SnapEDA provides over 100,000 models for Samtec connectors
Electronics designers can boost productivity with free symbols and footprints for Samtec products, says SnapEDA. The connector manufacturer is releasing new digital models for over 100,000 of its products on the circuit board design library.
Rather than spend days creating digital models – such as symbols and footprints – for each component in their designs, designers can discover, download, and design with over 100,000 ready-to-use Samtec connector models. This accelerates the design process, explains SnapEDA, as connector model creation is especially time-consuming, due to their non-standard shapes, pitches, pads, and cut-outs.
The new models added to the library include USB, card edge, board-to-board, headers, and RF coaxial connectors.
Created by Samtec’s Signal Integrity Team, the detailed models include accurate assembly, silkscreen and 3D features to support high density applications. The footprints employ courtyards, built-in dimensioning, and applicable metadata.
“We pride ourselves on being the service leader, which means investing the time and energy into providing models that expedite the design process for SnapEDA users,” said Greg Horlick, ECAD systems architect, at Samtec.
To download the PCB models, designers create a free account on the SnapEDA website, and then can download for free. Samtec has made the files available for OrCad, Allegro, Eagle and PADS, and using SnapEDA’s translation technology, the files can also be downloaded for Altium, KiCad, PCB123, Proteus 8.8, and Pulsonix.
Founded in 1976, Samtec is a privately held, global manufacturer of a broad line of electronic interconnect solutions, including high-speed board-to-board, high-speed cables, mid-board and panel optics, flexible stacking, micro/rugged components and cables, and precision RF.
Samtec technology centres are dedicated to developing and advancing technologies, strategies and products to optimize both the performance and cost of a system from the bare die to an interface 100m away, and all interconnect points in between. The company has 33 locations in 18 countries.
SnapEDA is believed to be the internet’s first electronics design library, helping over half a million hardware designers build products faster each year. The ready-to-use building blocks can be downloaded from the company website or plug-ins. For added productivity, designers can leverage InstaBuild, the computer-vision library creater, and InstaPart, the company’s 24-hour request service.