About the Book
This software for the Macintosh provides students in digital design with software for schematic entry and simulation. It supports independent learning through an intuitive interface featuring easy-to-use-drawing tools and simulation controls. The software shows the effect of circuit, input or device parameters changes on circuit activity. Students are able to create or edit devices without leaving the program through an integrated device or symbol editor. The software includes a library of basic logic primitives and 40 of the most common 7400-series of digital MIS devices. Additional libraries are available. It can also provide simulation of programmable logic devices and creates complete SPICE-format files for integrations with SPICE-based analog simulators.
Table of Contents:
Introduction - logic works features, limitations in this version, organization of this manual, notes regarding copyright; getting started - installation, the setup file; tutorial - the 5-minute schematic and simulation, schematic editing, digital simulation, advanced examples; user interface - mouse button usage, dialogue boxes, window usage, keyboard usage, tool palette and status display, use of the pointer or cursor; creating the schematic, drawing structure, types of objects in a circuit, selecting and placing devices, drawing grid, selecting circuit objects, repositioning the entire circuit, placing random text on the diagram; signals - drawing signals, editing signal lines, interconnecting signals, setting signal parameters, naming signals; devices - classes of devices, editing devices, device libraries; simulation - circuit Window simulation controls, device simulation characteristics, the I/O panel, parts of the I/O panel Window, the timing diagram; PROM and PLA devices - general description of PROM and PLA types, creating a PROM or PLA device, reading an external PROM/PLA data file, using the PLA or PROM device, editing the PROM or PLA device data, PROM/PLA examples; primitive devices - the Gates library, the generic library, the I/O library, user-definable primitives; menu reference - the apple menu, the file menu, the edit menu, the drawing menu, the options menu, module menu, window menu, libraries menu, library maintenance functions; the device editor - introduction, installation, entering the device editor, creating a new device type, editing an existing type, selecting an internal circuit, assigning a behavioural model, the DevEditor Window, the DevEditor menu, file menu, automatic symbol generator; creating text reports - report format options, creating netlists for SPICE, SPICE netlist example; MacABEL interface - installation, using from Abel, characteristics of FromAbel, unsupported PLDs, from Abel errors. Appendices: setup file format; inside logic works; internal error detection; keyboard shortcuts; PLA data file format; PRO, data file format.
