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ACCEL Technologies, Inc.
Altium Limited is an American multinational software company that provides electronic design automation software to engineers who design printed circuit boards. Founded as Protel Systems Pty Ltd in Australia in 1985, the company has regional headquarters in the United States, Australia, China, Europe, and Japan. Its products are designed for use in a Microsoft Windows environment and used in industries such as automotive, aerospace, defence and telecommunications. Its flagship product, Altium Designer, is a software for unified electronics design. Since August 2024, Altium is a subsidiary of Renesas Electronics. History 1985–1991: Early history The history of Altium dates to 1985 with the founding of Protel Systems Pty Ltd by electronics designer Nicholas Martin. He was working at the University of Tasmania in the 1980s. He saw an opportunity to make the design of electronics product affordable, by marrying the techniques of electronics design to the PC platform. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company is a company (law), company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidiary company. Unlike regional branches or divisions, subsidiaries are considered to be distinct entities from their parent companies; they are required to follow the laws of where they are incorporated, and they maintain their own executive leadership. Two or more subsidiaries primarily controlled by same entity/group are considered to be sister companies of each other. Subsidiaries are a common feature of modern business, and most multinational corporations organize their operations via the creation and purchase of subsidiary companies. Examples of holding companies are Berkshire Hathaway, Jefferies Financial Group, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Citigroup, which have subsidiaries involved in many different Industry (e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CircuitMaker
CircuitMaker is electronic design automation software for printed circuit board designs, for the hobby, hacker culture, hacker, and maker culture, maker community. CircuitMaker is available as freeware, and the hardware designed with it may be used for commercial and non-commercial purposes without limitations. It is currently available publicly as version 2.0 by Altium Limited, with the first non-beta release on January 17, 2016. History MicroCode CircuitMaker CircuitMaker, TraxMaker and SimCode were originally developed by the Orem-based MicroCode Engineering, Inc. since 1988. CircuitMaker 5 for Windows 3.1, Windows 9x, 9x and Windows NT, NT became available in 1997, CircuitMaker 6, CircuitMaker PRO, TraxMaker 3 and TraxMaker PRO in 1998. Protel CircuitMaker Electronic design automation, Electronic design automation software (https) developer Protel marketed CircuitMaker 2000 as a schematic capture tool, together with TraxMaker as its Printed circuit board, PCB layout c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Routing (EDA)
In electronic design, wire routing, commonly called simply routing, is a step in the design of printed circuit boards (PCBs) and integrated circuits (ICs). It builds on a preceding step, called placement (electronic design automation), placement, which determines the location of each active element of an IC or component on a PCB. After placement, the routing step adds wires needed to properly connect the placed components while obeying all design rules for the IC. Together, the placement and routing steps of IC design are known as place and route. The task of all routers is the same. They are given some pre-existing polygons consisting of pin (electronics), pins (also called terminals) on cells, and optionally some pre-existing wiring called preroutes. Each of these polygons are associated with a net (electronics), net, usually by name or number. The primary task of the router is to create geometries such that all terminals assigned to the same net are connected, no terminals a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schematic Capture
Schematic capture or schematic entry is a step in the design cycle of electronic design automation (EDA) at which the electronic diagram, or electronic schematic of the designed electronic circuit, is created by a designer. This is done interactively with the help of a schematic capture tool also known as schematic editor. The circuit design is the first step of actual design of an electronic circuit. Typically sketches are drawn on paper, and then entered into a computer using a schematic editor. Therefore schematic entry is said to be a front-end operation of several others in the design flow. Despite the complexity of modern components – huge ball grid arrays and tiny passive components – schematic capture is easier today than it has been for many years. CAD software is easier to use and is available in full-featured expensive packages, very capable mid-range packages that sometimes have free versions and completely free versions that are either open source or dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Easytrax
Autotrax was a software application that ran on the DOS operating system on an IBM or compatible personal computer (PC). It was designed by Protel Systems, now Altium, and was one of the first professional printed circuit board computer-aided design (CAD) applications available for PCs. It is a freeware download and also available in a stripped-down version marketed as Easytrax. History In 1985, Protel Systems developed the DOS-based PCB design tool Protel PCB, which was sold only in Australia. Protel PCB was marketed internationally by HST Technology since 1986. In October 1986 the San Diego–based ACCEL Technologies, Inc. acquired marketing and support responsibilities of the PCB program for the US, Canada and Mexico under the name Tango PCB. combining it with their own ''Tango Route''. In 1987, Protel launched the circuit diagram editor Protel Schematic for DOS. In 1988 the company launched Autotrax for DOS in the US as well. A stripped-down version of Autotr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protel Schematic
Autotrax was a software application that ran on the DOS operating system on an IBM or compatible personal computer (PC). It was designed by Protel Systems, now Altium, and was one of the first professional printed circuit board computer-aided design (CAD) applications available for PCs. It is a freeware download and also available in a stripped-down version marketed as Easytrax. History In 1985, Protel Systems developed the DOS-based PCB design tool Protel PCB, which was sold only in Australia. Protel PCB was marketed internationally by HST Technology since 1986. In October 1986 the San Diego–based ACCEL Technologies, Inc. acquired marketing and support responsibilities of the PCB program for the US, Canada and Mexico under the name Tango PCB. combining it with their own ''Tango Route''. In 1987, Protel launched the circuit diagram editor Protel Schematic for DOS. In 1988 the company launched Autotrax for DOS in the US as well. A stripped-down version of Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tango PCB
Autotrax was a software application that ran on the DOS operating system on an IBM or compatible personal computer (PC). It was designed by Protel Systems, now Altium, and was one of the first professional printed circuit board computer-aided design (CAD) applications available for PCs. It is a freeware download and also available in a stripped-down version marketed as Easytrax. History In 1985, Protel Systems developed the DOS-based PCB design tool Protel PCB, which was sold only in Australia. Protel PCB was marketed internationally by HST Technology since 1986. In October 1986 the San Diego–based ACCEL Technologies, Inc. acquired marketing and support responsibilities of the PCB program for the US, Canada and Mexico under the name Tango PCB. combining it with their own ''Tango Route''. In 1987, Protel launched the circuit diagram editor Protel Schematic for DOS. In 1988 the company launched Autotrax for DOS in the US as well. A stripped-down version of Autotr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PC Platform
An IBM PC compatible is any personal computer that is hardware- and software-compatible with the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and its subsequent models. Like the original IBM PC, an IBM PC–compatible computer uses an x86-based central processing unit, sourced either from Intel or a second source like AMD, Cyrix or other vendors such as Texas Instruments, Fujitsu, OKI, Mitsubishi or NEC and is capable of using interchangeable commodity hardware such as expansion cards. Initially such computers were referred to as PC clones, IBM clones or IBM PC clones, but the term "IBM PC compatible" is now a historical description only, as the vast majority of microcomputers produced since the 1990s are IBM compatible. IBM itself no longer sells personal computers, having sold its division to Lenovo in 2005. "Wintel" is a similar description that is more commonly used for modern computers. The designation "PC", as used in much of personal computer history, has not meant "personal co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
