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Release 10 of Altium Designer

As well as numerous new features in each of the design spaces (embedded software, FPGA design, PCB design), Altium Designer 10 introduced a comprehensive set of Design Data Management features. From storing your components in a secure yet globally accessible storage vault, to tracking down in which designs a specific component is used, to publishing the completed manufacturing data into the cloud, Altium Designer 10 has a broad range of new design data management capabilities.

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New Features in Altium Designer 10

 

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Installation & Licensing

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Installing Altium Designer

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Managing your Altium Designer Installation Content

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An overview of License setup, installation and activation

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Altium Designer Licensing System

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Using an On-Demand License

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Using a Standalone License

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Using a Private Server License

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Upgrading a Private License Server

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Creating a Soft Design License

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Altium Account ManagerAltiumLive Dashboard

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Altium EULA

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Design Data Management

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Vault-Driven Electronics Design

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Design Repositories

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Altium VaultsVault Technology

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Items and Item Revisions

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Vault-Based ComponentsComponent Management

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Managed Design Content Management

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Production Release

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Publication of Released Data

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Basic Design Tutorials

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Getting Started with PCB Design

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Getting Started with FPGA Design

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Getting Started with Embedded Software

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Getting Started with Scripting

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Getting Started with the Innovation Station

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Defining & running Circuit Simulation analyses

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Custom Board Design

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Schematic Editing Essentials

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Quickstart - Schematic Capture

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Quickstart - PCB Layout

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Preparing the Board for Design Transfer

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PCB Design Rules

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Getting ready to route

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Multi-Sheet Design

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Multi-sheet design

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Connectivity and Multi-Sheet Design

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Multi-Channel Design Concepts

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Design reuse with Device Sheets

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Soft Design

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What is Soft Design?

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Quickstart - Soft Design, software

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Quickstart - Soft Design, hardware

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Design capture using OpenBus

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Introduction to the Software Platform

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Tutorial - Getting Started with the Software Platform Builder

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Processor-based FPGA Design

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Tutorial - Implementing a 32-bit Processor-based Design in an FPGA

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Developing the Application

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Introduction to C-to-Hardware Compilation Technology in Altium Designer

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Getting Started with the C-to-Hardware Compiler

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Testing and Debugging

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