For more than twenty-five years, Samtec has been engaged in developing interconnect products and supporting the standards for systems that launch into space. The first stage of Samtec’s space legacy began when one of the company’s earliest products, the SamArray® High-Density Open-Pin-Field Array, was selected as part of the VITA42 XMC standard in 2002. Since then, Samtec engineers have continued to engage with numerous standards bodies to develop the standards and interconnects that make … [Read more...]
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CMSE Conference 2023
Components for Military & Space Electronic (CMSE) is the industry’s premier forum designed to present best practices for component and project engineers, quality assurance, and supply chain personnel engaged in military and space electronic systems. The full conference program, which includes more than 30 technical presentations delivered by leading industry experts from around the world. Samtec will showcase its full line of Mil/Aero interconnect solutions. For more information on the … [Read more...]
Why Did PCIe 6.0 Adopt PAM4? There Are Many Reasons.
Samtec is a proud member of the PCI-SIG® community, and we have been for many years. In conjunction with our friends at PCI-SIG, Jignesh Shah, Senior System Architect at Samtec, discusses PAM4 encoding, which is a new feature of the PCIe® 6.0 specification. New: The PCIe® 6.0 Specification In early 2022, PCI-SIG® released the full version of the PCI Express® (PCIe®) 6.0 specification. As with previous versions, the latest version doubles the data rate of the PCIe 5.0 specification and … [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...]
The More Things Change…
The New Year is a time to reflect on what has changed and what remains constant. The modern world is always in movement, and it can be hard to keep up. But it is important to remember that (in the immortal words of Canadian prog-rock giants Rush) the more things change, the more they stay the same. Over the Christmas holiday, I went with my family to the National Space Center here in the UK. It might seem strange to some to talk about the British space program but, despite its small scale, … [Read more...]
Away from Home for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving has always been a time for togetherness, for being with those you care about, and for celebrating another year. However, there are times when being together is not possible. Over the last few years, travel has often been difficult, discouraged, or even forbidden, which has left many of us away from our loved ones for Thanksgiving. It is worth remembering that Thanksgiving was created by settlers who found themselves thousands of miles away from their original homes. They had … [Read more...]
New RF Podcast: Emerging RF Interconnect Design Challenges and Solutions
Samtec's Jim Alexander and Pete Robinson recently spoke with Judy Warner on The EEcosystem. The conversation, recorded as a podcast, discusses how increasing frequencies and shrinking footprints impact RF connectors and PCBs. They also discuss new design considerations and solutions. Here's a link to that podcast (it's free -- no registration, no strings attached) While it doesn't replace the podcast, below are a few comments, ideas, strategies, and observations that are covered in the … [Read more...]
Practical Guidelines To Achieve Quality Connector Solder Joints: Part Two
This is the second in a series of three blog interviews with David Decker, the Manager of Samtec's Interconnect Processing Group (IPG). In these blogs, David answers some of the most frequently asked questions about achieving quality connector solder joints, as well as other connector-processing-related issues. BTW, here's the link to the first blog, and here's a link to the third one. Our goal is to provide short answers that address the main issue of the question. If you want more … [Read more...]
From Elon Musk to ISS – LEO Satellites Fly Over our Heads
Elon Musk is in the news again. But when is Elon Musk not in the news? Of course, many people have an opinion about his purchase of Twitter. More importantly, Mr. Musk is revolutionizing internet access and soon future mobile phone access with LEO satellites. Starlink is a constellation of satellites providing internet access (and eventually mobile phone service) to ~40 countries. Starlink has been in the news for its reach into Ukraine and potentially even Iran. Via SpaceX, currently … [Read more...]
New Wave, New White…paper
Each year Samtec helps create or contribute to multiple publications and whitepapers. If you are unfamiliar with what a White Paper is, let me take a quick moment to explain why these types of documents can be very helpful. When I told my family I was writing an article to talk about a paper they were a bit confused. White papers originated from the color coding of government documents. The white color of the paper was an unclassified, public-facing, informative bulletin/document. These … [Read more...]
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