{"id":6115,"date":"2015-03-26T20:38:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-27T03:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=6115"},"modified":"2021-06-16T16:32:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T23:32:31","slug":"throwback-thursday-starting-digilent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/throwback-thursday-starting-digilent\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Thursday: Starting Digilent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How did Digilent begin?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DIGILENT-StdLogo-3000.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-276\" src=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DIGILENT-StdLogo-3000-1024x230.png\" alt=\"DIGILENT-StdLogo-3000\" width=\"600\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DIGILENT-StdLogo-3000-1024x230.png 1024w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DIGILENT-StdLogo-3000-300x67.png 300w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DIGILENT-StdLogo-3000-600x135.png 600w, https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DIGILENT-StdLogo-3000-800x180.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Digilent was founded in 2000 by two Washington State University electrical engineering professors, Clint Cole and Gene Apperson. Cole and Apperson saw a need for a basic programming board to integrate with their class lectures. Students learn best by doing, so Cole and Apperson developed a teaching method that integrated lecture with hands on learning, by utilizing their boards. Soon, they were producing boards and selling them throughout the world, fulfilling their desire to make technology understandable and accessible to all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Digilent has grown from its humble beginnings, where the &#8220;office&#8221; consisted of three people to our current office that includes around 50 employees. We&#8217;re now part of the NI family and have connections all over the world.<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style6 like-6115 jlk' data-task='like' data-post_id='6115' 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-6115 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style6 unlike-6115 jlk' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='6115' 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-6115 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div> <div class='status-6115 status align-left'>Be the 1st to vote.<\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did Digilent begin? 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