1@node Overview, Installation, Top, Top
2@chapter Overview
3@cindex overview
4
5Lepton EDA suite is a set of tools that provide schematic capture,
6netlisting and export of schematics into several formats, which, in
7turn, allows simulation via third party tools and producing PCBs.
8
9The project is over twenty years old, and has matured to the point
10where our design tools are suitable for use by students,
11professionals, educators, hobbyists, consultants, and anybody who
12needs a set of quality EDA tools.
13
14@menu
15* List of programs::            The list of programs in the suite.
16* Compatibility with geda-gaf::
17* Related tools::               Tools related to Lepton EDA
18@end menu
19
20@node List of programs, Compatibility with geda-gaf, Overview, Overview
21@section The list of programs in the suite
22@cindex list of programs
23
24Lepton EDA suite includes tools as follows:
25
26@itemize
27@item
28lepton-schematic---the main GUI tool for schematic capture.
29@item
30lepton-attrib
31@item
32lepton-netlist---a tool for making netlists from command line
33@item
34lepton-cli---a CLI tool providing support of configuration, export, and shell.
35@item
36lepton-archive---project archivation utility
37@item
38lepton-tragesym---symbol generator
39@item
40lepton-embed
41@item
42lepton-pcb_backannotate
43@item
44lepton-refdes_renum
45@item
46lepton-renum
47@item
48lepton-sch2pcb
49@item
50lepton-schdiff
51@item
52lepton-symcheck
53@item
54lepton-symfix
55@item
56lepton-upcfg
57@item
58lepton-update
59@end itemize
60
61The following contributed tools are not covered in this manual.
62Mostly, those are for working with proprietary, often obsolete,
63programs, so they are of limited use for most users.  Please see
64corresponding man pages for more information.
65
66@itemize
67@item
68convert_sym---convert a Viewlogic symbol/schematic to @ref{gEDA file
69format}.
70@item
71gmk_sym---create rectangular symbols in @ref{gEDA file format} from a
72text file.
73@item
74olib---OrCAD(tm) library part to gEDA .sym converter.
75@item
76sarlacc_schem---convert OrCAD SDT IV files to @ref{gEDA file format}.
77@item
78smash_megafile---break a Viewlogic megafile into a million little
79pieces.
80@item
81gnet_hier_verilog.sh---generate a non-flattened hierarchical Verilog
82netlist.
83@item
84pads_backannotate---process PADS PowerPCB .eco files to backannotate
85changes to schematics in @ref{gEDA file format}.
86@item
87sw2asc---converts a SWITCAP2 output file into ASCII data files that
88other tools can read.  @xref{Switcap backend} for more information.
89@item
90sch2eaglepos.sh---read a schematic in @ref{gEDA file format} and
91attempt to extract the relative positions of the components in order
92to generate corresponding MOVE instructions for Eagle.
93@item
94sarlacc_sym---convert OrCAD text libraries to components in @ref{gEDA file
95format}.
96@end itemize
97
98@node Compatibility with geda-gaf, Related tools, List of programs, Overview
99@section Compatibility with geda-gaf
100@cindex compatibility with geda-gaf
101
102Lepton EDA is backward compatible with its predecessor @emph{geda-gaf}
103and supports the same @ref{gEDA file format} for symbols and
104schematics.  We are planning to support it in future since there are
105lots of symbols and schematics created using it.  We cannot promise
106you to support any change in @emph{geda-gaf} in future.  It's up to
107you, our users, to point out what feature you would like to have in
108Lepton.
109
110
111@node Related tools,  , Compatibility with geda-gaf, Overview
112@section Related tools
113@cindex Related tools
114
115@menu
116* Covered::
117@end menu
118
119@node Covered,  , Related tools, Related tools
120@subsection Covered
121@cindex Covered
122@cindex verilog code coverage
123
124@url{http://covered.sourceforge.net/index.html,
125Covered} is Verilog Code Coverage Analyzer by Trevor Williams.
126
127The project @url{http://covered.sourceforge.net/news.html, is inactive
128since 2011}.
129