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Altium

Altium
4225 Executive Square, Suite 1000
La Jolla, California, 92037
United States of America

Altium develops software tools to empower and connect PCB designers, part suppliers and manufacturers to develop and manufacture electronics products faster and more efficiently. Altium’s leading PCB design software helps create collaboration across the entire PCB design process.


Altium in the News

PTC and Altium Streamline Electrical, Mechanical CAD Integration

PTC's Onshape CAD and PDM platform integrated with Altium electronics design platform.

Introducing Octopart Discover

With Octopart Discover, engineers begin by defining the system and aligning discovery to real design requirements, not isolated keywords.

Renesas 365, Powered by Altium, Enables Software-Defined Product Innovation

Solution can streamline electronics system development.

Altium Acquires Part Analytics

Acquisition adds AI-powered supply chain management for planning and procurement.

Mouser Electronics and Altium Partner for Electronics Education

This collaboration seeks to empower the next generation of electronic design engineers by providing expanded access to design tools.

Requirements and Systems Portal App Available on Altium Cloud Platform

Electrical teams can now write, manage, and verify their requirements directly in Altium 365.

Altium 365 Apps Now Available in AWS Marketplace

Altium 365 cloud platform launches in AWS Marketplace to advance printed circuit board design collaboration.

Renesas Buys Altium

The combination sets the foundation for Renesas and Altium to create an electronics system design and lifecycle management platform, the companies report.

Renesas to Buy PCB Design Software Leader Altium

Renesas says its intent is to make electronics design accessible to broader market.

SaaS Gains Ground in ECAD

Simulation drives ECAD to subscription.

Ansys and Altium Boost Electronics Design with Digital Plan

Ansys and Altium aim to further streamline electronics design and development with integration between ECAD and simulation.

Student Electronics Design Competition Organized by Companies

Effort led by Altium, IPC Education Foundation and Arduino promotes STEM applications for environmental enhancements.

Picking the Right Process

There is no single solution to choosing the optimal production process, just a tried-and-true method of asking the right questions and leveraging vendor help.

Nexar Announces CAD Model Marketplace

A business unit of Altium builds a free database made of a repository of CAD models for electronic components.

Expediting Engineering Design via Software

As software-driven automation continually drives the industry forward, expect increased efficiencies and effectiveness.

Next-Gen: Students Act as Environmental Agents of Change

High school and college/university student teams were challenged to create science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) solutions to environmental problems with Altium’s…