{"id":5837,"date":"2015-03-05T20:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T04:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=5837"},"modified":"2021-06-17T08:14:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T15:14:10","slug":"throwback-thursday-our-first-serious-conference-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/throwback-thursday-our-first-serious-conference-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Our First (Serious) Conference Display"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s throwback brings \u00a0us a few pictures from the first time we at Digilent presented ourselves as a company in a trade show setting, around 2007. This conference was very small &#8212; it was located in the main floor entry of the ETRL building on the WSU campus. Clint (Cole), our former president, was giving a presentation as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Display-trade-show-2007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5847\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Display-trade-show-2007-600x421.jpg\" alt=\"Display-trade-show-2007\" width=\"600\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Display-trade-show-2007-600x421.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Display-trade-show-2007-225x158.jpg 225w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Display-trade-show-2007-800x561.jpg 800w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Display-trade-show-2007.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tabletop display was the first piece of trade show material we ever bought, seen here with a ton of information crammed onto it. You can also see one of the first demos we showed off to people &#8212; an NES emulated on a Nexys.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mario-nexys-simulator.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5849\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mario-nexys-simulator-600x436.jpg\" alt=\"mario-nexys-simulator\" width=\"600\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mario-nexys-simulator-600x436.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mario-nexys-simulator-225x164.jpg 225w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mario-nexys-simulator-800x582.jpg 800w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/mario-nexys-simulator.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And of course, there&#8217;s Joe Harris and Mark Taylor, a former intern, explaining Digilent&#8217;s mission and showing some of our products.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/joe-harris-intern-display.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5848\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/joe-harris-intern-display-600x448.jpg\" alt=\"joe-harris-intern-display\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/joe-harris-intern-display-600x448.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/joe-harris-intern-display-225x168.jpg 225w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/joe-harris-intern-display.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And just in case you wanted to know what the Digilent team in general looked like in 2007, we have that too. My, how we&#8217;ve grown!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Digilent2007_Group1_1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5846\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Digilent2007_Group1_1024-600x486.jpg\" alt=\"Digilent2007_Group1_1024\" width=\"600\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Digilent2007_Group1_1024-600x486.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Digilent2007_Group1_1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Digilent2007_Group1_1024-225x182.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photos and story from Norman MacDonald.<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style6 like-5837 jlk' data-task='like' data-post_id='5837' data-nonce='1c819b3974' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-5837 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style6 unlike-5837 jlk' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='5837' data-nonce='1c819b3974' rel='nofollow'><img src='https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post-pro\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-5837 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-5837 status align-left'>Be the 1st to vote.<\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s throwback brings  us a few pictures from the first time we at Digilent presented ourselves as a company in a trade show setting, around 2007. This conference was very small &#8212; it was located in the main floor entry of the ETRL building on the WSU campus. 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