Altium DX Designer

Voted the most popular provider of printed circuit board (PCB) layout tools, Altium beat out formidable competitors Mentor and Cadence. Says software reviewer EN-Genius about why Altium Designer stands out above the rest: "Today?s complex embedded designers, melding hardware and software that?s tightly coupled and all in one box - however physically small - need this kind of development environment."

Altium itself calls the system "next-generation electronics design" that gets you "out of the traditional design box and into holistic design" by providing "one single unified solution for the entire design process."

What does that mean to you as a CA Design customer when we use Altium Designer to create your PCB layout?

• Altium Designer is an enabler of "ecosystems" that allows us to connect with you
• Designs can be taken from concept to manufacture within a single unified environment
• Various concepts can be explored "on the fly"
• Devices from different vendors can be investigated with minimal design reengineering
• Design concepts and options can be easily explored before committing to the final hardware
• The live, interactive hardware development system allows for rapid prototyping
• Designs on real hardware can be developed, explored, and debugged in real time
• Board designs may be visualized and interacted within real-time 3D
• Utilizes a single access point for all design data
• Offers a plug-in capability and built-in interfaces for external data management
• Provides one design environment for everyone involved in the product development process

This cutting-edge system could be the perfect solution for your project - but the real magic happens when we put the software to work for you.

When it Comes to Altium Designer PCB Layout Service, Trust the Experts: CA Design.

CA Design?s senior PCB designers are experts in Altium?s 'next generation system.' As a PCB Design Service for over twenty years, CA Design has worked with a wide variety of design software. Our senior-level team knows the software inside and out because, they not only use Altium Designer every day, they train engineers in the software.

Take a look at the sample of experience below taken from one of our top-notch senior designers:

Summary: Thirty-one years of PCB design service experience.

Experience History:

CADParts & Consulting (Santa Clara, CA)

Design Center Manager

• PCB Layout using Altium Designer (Winter 09) and Cadence Allegro (15.7-16.2)
• Office Administrator (Silicon Valley) for nation wide Design Service Bureau
• Project Manager for multiple designers and activities (layout, fab & assembly)

SMART Modular Technologies (Fremont, CA)

Senior PCB Designer (Layout Manager)

• Memory Module design utilizing Cadence Allegro (version 15.7)
• Flat Panel group PCB design support using Altium Designer 6.9
• Gerber checking and verification with CAM350 (v9.5)
• Member of Centralized Library Task Group (Footprint Librarian)
• Leader of Layout Design Task Group (captured/documented complete design process)
• Project Manager for PCB Layout (3 designers in Fremont and 2 designers in Irvine)
• Technical Liaison to PWB Fabrication Vendors (domestic and off-shore)

Dawn VME Products (Fremont, CA)

Senior PC Board Design

• Design of custom VME64X & cPCI Backplanes (Protel 99SE and DXP2004)

Cypress Semiconductor (San Jose, CA)

Design Engineering Group Lead (New Product Development)

• Organized company-wide use of Cadence PCB tools (Allegro and Concept HDL)
• Championed monthly PCB Design Council meeting for corporate wide collaborations
• Launched and maintained PCB Design Center intranet web site for engineering reference

Senior Layout Designer (Memory Products Division)

• Layout of a variety of PCBs for multiple internal customers using Protel99SE software
• Coordinated PCB Design Center activities from initial quote thru board delivery
• Interfaced directly with Cypress engineers and outside board fabrication vendors

Layout Designer (Multichip Technology, Inc.)

• Designed and documented Memory Modules using P-CAD software (4.6 thru 8.7)

This is just part of the designer?s three decade-long career in PCB Design - experience that is more so the rule than the exception at CA Design. Our team of designers is so experienced they train others on the wide variety of software available. What other PCB Design Service Bureau do you know that offers real-world software training in addition to PCB layout, and fabrication, and assembly? We pride ourselves on being design and software experts, as well as a one-stop solution for design, fabrication, and assembly.

REQUEST AN 'INSTANT' QUOTE FOR PCB DESIGN SERVICE NOW

Send us your schematics, BOM, and other data sheets, and we will provide you with a quote via email within an hour or two. The quote will compose of a flat rate or lot charge as well as a delivery time based on your timeframe requirements. A formal quote that will be sent to your board can be provided upon request.

For a quote, please send your schematics, bill of materials, PDFs and other datasheets to bobc@cadesign.net and carolle@cadesign.net.

Please send any inquiries to: carolle@cadesign.net or call (408) 873-7598 today!