Earlier this month, we escaped Toronto’s winter chill and headed to Las Vegas to exhibit at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show. You’re probably wondering how this little startup made its way to the world’s biggest technology conference — one that attracts over 170,000 attendees from around the world. Here’s how… The Consumer Electronics Show runs an innovation marketplace called Eureka…

Today SnapEDA is pleased to reveal the Beta of our innovative new manufacturing portal, the simplest way to get prototypes in your hands! Rather than managing the hassle of dealing with the supply chain and waiting for quotes, SnapEDA’s manufacturing portal provides an instant quote on your prototypes (including components, PCB manufacturing, and assembly services),…

Creating CAD parts can be tedious and time-consuming, but if you can’t find the CAD symbol or footprint you’re looking for and you’re on a tight timeline, sometimes it’s an essential task. SnapEDA has hundreds of thousands of CAD symbols and footprints that can be downloaded instantly for Cadsoft Eagle (as well as other design…

SnapEDA will be giving a lecture at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus on September 23rd on the future of wearable technology, and the new design challenges that smaller form factors are introducing. Please see more info below, and reserve your spot over at Eventbrite. Whether it’s checking text messages on your smartwatch, tracking sleep…

If you’re designing new consumer electronics gadgets, such as wearable technologies, gaming devices, remote controls, smartphones, tablets, or other devices, it might be worth checking out the Third Annual InvenSense Developers Conference happening in Santa Clara on June 11th and 12th, 2014. The conference is aimed at developers and startups who wish to form new business…

Today we are one step closer to transforming into cyborgs with the advent of wearable technology, which is turning what was science fiction only a few years ago into a reality.  From augmented reality goggles to smart watches (possibly holographic in the near future) and fitness trackers, the industry is evolving at an incredibly fast pace.…

If there’s one take-away from my recent visit to the 2014 Canadian International Auto Show, it’s that the automotive industry is one of the most glamorous and innovative industries in existence today. Along with computing and electronics, the automotive industry is consistently at the top in terms of R&D spending, according to statistics from the…

  The tech community is waiting eagerly in anticipation for Mike Judge’s new comedy show Silicon Valley on HBO. The show is about a group of software developers who want to make it big in Silicon Valley, the birthplace of the semiconductor industry. The term Silicon Valley was first used in the weekly trade newspaper…