Altium Designer

Altium Designer is a PCB and electronic design automation software package for
Altium Designer
printed circuit boards. It is developed by Australian software company Altium
Limited.

Contents
History
Features
Reception and criticisms
See also
References
Sources Developer(s) Altium
External links Initial release 2005
Stable release 19 /
December 14,
History 2018
In 1985, Protel Systems Pty Ltd launched the DOS-based PCB design tool known as Written in C#
Protel PCB (which later emerged into Autotrax and Easytrax). Originally it was sold
Operating system Microsoft
only in Australia.[1][2] Protel PCB was marketed internationally by HST Technology
Windows
Pty Ltd. since 1986.[2] In October 1986 the San Diego-based ACCEL Technologies,
Inc. acquired marketing and support responsibilities of the PCB program for the Type Electronic
USA, Canada and Mexico under the name Tango PCB.[2] In 1987, Protel launched design
the circuit diagram editorProtel Schematic for DOS. automation
License Proprietary
In 1991, Protel released Advanced Schematic and Advanced PCB 1.0 for Windows
Website www.altium
(1991-1993), followed by Advanced Schematic/PCB 2.x (1993-1995) and 3.x (1995-
.com/altium-
1998). In 1998, Protel 98 consolidated all components, including Advanced
designer/
Schematic and Advanced PCB, into a single environment. Protel 99 in 1999
introduced the first integrated 3D visualization of the PCB assembly
. It was followed
by Protel 99 SE in 2000.

Protel DXP was issued in 2003, Protel 2004 in 2004, Altium Designer 6.0 in 2005.

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.[3]

Features
Altium Designer's suite encompasses four main functional areas: schematic capture,[4] 3D PCB design,[5] Field-programmable gate
array (FPGA) development[6] and release/data management.[7] Noteworthy features referred to in the reviews include:

[8][9]
Integration with severalcomponent distributorsallows search for components and access to manufacturer's data
 Interactive 3D editing of the board andMCAD export to STEP[10]
Cloud publishing of design and manufacturing data [11]

Simulation and debugging of the FPGA can be achieved using theVHDL language and checking that for a given a
set of input signals the expected output signals would be generated. [12] . FPGA soft processor software development

tools (compiler, debugger, profiler) are available for selected embedded processors withinan FPGA.[13]

Reception and criticisms

Altium Designer is generally found to be more costly than other PCB design software but is noted for its ability to achieve fast results
for complex circuits.[14]

See also
Comparison of EDA software
List of free electronics circuit simulators

References
1. "Nick Martin .: SemiEngineering.com"(http://semiengineering.com/kc/people.php?pid=11492)
.
semiengineering.com. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
2. TangoPCB. Tango-PCB 3.12. ACCEL Technologies, Inc. 1987-12-01 [1986]. "It was originally written in 1985 by Nick
Martin, of Australia, and sold under the name of PROTEL-PCB. In 1986, ACCELechnologies,
T Inc., of San Diego,
California, acquired marketing and support responsibilities for the product in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. […] The
reference manual was re-written for the American market. ACCEL markets the product under the nameango-PCB."
T
3. Francoise, Anne (2011-04-06)."Altium to transfer HQ from Sydney to Shanghai"(https://www.eetimes.com/documen
t.asp?doc_id=1259169). EE Times. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
4. "The Ultimate PCB Design Software Comparison | SFCircuits"(https://www.sfcircuits.com/pcb-school/pcb-design-sof
tware-comparison-guide). www.sfcircuits.com. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
5. Moretto, Gabe (2007-11-26)."Altium releases 3D PCB visualization"(https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_i
d=1306947).
6. Holland, Colin (2010-05-25)."Aldec FPGA simulation added to Altium Designer"(https://www.eetimes.com/documen
t.asp?doc_id=1256428). EE Times.
7. "Altium announces new publishing and version control capabilities"(http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-products/fpg
a-pld-products/4105358/Altium-announces-new-publishing-and-version-control-capabilities). EE Times. Retrieved
2010-12-21.
8. "Altium Designer links to Premier Farnell's DesignLink"(http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-products/ip-eda-product
s/4112486/Altium-Designer-links-to-Premier-Farnell-s-DesignLink) . EE Times. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
9. "CAD links to disty databases gain momentum"(http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4197950/CAD-links-to-dis
ty-databases-gain-momentum). EE Times. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
10. "Altium releases 3D PCB visualization"(http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-products/ip-eda-products/4100440/Altiu
m-releases-3D-PCB-visualization). EE Times. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
11. "Head in the clouds" (https://web.archive.org/web/20101227205147/http://www .techfocusmedia.net/fpgajournal/featu
re_articles/20101214-altium/). FPGA Journal. Archived fromthe original (http://www.techfocusmedia.net/fpgajournal/f
eature_articles/20101214-altium/)on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
12. "Aldec FPGA simulation added to Altium Designer"(http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4199682/Aldec-FPGA
-simulation-added-to-Altium-Designer). EE Times. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
13. "Altium announces support for Xilinx MicroBlaze processor"(https://web.archive.org/web/20100813161240/http://ww
w.fpgaworld.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=265). FPGA World. Archived from the original (http://w
ww.fpgaworld.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=265)on 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
14. Kansagara, Ravi (2018-01-10)."How to Choose The Best PCB Design Software"(https://circuitdigest.com/tutorial/be
st-pcb-design-software). CircuitDesign. Altium. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20181116042242/https://circuit
digest.com/tutorial/best-pcb-design-software)from the original on 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
Sources
"Aust company lands NASA software deal". ABC news. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
"Altium claims 500 new US customers". EE Times. Retrieved 2010-09-06.

External links
Altium Designer Overview - PCB Design T
ool
What's New in Altium Designer

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