Automatically generated schematics and visualization
An automated visualization tool in a command line environment allows complex log data to be represented by symbols and associated information for clarity of communication and better understanding of the associated design.
1. A method for integrated circuit (IC) design comprising:
upon receipt of a file, parsing the file for data related to structures associated with requirements for the IC design;
creating a command-line controlled schematic of the structures and requirements, where the structures of the schematic are created as visual block diagrams and the visual block diagrams are depicted by ASCII characters; and
displaying the schematic including the structures and the requirements described in an abstracted context of the IC design.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a user specification, the user specification including the requirements.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting a subset of the structures of the IC design for inclusion in the schematic.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the schematic is a block diagram representing one or more structures, including data about functionality of the one or more structures displayed in a combination of data and visual representation.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising enabling modifying of the integrated circuit (IC) using the command line interface.
6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
rerunning the method, upon receiving the modification, to generate an updated schematic depicted by ASCII characters.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing the schematic depicted by ASCII characters in a log file; and
sharing the log file.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting a subset of the structures for presentation in the schematic based on relevance based on the requirements.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting a subset of the structures for presentation in the schematic, the subset being a portion of the IC design that the user is responsible for.
10. A system for integrated circuit (IC) design comprising:
a processor implementing a parser to, upon receipt of a file, parse the file for data related to structures associated with requirements for the IC design;
a schematic creator to create a command-line controlled schematic of the structures and requirements, where the structures are generated as visual block diagrams and the visual block diagrams are depicted by ASCII characters; and
a display to display the schematic including the structures and the requirements described in an abstracted context of the IC design.
11. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving a user specification, the user specification including the requirements.
12. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:
a design editor to select a subset of the structures of the IC design for inclusion in the schematic.
13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the schematic is a block diagram representing one or more structures, including data about functionality of the one or more structures displayed in a combination of data and visual representation.
14. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:
the design editor to enable modifying of the integrated circuit (IC) using the command line interface.
15. The system of claim 14 , further comprising:
the system, upon receiving the modification, to generate an updated schematic depicted by ASCII characters.
16. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:
a log file/memory to store the schematic in a log file; and
the system to enable sharing the log file.
17. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:
a parsed data interpreter to select a subset of the structures for presentation in the schematic based on relevance based on the requirements.
18. The system of claim 10 , further comprising:
the system to select a subset of the structures for presentation in the schematic, the subset being a portion of the IC design that the user is responsible for.
19. A method of generating an improved display comprising:
receiving user specifications;
receiving design data;
generating a schematic for display to a user, the schematic representing at least a portion of the design data, where the structures are generated as visual block diagrams and the visual block diagrams are depicted by ASCII characters;
displaying the schematic to a user, the graphically representing information about the design data; and
enabling the user to update one or more of the user specifications and the design data, based on the schematic.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the schematic is displayed as ASCII characters in a command-line interface.