data structures. | |
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| * [[http://avlsi.csl.yale.edu/act_docs/|ACT data structures]] (work in progress!) | |
| * [[guide:|Using ACT data structures]] | |
| * [[guide:makefile|Using the standard Makefiles]] in ACT | |
| ===== Tools ===== | ===== Tools ===== |
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| For analog circuit simulation, we primarily use the open-source [[https://github.com/Xyce/Xyce|Xyce]] simulator from Sandia Labs. | For analog circuit simulation, we primarily use the open-source [[https://github.com/Xyce/Xyce|Xyce]] simulator from Sandia Labs. |
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| | For those interested in writing tools, we have some documentation available for the core ACT library and data structures. |
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| | * [[http://avlsi.csl.yale.edu/act_docs/|ACT data structures]] (work in progress!) |
| | * [[guide:|Using ACT data structures]] |
| | * [[guide:makefile|Using the standard Makefiles]] in ACT |
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| ===== Community ===== | ===== Community ===== |