One of the unique things about the connector industry is that engineers are often looking for a "mated set" of products, or two connectors that will fit together with a particular set of physical and electrical characteristics. The difficult thing about presenting products in mated sets is there is such a vast variety of connectors that will mate with one another, that no one in the industry (except Samtec) actually presents their products this way. But Samtec is different. Of course, you … [Read more...]
Renovated Nook Welcomes Visitors To Samtec With State-of-the-Art Technology
Visitors to our New Albany, Indiana-based headquarters are usually impressed with our spacious, open-air, two-story lobby, our 6,000-gallon aquarium, and the newly renovated, state-of-the-art “The Nook.” The Nook is a wall-sized, digital product showroom, with high-definition, breathtaking graphics that tell the Samtec story to our guests. In The Nook, a visitor can learn about our global operations and integration, customers and markets served, Sudden Service®, Silicon-to-Silicon … [Read more...]
New Signal Integrity Handbook Explains Fundamentals
I recently audited a Signal Integrity (SI) class, and as a non Engineer I found it to be extremely challenging. In layman's terms, Signal Integrity is securing the signal connection path from point A to point B. From there understanding SI basics like impedance, insertion loss, and crosstalk, are critical to an optimized system design. Luckily Samtec's newly updated Signal Integrity Handbook and our SI experts are ready to support your engineering challenges! Getting the basics with the … [Read more...]
DesignCon 23 or Super Bowl LVII?
We are preparing to head out west for one of the biggest showdowns of the year. Competitors have been preparing since the spring of 2022 for this meeting. The final countdown is upon us! We will see if all the preparations, the workouts, and the toning of muscles will pay off. Are we talking about Super Bowl LVII or DesignCon 23? We bloggers will make reference to pop culture, sporting events, and other random trivia from time to time. Since you are here on Samtec's blog you have probably … [Read more...]
The Latest Connector Industry Forecast For 2023: A Chat With Ron Bishop
What could be easier than coming up with an air-tight connector industry forecast for 2023? Although I've never completed such a forecast, I'm sure it's easy to forecast and predict technology! For example, in 1903, the president of Michigan Savings Bank warned Henry Ford’s lawyer to protect his money. “The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty, a fad.” Likewise, in 1946, Darryl Zanuck, President of 20th Century Fox, predicted “Television won’t be able to hold on to … [Read more...]
Understanding Power Integrity
It is always good to learn from someone who knows more than you! I recently had the chance to speak to our very own Istvan Novak about power integrity (PI), and it was very illuminating. Istvan is one of the key figures in the understanding of PI, and we are proud to have this award-winning engineer as part of the Samtec family. At Samtec, we often talk about Signal Integrity (SI) and our work to develop new high-speed connector solutions for the latest applications. As I write this, Samtec … [Read more...]
Happy Chinese New Year!
(This article was written by Whitney Beckley at Samtec) As many begin to wind down from their holiday celebrations, those in China are just gearing up for the biggest celebration of the year. Chinese New Year, more commonly known as the Spring Festival within China, begins with the second new moon after the winter solstice and ends on the full moon, 15 days later. The holiday is heavily entrenched in culture and tradition and is celebrated by many countries outside of China as well, … [Read more...]
You Can Now Download REACH Compliance Documents on Samtec.com 24/7
As the need for quick access to environmental compliance documentation grows for our customers, we have added the ability to download REACH certificates of compliance to our already popular RoHS compliance tool. Navigate to the tool here to follow along: https://www.samtec.com/tools/rohs Using this new extension to our already popular RoHS compliance download tool, users can input up to 50 valid part numbers, choose from various checkboxes, and receive their compliance certificates in just … [Read more...]
The Best Connector Blogs Of 2022
From the top plays in sports to the top news stories, to the best of new electronic equipment and technologies, I love end-of-the-year lists. But compiling one of these lists can be easier said than done. Samtec published 142 blogs in 2022, and it's challenging to select the best connector blogs with so many good options to choose from. Several of us reviewed all of the options, and here's our list of Samtec's best connector blogs of 2022, based on our subjective definitions of "best." BTW, … [Read more...]
Here are the December 2022 Website Updates to Samtec.com
Happy New Year everyone! As 2022 came to a close, the Samtec Web team focused on the completion of our new REACH compliance tool as well as a few new content updates to various areas of the website. We also added some user experience updates to our new checkout system to make things flow more smoothly. Here are the major website updates to Samtec.com for December 2022. REACH Compliance Certificate Tool As the need for quick access to environmental compliance documentation grows for … [Read more...]
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