Bob Hult, our friend at Bishop and Associates and Connector Supplier, recently published High Speed Signals Take The High Road on the Connector Supplier website. Among other things, the article discusses the challenges of high-speed signals in printed circuit boards. As always, Bob's article is well-researched and worth the read. But if you only have time for the Cliff's Notes, I'll try to summarize it here. Quick Summary Bob begins by pointing out that "as data rates pushed … [Read more...]
Samtec to Present at Mentor User2User 2017 PADS Events
Designing PCBs used to be easy. Typically PCBs only had a few components. They usually only had one or two layers. Data rates were a few Kbps or Mbps. Like The Right Stuff, Richard Dean Anderson's MacGyver and Tang, these are concepts only understood by engineers of a certain era. What about today? PCB Designers and Layout Engineers face a growing number of design challenges. Data rates seem to get faster by the day. PCB design teams span the globe. … [Read more...]
Real World 28 Gbps Connector Demonstration
The 28 Gbps Product Demonstrator is an active system that showcases Samtec interconnect products at 28 Gbps and beyond. In this brief video overview, Scott McMorrow, Samtec's CTO of Signal Integrity Products, and Brian Vicich, VP of Engineering, explain that it was designed to showcase Samtec’s products, along with the engineering capabilities of Samtec’s Teraspeed Consulting Group, Active System Group, and the Signal Integrity Group. Real World 28 Gbps The 28 Gbps Product … [Read more...]
Samtec Upgrades On-Site Search Capabilities
One of the largest differentiators of Samtec.com is its incredible variety of technical documentation, the vast majority of which is available without even logging in. While this level of availability is great for users, because of the sheer amount of documentation available, it can sometimes be difficult to find what you're looking for. This is one of the main reasons that the Samtec web team has spent the last several months upgrading its on-site search capabilities. We're happy to … [Read more...]
Samtec Introduces 14 Gbps FireFly™ FMC Development Kit
System designers and engineers constantly face design challenges to achieve higher data-rates in highly dense applications. A popular system-level design approach in many high-speed applications marries the configurability and high-speed performance of FPGAs with the advantages of fiber optics. Samtec's new 14 Gbps FireFly™ FMC Development Kit provides an easy connection between FPGAs and fiber optics. This new solution offers an easy-to-use evaluation and development … [Read more...]
Quickly Find The Right Connector Set
Samtec has the largest and most flexible product offering of two-piece board stacking connector systems in the industry. We have more ways to stack two or more boards together than any other connector company. But the sheer number of options can make it difficult to find the right connector set. Samtec’s online Solutionator® parametric search tool makes it easy to find the best Samtec socket and terminal set, based on your design requirements. Mated Connector Set, Not Just One … [Read more...]
Samtec to Attend STMicroelectronics Developers Conference 2017
Samtec proudly announces its participation this the ST Developers Conference 2017. This FREE one-day interactive summit will bring together experts in markets that are poised for rapid growth in the coming years: Smart Things for the IoT, Smart Driving, and Smart Home, City & Industry. Meet and learn from industry influencers presenting on a variety of topics while offering their perspectives on how these technologies will affect the future of product development. Presentations will offer … [Read more...]
High Speed, Miniature Edge Card Sockets
Samtec high-speed, edge card interconnect systems are available in a variety of pitches, stack heights, and orientations. They are used just about everywhere, including computers and peripherals, telecom, datacom, industrial equipment, medical, test and measurement, instrumentation, and military and aerospace, among others. Speaking of variety, edge card socket strips are available on 0.50 mm, 0.635 mm, 0.80 mm, 1.00 mm, 1.27 mm, and 2.00 mm pitch. Orientations include vertical … [Read more...]
June Web Updates for Samtec.com
With our last web update, we brought you a new way to export your data from our Solutionator parametric search tool, several updates to key support pages on the website, and our latest installment of product literature, our High Speed Board-to-Board Guide. This month, we're very excited to announce the release of a new way to search for content on Samtec.com, among a few other small improvements. Here is the summary of our major web updates for June 2017. Major Update to On-Site Search … [Read more...]
Making High Speed PCB Design Easier
High-speed PCB design for applications supporting data rates of 28 Gbps and beyond provides many challenges. PCB designers and layout engineers need to answer many questions: What PCB laminate offers the best performance? What connectors will be used? What is the stack up? How many layers? What about back drilling vias? There are a plethora of other variables that are beyond the scope of this blog. Fortunately for PCB designers and layout engineers, Samtec provides many … [Read more...]
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