Free OpenAccess Modules

Summary

This project builds a universal, independent and free module that handles OpenAccess files (API controlled by Si2). This format is used by several commercial circuit simulators to store files like schematics and layouts.

Roadmap
Phase 1: (end of 2024)

  • Helper program that prints out the data of OpenAccess files in order to examine their content.
  • Import of OpenAccess schematics, data translation and print out of the contained elements.
  • Save imported schematics in Qucs format. A small library with a few components is included, too.
Phase 2: (mid of 2025)
  • Import of OpenAccess symbols, data translation and print out of the contained elements.
  • Save imported symbols in SVG format.
  • Import of OpenAccess layouts, data translation and print out of the contained elements.
  • Save imported layouts in GDS format.
  • Co-operation with KLayout
Phase 3: (end of 2025)
  • Export of OpenAccess schematics.
Phase 4: (mid of 2026)
  • Export of OpenAccess layouts.

Acknowledgement
A huge thank-you-very-very-much to the NLnet foundation that made this project possible by supporting it.

Legal Stuff
This software is published under the GNU General Public License 3 (GPLv3).

Support
Everybody who is interested in this project is welcome to help or share ideas and wishes!

Infos
Here are a few links about OpenAccess:
An Introduction to OpenAccess by M. Guiney and E. Leavitt
A critical view on the OpenAccess database

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