New Edge Rate High Speed Connector Set Is Micro, Rugged Years ago, while hiking the Colorado River Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park with my two sons, the older one found a really nice Swiss Army Knife. By "really nice" I mean it was one of those big knives with about 15 different tools. Later that night I thought about how they packed so much versatility into one knife. I'm not going to compare a connector to a Swiss Army Knife, but the new connector set I'm telling you about … [Read more...]
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New COM-HPC Connector And Other Reasons To Visit EWD
embedded world 2021 Digital takes place March 1-5 on a virtual platform. As its title suggests, embedded world 2021 Digital (EWD) focuses on innovations and trends in the Embedded Computing industry, with an emphasis on Software, Hardware, Tools, Embedded Vision, Safety and Security, and Start-Up. Samtec connector products are certified to or compliant with a variety of embedded computing industry standards. This includes PICMG, VITA, PC/014, SFF-SIG, and PISMO, among others. Why … [Read more...]
The 10 Commandments Of Connector Design Verification Testing
What exactly is connector design verification testing (DVT) (sometimes called a Design Qualification Test)? What does it measure? What kinds of conclusions can you make about the connector’s performance? Wasn’t DVT, along with immigration policies, China, and handling the Covid-19 pandemic among the most contentious topics during the 2020 Presidential debates? Phil Eckert (Samtec’s Quality Engineering Manager) and Mark Shireman (Engineering Support Group/Test Lab Manager) share what, if … [Read more...]
Shaken, Not Stirred: An Introduction To Connector Vibration Testing
In his latest paper, Dave Scopelitti explains the ins-and-outs of connector vibration testing. In particular, Dave discusses the rationale, techniques, and procedures used to perform vibration testing at Samtec. Dave begins by telling us that connector vibration testing is routinely performed to assess the mechanical and electrical stability and performance of a connector when subjected to the types of vibration that may be encountered during normal use. The type of vibration and the … [Read more...]
Impedance Corrected De-Embedding Verifies Connector Performance
We just started our next round of gEEk® spEEk online seminars. gEEk spEEk is a series of free online seminars covering a wide-range of SI-related topics, all commercial-free. Stefaan Sercu, Samtec Signal Integrity R&D Engineer, recently presented "Impedance Corrected De-Embedding," which discussed the advantages of impedance corrected de-embedding over standard 2X through de-embedding. I spoke to Stefaan about the main take-aways of his popular gEEk spEEk topic. Here's what he had to … [Read more...]
Industry Trends and Their Impact on RF Connectors
I’ve been reading year-end and upcoming year lists about the future trends affecting technology and electronics. Topics run the gamut from expanding technologies like 5G, AI, electric vehicles, and various realities (XR, VR, MR), to external pressures like increased government regulation and tech nationalism. Just about every list mentioned the ever-increasing need for bandwidth to accommodate cloud computing services, video conferencing, video streaming, e-commerce, etc. While these … [Read more...]
Break Out Region Design By Inspection
Samtec gEEk® spEEk is a series of free online seminars, covering a wide-range of topics, all commercial-free. gEEk spEEk allows engineers the opportunity to interact with signal integrity thought leaders and experts like DesignCon Engineer of the Year Istvan Novak, Scott McMorrow, and a number of other Samtec engineering leaders. Travis Ellis, a Signal Integrity Engineer at the Samtec Wilsonville (OR) Cable Facility, recently presented "Break Out Region Design By Inspection." The purpose of … [Read more...]
The 10 Most Influential Connector Blogs Of 2020
I look forward to reading end-of-the-year lists that review significant events that occured in the previous year. I'm a baseball fan so there's the list of six Baseball greats who passed away in 2020. There's also the 20 Most Exciting Tech Products of CES 2020. We posted about 153 connector blogs in 2020. Topics included connector design, connector and PCB processing, testing, high speed-demonstrations, new products, webinars, trends in electronics, history, BattleBots, website updates, and … [Read more...]
New PCIe Gen 4 Over-Fiber Adapter Card
With the recent introduction of PCIe® Gen 4 servers and engineering work stations, designers require faster optical links for networking and accelerator interfaces. Samtec’s new PCIe Gen 4 adapter card doubles the speed over the Gen 3 card and easily plugs into any PCIe slot. Giri Tumu, Samtec’s Optics Application Engineer, walks us through a live demonstration of our latest Gen 4 optical PCIe product. The demo includes a PCIe Gen 4 server and a Non-Disruptive Migration (NDM) storage end … [Read more...]
FireFly Technology Enables Bandwidth in CERN LHC
UCLA's Maxx Tepper gives us a brief overview of the Ocean High-Throughput processor to be used in the upgrade of the real-time event selection system of the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC (Large Hadron Collider). The board incorporates Samtec FireFly™ optical cable assemblies. The project is part of the research program of the UCLA Physics and Astronomy Department, supported by the National Science Foundation. The board receives data from 500 detectors and reconstructs particle … [Read more...]
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