Altium

Documentation and support files for Altium at Reykjavik University

Maintainer: Joseph T. Foley
Main Contact: cad-admin AT RU . IS
Student issues, particularly licenses and private Workspaces: studentsupport AT altium . com
More support files on related topics can be found at the Reykjavik University CANVAS course "Robotics and IOT". Contact the maintainer to join.

Overview

Altium Designer is an expensive professional-grade ECAD software for schematic capture, PCB layout, and simulation. They also sell cheaper (and free) PCB layout tools for hobbyists.

Altium requires the Windows operating system. If you are on linux or OSX, you will need to run it in a 64-bit virtual machine. We recommend using VirtualBox with Windows 11 Education at the Microsoft Azure websiteLinks to an external site.
All Altium licenses and content has been moved into the official Altium Cloud called Altium 365. You will be using Altium 365 Workspaces detailed at https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-365/workspace One large benefit is that you will be able to access Altium off campus without needing to use the VPN.

Documentation: https://www.altium.com/documentation/Links to an external site.

Altium Education Tutorial (after registration): https://education.altium.com/courses/unit-1-introduction-to-pcb-design
Basic Tutorial: https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-designer/tutorial-complete-design-walkthrough
Altium365: https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-365
Tutorial and Hint Videos http://altiumvideos.live.altium.com