-
- News
- Books
Featured Books
- design007 Magazine
Latest Issues
Current IssueLevel Up Your Design Skills
This month, our contributors discuss the PCB design classes available at IPC APEX EXPO 2024. As they explain, these courses cover everything from the basics of design through avoiding over-constraining high-speed boards, and so much more!
Opportunities and Challenges
In this issue, our expert contributors discuss the many opportunities and challenges in the PCB design community, and what can be done to grow the numbers of PCB designers—and design instructors.
Embedded Design Techniques
Our expert contributors provide the knowledge this month that designers need to be aware of to make intelligent, educated decisions about embedded design. Many design and manufacturing hurdles can trip up designers who are new to this technology.
- Articles
- Columns
Search Console
- Links
- Events
||| MENU - design007 Magazine
Estimated reading time: 1 minute
AltiumLive 2019 Frankfurt – A Perfect Mix of Education and Fun
The AltiumLive PCB Design Summit in Frankfurt, Germany has come to a close, with Happy Holden's keynote signaling the end of this three-day event. I met designers and design engineers from Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Croatia, just to name a few. Lawrence Romine, Altium's VP of corporate marketing, estimated that the show drew about 300 PCB designers and design engineers.
The conference, at Frankfurt Airport Sheraton, started with University Day on Monday. The activities on Tuesday and Wednesday were built around keynote presentations by Rick Hartley, Carl Schattke, Jeremy Blum, and our own Happy Holden.
Tuesday night’s Robot Challenge was a riot; as Romine put it, “Nerds, beer and robots…what more can you ask for?”
Each night, a few dozen attendees would repair to the Sheraton’s sports bar and shoot pool or just hang out with other designers. I heard one designer say that the entire event was the perfect mix of education and fun.
I have to hand it to the Altium staff for pulling this off, especially considering that they only had one week in between the San Diego event and this one. I don’t know how they do it; how would you like to explain to TSA why you’re carrying a robot full of wires and servos? Altium hasn’t decided where next year’s European event will be held, but we’ll be there to cover it.
More Columns from The Shaughnessy Report
The Shaughnessy Report: Design Takes Center Stage at IPC APEX EXPOThe Shaughnessy Report: The Myriad Opportunities—and Challenges
The Shaughnessy Report: In Bed With Embedded
The Shaughnessy Report: Pulling Together
The Shaughnessy Report: The Winds of Change
The Shaughnessy Report: Trace Oddity
The Shaughnessy Report: Simply Speaking
The Shaughnessy Report: Exploring High-reliability Fabrication