The Sandia developed HEIDI™ tool is a JAVA / XML based desktop tool that allows users to create an electrical schematic of a circuit or convert a netlist to a schematic, to then execute and mange a simulation job using netlist on either the user’s local client machine or a remote server.

More specifically, HEIDI™ works in conjunction with ChileCAD™, a schematic capture tool used to creating a graphical, schematic image of a circuit that can then be generated into a netlist. Alternatively, the user can import a netlist and the system will generate a graphic representation of the circuit. In some cases, ChileCAD™ cannot generate a complete schematic, and the user will need to connect the unresolved trace lines. In either case, ChileCad will generate a netlist that can be executed locally using Xyce™ on the client PC or uploaded to a file server, maverick, where the netlist can be submitted to the network through HEID™I for execution using ChileSpice.

Xyce™ is now available on the network for execution through HEIDI™ as of August 2002. ChileSPICE™, similarly, is also available on the client machine. HEIDI™ is a job management and frameworks tool. The application runs on the local machine and can be brought up from ChileCAD. Using HEIDI, the user will be able to view, manage, and control all netlist files and their related outputs through a windows explorer-like tree structure.

HEIDI™ is a job management and frameworks tool. The application runs on the local machine and can be brought up from ChileCAD™. Using HEIDI™, the user will be able to view, manage, and control all netlist files and their related outputs through a windows explorer-like tree structure.

From HEIDI™, the user can execute jobs on either the local system, and, if the client machine is connected to the network, to one of the large servers on the network (i.e., currently electron or maverick). Work is actively ongoing to add additional machines such as CPLANT through the Distributed Resource Management project, DRM in August – September timeframe. User desktop tools for electrical simulation, ChileCAD™ and HEIDI™ are being released as beta software to a small group of users for testing. Commencing with this release, the project will send out periodic updates to resolve problems and expand the features and functionality. For more information, please contact Ron Sikorski.