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What part of the hardware design process is this for? Is the idea to kick the netlist over the wall and let someone else do the schematic capture and layout? Is
by planteen 10y ago
What part of the hardware design process is this for? Is the idea to kick the netlist over the wall and let someone else do the schematic capture and layout? Is there a way to visualize the netlist as a schematic?
I'd say one of the most important parts of a hardware board is having a schematic handy. And even when reverse engineering, you have the PCB and redraw a schematic, not dump everything as a netlist.
- andyv133 10y agoAgreed. With traditional tools, I do have a netlist and schematic available for every circuit I work on. I've never reached for the netlist when studying or debugging, it doesn't convey enough information. Sure the netlist technically tells you how it is all connected, but a properly done schematic can give you a deeper understanding of the workings of the device much more quickly due to its layout and utilization of common symbols (instead of part numbers, which are often unhelpful). All that said, I would love to see this kind of thing as a feature built into a schematic editor.