Compare MPLAB Mindi Analog Simulator vs. SiLogy

The MPLAB® Mindi™ Analog Simulator streamlines the process of circuit design and mitigates associated risks by allowing users to simulate analog circuits before moving on to hardware prototyping. Utilizing a SIMetrix/SIMPLIS simulation environment, this tool offers the flexibility of employing SPICE or piecewise linear modeling, catering to a broad spectrum of simulation requirements. In addition to its robust simulation capabilities, the interface incorporates exclusive model files from Microchip, enabling accurate modeling of specific Microchip analog components alongside standard circuit devices. This versatile simulation tool can be easily installed and operated on your local PC, ensuring that once it is downloaded, an Internet connection is unnecessary for its operation. Consequently, users benefit from quick and precise analog circuit simulations that do not rely on external servers, enhancing the overall efficiency of the design process. Users can confidently run simulations directly on their computers, experiencing the reliability and speed that comes with offline capabilities.

Our advanced web platform significantly enhances the productivity of chip developers and verification engineers, allowing them to design and troubleshoot at a pace ten times quicker than before. With Verilator, users can effortlessly initiate and execute thousands of tests simultaneously with just one click. It also facilitates the easy sharing of test outcomes and waveforms within the organization, allows for tagging colleagues on specific signals, and provides robust tracking of test and regression failures. By utilizing Verilator to create Dockerized simulation binaries, we efficiently distribute test executions across our computing cluster, after which we gather the results and log files and have the option to rerun any tests that failed to produce waveforms. The incorporation of Docker ensures that the test executions are both consistent and reproducible. SiLogy ultimately boosts the efficiency of chip developers by shortening the time required for design and debugging processes. Prior to the advent of SiLogy, the leading method for diagnosing a failing test entailed manually copying lines from log files, analyzing waveforms on personal machines, or rerunning simulations that could take an inordinate amount of time, often spanning several days. Now, with our platform, engineers can focus more on innovation rather than being bogged down by cumbersome debugging processes.