IC design flow using Cadence tools:

• troubleshoot different issues 

• PDK setup introduction

• DRC/LVS/QRC setup introduction

• GUI-related tool flow vs Command-Line tool flow

Open Source and robust schematic simulation tool for analog and mixed-signal circuit design:

• Qspice textbook circuit examples

• Qspice setup for various operating systems

• Extra Qspice circuit models for analyzing ADC/DAC, PLL, CIS design

Open Source system-level design tool for analog and mixed-signal circuit design:

• CppSim+ textbook circuit examples

• CppSim+ release version (updating) for WinOS, Xfce Linux, and NsCDE Linux

• CppSim+ design flow and troubleshooting for ADC and PLL design

Icarus Verilog is a free compiler implementation for the IEEE-1364 Verilog hardware description language.  GTKwave is the viewer for Unix, Win32, and Mac OSX which reads LXT, LXT2, VZT, FST, and GHW files as well as standard Verilog VCD/EVCD files and allows their viewing.

• Introduction manual of IVerilog

• Tutorials of using IVerilog in WinOS and Linux

• IVerilog standard digital blocks