Samtec FireFly™ mid-board optical cable systems boast the industry’s leading miniature footprint, enabling maximum signal density, and of course signal integrity over longer distances. That's a good thing because designers are facing longer-reach applications, increasing bandwidths, and tighter spaces. FireFly™ mid-board optical cable assemblies provide high-performance versatility for data rates up to 28 Gbps per channel. The miniature footprint allows for higher density and closer proximity … [Read more...]
The Challenge of Vertical Farming – Part 1
This is the first part of a two-part series about some of the most exciting innovations in the world of agriculture - vertical farming. We will look at the challenges it presents to the designers tasked with making it a reality. In the second part, we will investigate how Samtec customers are at the forefront of this new technology, and some of the innovative ways they can turn any space into a farm. Farmers have always been amongst the first to adopt new ways of working. From the wheel and … [Read more...]
Here are the September 2023 Samtec Website Updates
In September, we made a few updates to our shopping cart, upgraded our CoC automation tools, added more emphasis on our Reserve program, and added several new content pages across Samtec.com. Here were the major updates to Samtec.com for September 2023. Shopping Cart Updates to View Mates and Part-Specific Images The provide a better research and ordering experience, we've been working on adding over 500,000 part-number-specific images to the website. These are our most popular part … [Read more...]
Manufacturing Variation: It’s Our Job To Find The Hidden Enemy
Manufacturing high-end electronics is difficult. Making a one-time sample for a demonstration or prototype can be challenging, but the real challenge is finding out how to make it consistently and in a profitable manner. That's what Aaron Tucker, Samtec's Director of Engineering - New Ventures (R&D), said during a recent presentation about the challenges of producing high-density, microminiature connectors. Most of his discussion focused on reducing manufacturing variability. I later … [Read more...]
Samtec Makes Connections at Manufacturing Days
Manufacturing Day is an annual celebration that shines a spotlight on the importance of manufacturing in our daily lives. Typically occurring the first Friday in October, it's a day dedicated to showcasing the innovations, technologies, and contributions of manufacturers across the nation. Manufacturing Day also provides an opportunity for manufacturers, like Samtec to open their doors to the public, students, and local communities. Samtec Wilsonville Manufacturing Days Our Samtec … [Read more...]
Designing the Oxide Rack
“Teamwork makes the dream work,” may be cliché, but in the case of the technology partnership that developed between Oxide Computer and Samtec, it applies. In an Oxide and Friends podcast , Bryan Cantrill, Co-founder and CTO of Oxide Computer Company, sums the experience up this way: “a perfect partnership, a model partnership—innovating together.” This is the story of designing the Oxide Rack. But what does it mean to be a great partner in tech, and how did Samtec and Oxide Computer create … [Read more...]
Benefits of Edge Card Connectors: Let Me Count The Ways
Benefits of Edge Card Sockets Whereas most Samtec board-to-board connectors are two-piece systems, edge card connectors provide an interface between two boards with just one connector. There are several reasons why a designer may choose an edge card socket over a two-piece system. First, edge card connectors are great for modular designs; designers can easily upgrade or configure their system by swapping out the board. Also, they make it easy to plug and unplug a mating card that … [Read more...]
Build Discrete Wire Cables With Samtec’s New Discrete Wire Cable Solutionator®
We're thrilled to announce that our newest digital tool, the Discrete Wire Cable Solutionator®, is now fully released on Samtec.com. This tool is similar to our other cable builder tools which will first start with a series of simple input questions for the user, present them with products that fit that input, and then direct them to the product configurator for that cable. To follow along, go here: https://www.samtec.com/discrete-wire-cablebuilder How to Build Your Discrete Wire … [Read more...]
Technical Resources Help with Interconnect Design
Specifying interconnects is not always easy. With that in mind, the engineers at Samtec continue to create a wealth of technical information in the form of white papers, case studies, application notes, technical notes, published papers in journals and conference proceedings, webinars, and data sheets. These technical resources help with interconnect design. All of these have been compiled in an updated Technical Library on Samtec.com. You can freely browse, download, and watch these … [Read more...]
Bishop and Associates: The Impact of China and COVID-19
I get dizzy when I think about the changes that took place in the connector industry in the last decade or so. New technologies, industries, processes, markets, products, and systems, from AI, to EV, to 5G, to robotics, to the cloud, to globalization, to exploding data rates, and to infinity and beyond. Two major changes in the world of connectors were the explosion of manufacturing in China, and more recently, COVID-19's impact on the industry. Who better than our friend Ron Bishop, of … [Read more...]
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