Design engineers are the heroes of the electronics industry. Responsible for creating everything from cell phones to satellites, it is the creativity of designers that drives the modern world. Engineers must respond to a specification. This is where the life of a design engineer becomes a little difficult. In an ideal world, a design specification should be clear and detailed, but I'm afraid that sometimes our design engineer might be given instructions that are less than … [Read more...]
Mechanical or Digital Samples? – We got’em both!
Engineers love samples. They often choose the right pin count, pitch, stack height, orientation or other design criteria based on what they see and feel. Samtec leads the industry in providing the connector samples engineer needs in a timely manner. Our mechanical product samples assist engineers in connector selection for their design projects. Mechanical samples obviously help engineers choose standard board-to-board connectors, but what about more complex … [Read more...]