[Xcircuit-dev] 2 requests for enhancement

[R. Timothy Edwards]

Dear Chitlesh,

>  #1 GND and spice
> When creating spice netlist from xcircuit, the GND node is set to "GND".
> The GND node should not be called GND.  The GND node needs to be net number 0 
> (zero).  SPICE expects to see 0 in a netlist. 
> 
> #2 GND and irsim
> Again when creating .sim files from xcircuit, the GND node is set to "GND". 
> Irsim warns aliasing Gnd and gnd.

Generally, I don't worry about #2 since it's not an error.  I have
solved problem #1 by either 1) adding a statement (e.g., info label
on the top level "VGND GND 0 0", 2) just editing the GND or VDD symbols
and changing the name, or 3) by parameterizing the text in the GND and
VDD symbols, and changing the name of the ground or power supply node
on a per-instance basis.

					Regards,
					Tim

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