Is Altium an American company?

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 flagship product, Altium Designer, is a software for unified electronics design.

What is Altium se?

Altium Designer System Engineering (SE) is a fully-featured editor for schematics that includes powerful collaboration capabilities and a rich set of schematic capture tools to quickly create, edit, simulate, and document schematics.

Which is the original Protel PCB design software?

Autotrax is the original Protel PCB design software used for DOS, realased in the 1980s. CircuitMaker is electronic design automation software for printed circuit board designs targeted at the hobby, hacker, and maker community.

Where is Protel Systems Pty Ltd headquarters located?

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, defense, and telecommunications.

When did Protel come out with Easytrax schematic?

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. In 1987, Protel launched the circuit diagram editor Protel Schematic for DOS. This was followed by Autotrax and Easytrax in 1988.

When did Protel Systems change its name to Altium?

After a number of strategic technology and company acquisitions (see below), Protel Systems changed its name to Altium in 2001. Through various acquisitions Altium has maintained a significant presence in the United States, Europe and Asia. Protel DXP was issued in 2003, Protel 2004 in 2004, Altium Designer 6.0 in 2005.