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EDA NEWS is an industry focused newspaper designed to keep Altium customers and those interested in Altium products up-to-date with the latest developments in EDA software and embedded software development.

Altium Limited"s design tools cover a wide range of design processes including schematic capture, PCB layout, analysis and verification, CAM and embedded systems development.

ALTIUM LIMITED (ASX: ALU) is a leading global developer and supplier of electronics design software for the Microsoft Windows environment. Founded in 1985, Altium released the world"s first Microsoft Windows–based printed circuit board design tool in 1991 and continues to provide advanced, easy-to-use and affordable software design tools to electronics engineers, designers, and developers worldwide. Altium"s products offer tailored solutions covering a range of hardware and software design processes and include the Nexar, Protel, nVisage, P-CAD, TASKING, CAMtastic and CircuitStudio brands.

Altium is headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with sales and support offices in Australia, the United States, Japan and Europe – as well as maintaining a large reseller network in all other major markets. Prior to August 6 2001, Altium Limited traded as Protel International Limited (ASX: PRI).

Altium Professional Services is a team of experienced engineers dedicated to assisting its customers with all aspects of electronic design and development and is backed by Altium Limited, a world leader in the development of tools for the EDA and embedded software industries.

Altium Professional Services give you direct access to the powerful combination of Altium"s industry experience and the expertise of professional designers and developers to complement and enhance your own engineering resources

What we can do for your project
Altium Professional Services has successfully helped many customers in enabling new technology in their development process, in maximizing the productivity of their engineers, designers and developers and have the ability to efficiently run and manage complex development projects using our own advanced engineering workbench and qualification environment.

Supply of technical expertise
When your development team approaches new or unfamiliar technologies for the first time they"ll need to have the time to experiment and build up their expertise - but time is often in short supply! Altium Professional Services can provide expertise in unfamiliar areas, keeping your project running on schedule while at the same time shortening the learning curve for your developers.

For example, if you need to add internet connectivity to a product but your engineers have limited experience with the technologies involved, let Altium Professional Services do the development work for you. You"ll get your product finished quickly and efficiently and your engineers will have a working example of the technology from which to learn.

Application porting
Porting your existing embedded applications and products to new microcontroller architectures can be a time consuming exercise. Altium Professional Services is experienced with a wide range of processor architectures and can help your engineering team port your applications with a minimum of disruption to your product development cycles.

Our developers have first hand experience with multiple architectures and the porting process. Let our team port your existing applications while your engineers concentrate on new developments and products.

Full or partial product & application development
Altium Professional Services has successfully developed embedded applications and products in fields as diverse as automotive, medical electronics and financial systems. Whether you need to add functionality to existing products, develop selected subsystems or create an entire custom application, we can help with your engineering needs. Altium Professional Services works with you every step of the way, providing you with a detailed development timeline and fixed price contract to get your project completed on time and on budget.

Design consultation
Need help choosing the right design methodology? Unsure which microcontroller or DSP architecture best suits your application? Need to determine the communications protocol that will work best in a particular situation? Altium Professional Services can help with all aspects of design specification and application definition. Because our engineers and developers have hands-on experience with a wide range of architectures and a variety of design situations, we can quickly and effectively provide advice on all aspects of design.

Coping with resource shortages
Projects often compete for engineering resources. The result can be stalled development, longer product design cycles, and missed deadlines. Altium Professional Services can help you keep all your projects running like clockwork by providing a cost-effective extension to your development resources. We can take over and finish off stalled projects, continue development of parts of a project when your in-house resources are tied up elsewhere, and help you cope with unexpected staff shortages.

Use our unique experience & expertise in your next project
Our team at Altium Professional Services includes professionals with practical experience and expertise in all aspects of hardware and software design.

Assembly, C, C++ and Java software development
Windows, Linux and Unix operating systems
Designing for Real-Time Operating Systems
Hardware design and testing, including PCB design
Device driver development
EMIT device networking software
Wireless data transmission systems
Digital signal processing applications
Embedded applications
Project management
Communications protocols such as:
TCP/IP, DSL, ATM, ISDN, HTTP, CAN, PRS, WAP, Bluetooth, OGSi, VoIP, HomeRF, GSM, IEEE 802.11

Choose Altium Professional Services as your design partner
When you work with Altium Professional Services you"re partnering with a company that has over 20 years experience in all aspects of electronic design and development. When we work with you on a project you get:

-Complete control over your project
-A fixed price contract with clear project milestones
-Reduced development time, protecting your schedule
-Reduced development costs, ensuring you stay on budget
-Reduced time to market, ensuring the best chance for your product"s success
-The ability to make the most efficient use of your engineering resources
-Access to years of industry experience and a significant skills base
-Peace of mind knowing that we"re working for you to give your project that competitive edge

Product websites

Nexar
Protel
CircuitStudio
nVisage
P-CAD
TASKING
CAMtastic
CircuitMaker
NanoBoard