Hi: I am looking to get feedback on design tools. I am interested in tools that do schematic capture and digital logic simulation of design at the gate level, in the area of embedded systems. I'd like to hear comments (pros and cons) on the following:
- Tools that capture design (e.g. schematics) and tools that simulate/verify the design. I am primarily interested in digital design but would like to know comments on analog design as well (strong/weak points of design & verification?)
- Tools (both discrete and integrated) that go from design to board layout and routing.
The context of this survey is embedded processor digital design. I am more interested in tools that would be used by a single engineer, or a small group (e.g. < 5) of engineers, rather than an enterprise version that incorporated version control, file management, etc. Thanks John
PS: I am not associate with any tool vendor. I am interested in what practicing engineers and scientist use to help me make some connections between hardware architecture and design, and software architecture and design.