I have currently written a script using VBA to generate a .CSV file to import into Maestro. My intention is to generate expressions for s-parameters and Gmax, Gp outside of Cadence (in an Excel File, so that I don't have to set them up using the Virtuoso Calculator) and then import them into ADE Assembler Outputs Setup (Virtuoso IC.1.8-64b.500.31). I've mostly succeeded with importing s-parameters, but Cadence doesn't read my .CSV file if it contains the expressions for gmax and gp, or virtually anything that contains a double quote ("). I eventually found out that even though my expressions for gmax and gp are generated correctly in my Excel and exported .CSV file, when I open them with Notepad, a lot of extra double quotes get added, which causes Virtuoso to generate an error (Images attached below). I tried exporting an existing maestro testbench to a .CSV file and opened it with Notepad, to find that the gp and gmax expressions don't have all the additional quotes. How does Cadence generate these .CSV files without producing the additional quotes? Additionally, does Cadence read .txt files that I can import instead?
PS - I understand that this question overlaps with Microsoft Excel, but I am just trying to find a way to create a .CSV file that can be imported into Cadence, by reversing the process Cadence uses to export the maestro testbench to a .CSV file.
I use an Excel Userform to generate the gp/gmax expressions:
Exported to csv:
On opening csv with Notepad:
- extra quote marks here which causes the following error when I try to import it into Cadence.
Any advice would be appreciated regarding reversing the .CSV process followed by Cadence.
Thank you.