sugarcube-cad

By Jason Clark1; Quincy Clark1

1. Purdue University

CAD for MEMS via systems of compact models. This commercial tool is published by Sugarcube Systems, which requires a registration fee to use. The nanoHUB does not receive revenue or assume liability for the use of this tool.

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Archive Version 0.4b
Published on 20 May 2016
Latest version: 0.4c. All versions

doi:10.4231/D3D795C0P cite this

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Abstract

sugarcube-cad

  • Sugarcube-cad is a design and analysis tool based on parameterized compact models.
  • Devices are configured by assembling together a system of building-blocks.
  • The tool is presently at a state where it can be easily used online for education or academic research.  
  • Sugarcube can also be used to help develop one's creativity, intuition, and engineering design skills.  
  • The tool is especially useful for those that cannot yet afford the more professional CAD tools.

NOTICE - This is a commercial tool published by Sugarcube Systems, which requires a registration fee to use.  nanoHUB does not receive any revenue from Sugarcube Systems and nanoHUB does not assume any liability for the use of this tool.

 

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To access the tool, you may obtain your personal password subscription for $10/mo at www.sugarcube-cad.com

Credits

  • Sugarcube originally got its start from the Sugar project at UC Berkeley under the direction of K S J Pister.  The name Sugar was proposed by B Warneke to pay homage to SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) since a goal of Sugar was to be a "SPICE for MEMS". The first students to create Sugar were J V Clark and N Zhou.  Other contributors soon joined such as D Bindel, D Garmire, J Demmel, A Agogino, S Govindjee, Z Bai, et al.  Once J V Clark moved to Purdue University, the next wave of Sugar contributors included P Marepalli, X Jin, R Bansal, F Li, Y Zeng, A Chigullapalli, S Goshal, et al. which led to projects such as PSugar (algebraic constraints), GyroCube (gyroscopic analyses), SugarX (coupled experiment + simulation), SugarAid (cyberlearning tool), iSugar (integration of Sugar + Simulink + COMSOL + SPICE), MIMs (MEMS invention machine using genetic programming), etc.  Additional collaborators include T Mukherjee, G Fedder, and N Aluru.  Sugar-related projects had been supported by DARPA, the nanoHUB, and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
  • This present tool is a more solid and user-oriented version of Sugar called Sugarcube.  From a user's point of view, Sugarcube is user-friendly, stable, and easily accessible. With the MEMS community's support, we'll be adding more capabilities, implementing user requests and contributions, and continuing to improve the user-interface experience. 

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Publications

http://www.sugarcube-systems.com/publications/

 

Cite this work

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

  • Jason Clark, Quincy Clark (2016), "sugarcube-cad," https://nanohub.org/resources/sugarcubecad. (DOI: 10.4231/D3D795C0P).

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Tags

  1. analysis
  2. CAD
  3. CAE
  4. comb drive
  5. Compact Model
  6. design
  7. MATLAB
  8. MEMS
  9. MEMS and Microsystems
  10. Nano Electro-Mechanical Systems (NEMS)
  11. NEMS/MEMS
  12. NEMS nanofluidics
  13. parametric
  14. simulaiton
  15. systems analysis
  16. Systems-on-Chip