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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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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