User:Geometryofshadows/Altium Designer
| Developer(s) | Altium |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 9.4 (Summer 09)
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| Written in | Delphi |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Electronic design automation |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | http://www.altium.com/products/altiumdesigner/ |
Altium Designer is an EDA software package for printed circuit board design. It is developed and marketed by Altium Limited of Australia.
Schematic capture
Schematic capture module provides electronics circuit editing functionality, including :
- Component library management
- Schematic document editing (component placement, connectivity editing and design rules definition)
- SPICE mixed-signal circuit simulation
- Netlist export.
PCB design
Printed circuit board design module of Altium designer allows :
- Component footprint library management
- Component placement
- Manual trace routing, with support for differential pairs and pin-swapping
- Automatic trace routing
- Interactive 3D view of the board [1]
- Signal integrity analysis
- Manufacturing files generation with support for Gerber and ODB++ formats
FPGA and embedded software tools
FPGA development tools integrated into Altium designer provide the following capabilities:
- FPGA and schematics design synchronization
- VHDL simulation and debugging [2]
- FPGA soft processor software development tools (compiler, debugger, profiler) for several embedded processors [3]
References
- ^ EETimes, "Altium releases 3D PCB visualization", accessed 2010-09-06
- ^ EETimes, "Aldec FPGA simulation added to Altium Designer", accessed 2010-09-06
- ^ FPGA World, "Altium announces support for Xilinx MicroBlaze processor", accessed 2010-09-06
See also
- Comparison of EDA software
- ABC news, "Aust company lands NASA software deal", accessed 2010-09-06
- EEtimes, "Altium claims 500 new US customers", accessed 2010-09-06
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