Samtec Adds Over 100,000 Connector ECAD Models on SnapEDA Circuit Board Design Library

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Electronics design library, Samtec, has released new digital ECAD models for over 100,000 of its products on its circuit board design library, SnapEDA.

Traditionally, designers spend days creating digital ECAD models – such as symbols and footprints – for each component in their designs. Creating ECAD connector models is especially time-consuming due to their non-standard shapes, pitches, pads, and cutouts. With this new collaboration, designers can now easily discover, download, and design with over 100,000 ready-to-use Samtec connector ECAD models, helping accelerate the design process. The new models include board-to-board, headers, card-edge, RF coaxial, and USB connectors.

Created by Samtec’s Signal Integrity Team, these detailed, high-quality models include accurate assembly, silkscreen and 3D features to support high density applications. The footprints employ courtyards, built-in dimensioning, and applicable metadata. Designers can download the PCB models simply by creating a free account on the SnapEDA website. Samtec has made the files available for OrCad, Allegro, Eagle and PADS. Using SnapEDA’s library translator, the files can also be downloaded for Altium, KiCad, PCB123, Proteus 8.8, and Pulsonix.

SnapEDA is the Internet’s first & leading electronics design library. They help over half a million hardware designers build products faster each year. Ready-to-use building blocks can be downloaded from their website or plugins. For added productivity, designers can leverage InstaBuild, the computer-vision library creators, and InstaPart, the 24-hour request service. Launched in 2013, SnapEDA is funded by Y Combinator and private investors.