Installation Instructions For SACAMOS SW1 (GUI for the CL Tools
This file is part of SACAMOS, cable models for EMI simulations in SPICE. It was developed by the University of Nottingham and the Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) for ESA under contract number 4000112765/14/NL/HK.
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Contents
- Introduction
- Requirements
Installation: i) wxWidgets on Linux ii) wxWidgets on MS Windows iii) wxWidgets on OSX iv) SW1 GUI on Linux/OSX v) SW1 GUI on Windows vi) installation note SW1 for OSX
1. Introduction
SW1 is the graphical user interface to the command line tool set for:
i) Designing cable models
ii) Designing cable bundle models
iii) Generate the Spice based models of these bundles for a given cable length
iv) Exporting the Spice Library and Symbol files for Ngspice and LTspice
2. Requirements
SW1 is reliant on the following:
i. compilation : wxWidgets library (essential to compile gSpiceUI vSACAMOS) ii. compilation of the SACAMOS command line tools that are located within the folder [SACAMOS_INSTALLATION_DIRECTROY]/BIN
Note: in the following the [SACAMOS_INSTALLATION_DIRECTROY] will be referred to as simply [SACAMOS]
Note 1: SACAMOS is reliant upon a specific folder structure the SACAMOS root folder should contain a /BIN folder for all the executables and also folders for each of the 'MOD' library(s) of cable models e.g.:
----> SACAMOS |_____> BIN
|_____> MOD
|_____> MOD1
|_____> MOD2
|_____ ... and so on
Note 2: MOD is the generic term for the libray of cable models, it can be created with any user define name.
Within each 'MOD' there is also a specific folder structure that should not be broken:
----> MOD |_____> CABLE
|_____> BUNDLE
|_____> SPICE |_____> SYMBOL
3. Installation
The software can be compiled on Linux, MS Windows and OSX platforms and is dependant upon the prior installation of the the wxWidgets library.
i. Installation of wxWidgets on Linux
Download and extract the wxWidgets library from:
http://www.wxWidgets.org/
Version 3.0.2 had been used throughout the development of SACAMOS. For full information refer to the installation guide(s) on the website or with the 'docs' folder of the download. The simplest approach is to enter the root folder of the extracted download and do:
mkdir buildgtk
cd buildgtk
../configure --with-gtk
make
su <type root password>
make install
ldconfig
[if you get "ldconfig: command not found", try using "/sbin/ldconfig"]
ii. Installation of wxWidgets on MS Windows
The following has been tested on MS Windows 7 & 10. The installation of wxWidgets on MS Windows make use of MinGW ("Minimalist GNU for Windows") and MSYS ("Minimal SYStem") to build native windows applications via a command line environment. To install wxWidgets you therefore need to install MinGW/MSYS.
i. Install MinGW and MSYS:
Download the installer (mingw-get-setup.exe) from: http://www.mingw.org/. Run the installer and select as a minimum the components C & C++ and MSYS. Install these components by selecting 'Apply Changes' from the Installation menu.
Note: Installation in the root of your hard drive is recommended.
Once installed Ensure that the file C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\etc\fstab and contains at least the following line itself followed by an empty line (this is generally already the case):
C:\MinGW /mingw
Navigate to C:\mingw\msys\1.0 and run msys.bat. to create your 'home' directory at C:\mingw\msys\1.0\home[your user name] Once run create a shortcut to msys.bat and copy it to your desktop. Double clicking this will now open a terminal/shell and out you within your home directory.
ii. Install wxWidgets
Download and extract the wxWidgets library from:
http://www.wxWidgets.org/
For example download 'xWidgets-3.0.2.zip' and extract this to a folder in the root of your hard drive e.g.
C:\wxWidgets-3.0.2
Open a MSYS shell and navigate to the wxWidgets folder, e.g:
cd c:\wxWidgets\wxWidgets-3.0.2
Create a build folder and change directory into it, e.g. mkdir build-msw cd build-msw
Run the wxWidgets configure script (for full options refer to the installation instructions bu the following is known to work):
../configure --build=x86-winnt-mingw32 --disable-shared --disable-threads
Build wxWidgets:
make MONOLITHIC=1 SHARED=0 UNICODE=1 BUILD=release DEBUG_FLAG=0
Install wxWidgets:
make install
iii. Installation of wxWidgets on OSX
At the time of writing the easiest route is to install wxWidgets through MacPorts. Follow the instrictions here to install MacPorts:
https://www.macports.org/install.php
then from a 'terminal' issue the commands:
sudo port install wxWidgets-3.0 +universal
sudo port select --set wxWidgets wxWidgets-3.0
and that should be it.
iv. Installation of SW1 on Linux / OSX
Download the SW1 source (for Linux) from:
http://www.sacamos.org/downloads
Extract the archive into a folder within your home directory e.g.
/home/[your user name]/SACAMOS_SRC
Open a terminal and navigate to the SACAMOS_SRC folder, e.g:
cd SACAMOS_SRC
Build SW1
make -f makefile.simple
Copy the SW1 binary executable to the folder [SACAMOS]/BIN e.g.:
cp SW1 [SACAMOS]/BIN
this will copy the SW1 executable to the SACAMOS /BIN folder (the location of the of the command line tools).
v. Installation of SW1 on MS Windows
Download the SW1 source (for Windows) from:
http://www.sacamos.org/downloads
The following assumes that the command line tools have previously been built using MinGW. Extract the archive into a folder within your MSYS home directory e.g.
C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\home\user\SACAMOS_SRC
Open a MSYS shell and navigate to the SACAMOS_SRC folder, e.g:
cd SACAMOS_SRC
Build SW1
make -f makefile.simple
Copy the SW1 binary executable to the folder [SACAMOS]/BIN e.g.:
cp SW1 [SACAMOS]/BIN
The SW1 GUI can then be run directly from the folder or a shortcut to it.
vi. Installation note for SACAMOS GUI SW1 on OSX
Compilation under OSX relies upon having a suitable gcc compiler installed. This may be accomplished by installing Xcode. See the following link for details: