PCB Designers: ASSEMBLE! Ok, that is not as cool as Chris Evans' Captain America in Avengers: Endgame. However, the AltiumLive 2020 Virtual Summit offers the latest tips and tricks of PCB design. The show occurs in the Americas and EMEA. Samtec at AltiumLive? Why? Samtec is a global manufacturer of a broad line of electronic interconnect solutions. We offer many ECAD/MCAD models to make PCB design easier. PCB designers basically: Search the Samtec website for the … [Read more...]
The Future of Trade Shows
As I write this in early July, we are looking at the calendar of events and trade shows for this year, and there are few survivors. The Coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has seen almost all public events cancelled, from the Olympics to the Eurovision Song Contest. Less well reported, but of more importance to manufacturers like Samtec, is the almost total collapse of the trade show calendar. Trade shows are an important channel of communications with customers. A booth at a trade … [Read more...]
Samtec Rides the Virtual Event Wave
Virtual. In a word, that sums up many of our everyday experiences. Gradually, virtual events were popping up. In the tech industry, virtual conferences and trade shows are the "New Normal." One advantage of virtual, or digital, events seems to be popping up. Many in-person tech conferences were cost-prohibitive except for sponsors and key attendees. Virtual events democratize valuable technical content to anyone interested. Does that mean everyone virtual event is of use or beneficial? … [Read more...]