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In article <1412@ncr-sd.SanDiego.NCR.COM> mildredm@babel.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Mildred Magboo) writes:
>I am currently working on a translator that will 
>convert a netlist file into an EDIF format.  I
>need to know if there is anybody out there who
>can provide me assistance in the conversion
>process.  

>The only reference material I have is the EDIF 2 0 0
>Standard reference book.  Please send me e-mail if you
>know anything about EDIF, particularly 'netlist'
>view.  

This is a frequently asked question, so I will try to give you as many
alternatives as I can. If you are going to be at the IEEE/ACM Design
Automation Conference (Las Vagas, June 26), there will be an EIA/EDIF booth
which will include rescource information as well as quite a few "live" demos.

This year the theme is showing the range of production uses of EDIF by a wide
range of CAD users/vendors. I am not on the organizing committee for this so
I don't have the latest information, but the booth is a large one with some
very ambitious plans. As in previous years ethernet/hardware is excpected to
be the limiting factor in data exchanges, but you should see some exiting
things happening.

There is an EDIF tutorial as part of DAC which is intended as a "management
overview" or "basic concepts" tutorial.

Other resources:

(1) EIA 
    Standards Sales
    2001 Eye Street, N.W.
    Washinton D.C. 20006

ANSI/EIA-548 Standard Reference Guide (which you say you have)

The User Guide series, currently:
Introduction to EDIF - overview and basic EDIF concepts
EDIF Connectivity - Netlist and connections in EDIF

Applications note:
Using EDIF for Schematic Transfer (not yet published)

EDIF Questions and Answers - compendium of official answers to implementors
     questions concerning interpretation and implementation of the standard.
     

(2) EDIF User Group        ****NEW ADDRESS****
    P.O. Box 25542
    Tempe, AZ 85285-5542    

Sponsors the annual EDIF World User Group meeting (San Jose, Sept 11-14)
Newsletter and announcements of interest to users and implementors.

(3) University of Manchester
    Dept. of Computer Science
    Oxford Road
    Manchester, M13 9PL
    England

Syntax and semantic checker, reader software
Interpretation Question Coordinator

(3) UC at Berkeley
    Cory Hall
    Berkeley CA, 94720
    
EDIF tools as part of their "CAD Tool Set" package.

(4) Enginmeering DataXpress Inc.
    Suite 736
    5 Town and Country Village
    San Jose, CA 95128-2026

EDIF Videotape tutorial (12 tapes of a 3 day in depth tutorial)
      -very thorough, intended to produce an "EDIF Expert"
EDI Procedural Language interface to/from EDIF
EDIF "starter kit" - includes a parser and numerous examples


I suggest that you get a parser/syntax checker from one of the sources above,
the tradeoff is really between commercial supported software and Public
Domain software and depends on your goals.

Write to the User Group to get an "information kit" (which duplicates some
of the above).

If possible, at least one person from your company should attend EDIF World
and one of the tutorials. Obviously the published literature will be helpful
as well.

Good luck!

Mike Waters - EDIF Technical Committee

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