Install the open source PDK using volare

Install and use the PDK managing tool volare

pip install volare

Define the following environment variable

export PDK_ROOT="/home/<your user name>/<desired PDK directory>"

Example:

export PDK_ROOT="/home/talarico/share/pdks"

List remote the PDK you want to install (e.g. sky130 or gf180mcu) as follows:

volare ls-remote --pdk sky130

Select one release for installation.

volare enable --pdk sky130 cd1748bb197f9b7af62a54507de6624e30363943

To explore more options use:

volare enable --help