Altium Designer

Altium Designer
Developer(s) Altium
Initial release 2005
Stable release 16.1.7 (Build 188) / May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)
Written in Delphi
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Type Electronic design automation
License Proprietary
Website altium.com/altium-designer/overview

Altium Designer is an electronic design automation software package for printed circuit board, FPGA and embedded software design, and associated library and release management automation. It is developed and marketed by Altium Limited of Australia. The current release is 16.0[1] [2]

History

In 1985 Altium launched the DOS based PCB design tool known as Protel, and later named Autotrax (and a limited feature-set low cost version Easytrax). Originally sold only in Australia, it has been exported to the United States and Europe since 1986. In 1987, Altium launched the circuit diagram editor Protel Schematic. The launch of Protel 98 in 1998 saw the consolidation of all components, including Protel Advanced PCB and Protel Advanced Schematic, into a single environment. Protel 99 introduced the first integrated 3D visualization of the PCB assembly, and Altium Designer version 6.8 from 2007 was the first to offer 3D visualization and clearance checking of PCBs directly within the PCB editor. In April 2011 Altium moved from Australia to Shanghai in China and most workers in Sydney were made redundant.

Schematic capture

Schematic capture module provides electronics circuit editing functionality, including:

3D PCB design

Printed circuit board design module of Altium designer allows:

FPGA and embedded software tools

FPGA development tools integrated into Altium designer provide the following capabilities:

Release/data management

Release and data management tools within Altium designer allow users to:

See also

References

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