IITB-AICTE Mapathon

Circuit Design and Simulation
Marathon using eSim

Important Dates
Registration: 21 May 2021 - 15 June 2021
Marathon Launch : 17 June 2021

Registration closed

What is Circuit Design and Simulation Marathon?

The purpose of Circuit Design and Simulation Marathon using eSim is to provide an open platform to students to innovate, create state-of-the-art design and integrate it into real-world application. This marathon is based on eSim, an open source EDA tool for circuit design, simulation and PCB design, developed by FOSSEE, IIT Bombay. eSim is an open source alternative to PSpice, Orcad, etc.

FOSSEE, IIT Bombay, along with VLSI System Design Corp.Pvt. Ltd is organising this online Circuit Design and Simulation Marathon.

Timeline (Tentative)

Date	Activity	Description	Video Links
3 June 2021	Introductory webinar by the eSim and VSD teams	The eSim and VSD teams will introduce to the structure of the marathon
17 June 2021	Launch of Marathon Webinar on Introduction to eSim and Sky130 Tec	The eSim and VSD teams will introduce the eSim software and Sky130 Tech tools	Join meeting: Here
17-20 June 2021	Literature Survey	Participants need to research the topic available in papers/ journals on the web	How to do Literature Survey?
21 June 2021	Report submission	Participants need to submit the research conclusion and plan on circuit implementation in the prescribed format	Uploading the Literature Survey Report
22-27 June 2021	Implementation	Participants need to design, characterise and simulate using eSim and sky130	Installing and using eSim
28-30 June 2021	Submission and documentation	Participants need to upload the reference and actual circuit/waveform using eSim pre-defined template	Uploading the Final Design Report

Who can participate?

Registration is free of cost and open ONLY to individuals, not to teams or groups. The participant should have a good knowledge of basic electronics.

Problem Statement

In this marathon, the participants will design and simulate circuits in eSim from a pool of choices. These would be split into circuit categories:

Digital domain
Analog domain
Mixed-signal domain

The add-on factor here would be that while simulating the circuits using eSim, the participants will be guided in using the SkyWater 130nm PDK to analyse the results of their designs.
The participants will also have the advantage of learning these technologies in detail.

Rules and Regulations

The circuit design and simulation has to be done ONLY using eSim.
eSim is the official software for this Marathon. All submissions have to be done using eSim only. Submissions in any other software will be disqualified.
This marathon is open ONLY to individuals. We shall not accept team or group registration/submissions.
Any participant found to be indulging in any form of malpractice will be immediately disqualified.
The decision of the review committee and the organizers in declaring the results will be final. No queries in this regard will be entertained.

Resources

To know about eSim, visit: https://esim.fossee.in
You can refer to this page to access the resources of eSim: https://esim.fossee.in/resources
To download eSim, visit: https://esim.fossee.in/downloads
To learn eSim, use our spoken tutorials available at this link: http://spoken-tutorial.org/tutorial-search/?search_foss=eSim&search_language=English

System Requirements to run eSim

The minimum requirements for running eSim are the following:

For Windows: Windows 10: 64-bit, at least 4GB free space, minimum of 2GB RAM
For Linux OS: 64-bit x86 Ubuntu 16.04/18.04/20.04 LTS, at least 4GB disk space, minimum of 2GB RAM

Guidelines

Start learning eSim right away using the Spoken Tutorials, available here
Submitting one good entry has higher chances of getting shortlisted, compared to submitting multiple entries.