Cad Wiki for Analog IC Courses

• Download and install Bitvise SSH client from https://www.bitvise.com/ssh-client-download

• From your SSH client, connect to cpeg424.ece.udel.edu using the default port (22).
• Enter your EECIS username and password when prompted as in the screenshot below.
• You can select whether you want to open the sftp window each time you login. Stfp is useful for file transfer
• To run Cadence, you will need to export graphics display from linux. You can alternatively use X2Go instead of using SSH at all. In the SSH client's Terminal tab, enable X11 forwarding. Use the default display setting: 127.0.0.1:0.0.
• Then click on “Login” at the bottom of the screen.
• A SSH session will then open up to the course server something like in the figure below:
• Use xhost command to allow any hosts to connect to the display. This is important!

xhost +

• You can start Cadence by using the virtuoso command in the background (append with &)

virtuoso &

• You should see a graphical window of Cadence command interpreter window (CIW) show up as below. If it doesn't then you probably forgot to use xhost +

• You can save this bitvise profile for future use and load it the next time you need to login.