Text-Based Script Engine for Circuit Design Automation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing graphical circuit design tools require manual and tedious movement of numerous components to modify designs, leading to errors and inefficiency, especially when adding components to large layouts.
Innovation Solution
A text-based script file is used to capture and manipulate circuit designs, allowing designers to add, delete, or move components using tags and commands, with a separate component library providing physical dimensions for accurate placement without manual intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If graphical circuit design tools are used to manually place and move components, then visual control and design flexibility are improved, but time consumption and error probability increase when modifying large designs
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a text-based script file as a copyable and editable representation of the circuit design. Instead of manipulating the actual graphical layout directly, designers work with a textual copy that can be easily copied, pasted, and modified using standard text editing operations, thereby reducing time consumption while maintaining design flexibility
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical interaction of dragging and dropping components with a graphical interface with text-based commands. The script file uses textual representations and commands to specify component placements and modifications, substituting the manual mechanical manipulation with an automated text-processing approach that is more efficient for large designs
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual component movement is performed in graphical tools, then design modification capability is improved, but error probability and tediousness increase
Solution Approach 1:
The text-based script file serves as an editable copy of the design specification. Designers can modify the script text without directly manipulating the graphical layout, reducing the risk of introducing errors while maintaining full design modification capability through textual edits
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback by processing the script file and generating or updating the graphical layout representation. This feedback mechanism allows designers to verify their text-based modifications are correctly interpreted and applied, reducing error probability through automated validation
3Productivity
If text-based script files are used to specify component placement, then efficiency and error reduction are improved, but automation extent must be increased
Solution Approach 1:
The script file system is designed to be self-processing - the text-based script automatically specifies component placements, dimensions, and relationships without requiring manual graphical manipulation. The system reads the script file and automatically generates the layout representation, eliminating the need for manual component-by-component placement and significantly improving productivity
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method that uses a text-based script file to capture a circuit design and allows a circuit designer to manipulate the script file. The circuit designer can add, delete, or move components using various tags and commands that are stored in the script file. When the design is complete, or ready to be tested, the script file is processed creating a layout representation file that is readable by a graphics-based circuit design tool.