Protel Autotrax is a PCB design tool first released for DOS in the mid-80s. Consider this a look at the history of PCB design software. I’m not recommending anyone actually use Protel Autotra… ...

Altium’s origin can be traced to a startup, Protel, which was founded in 1985 by a University of Tasmania staffer, Nick Martin, who wanted to develop software for reducing PCB design complexity. The ...

Already, we’ve taken a look at the pre-history of PCB design with Protel Autotrax, we learned Fritzing is a joke for PCB design, and we’ve done a deep dive into Eagle.