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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
Make A Difference, Not Just During The Holidays
One of the many reasons why I love working at Samtec is the associates (employees) have a heart for giving and a willingness to show it. Below are just two examples of many that hopefully will encourage you to make a difference in others’ lives. “One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.” John F. Kennedy Christmas Gifts For A Family With Seven Kids Samtec associates at our Wilsonville, Oregon, cable facility connected with Compassion in Action Clackamas County/Toy … [Read more...]
Connector Plating FAQs: Practical Advice About What Works and What Doesn’t (Part 5)
This is the fifth and final installment of our series on connector plating FAQs with Phil Eckert, Samtec’s Quality Engineering Manager, and Matt Brown, Principal Engineer. As we've mentioned in just about every one of these blogs, the choice and quality of the connector plating (or surface finish) is critical to the success of the component, and it's a topic that generates many questions from our customers. Before we get to question set #5, here's links to the previous four connector plating … [Read more...]
Ganged SMPM: New High Density, Push-On RF Solutions
Samtec recently released Magnum RF™, which are ganged, multi-position SMPM blocks and cable assemblies for millimeter-wave applications. Magnum RF is ideal when space is limited and a high operating frequency is required. Ganged SMPM When more than one channel is required, the ganged SMPM design provides 40% greater density, requires less processing time, and provides better positional alignment compared to individual SMPM connectors. SMPM (Sub-Miniature Push-on Micro), is about 33% … [Read more...]
Practical Guidelines To Achieve Quality Connector Solder Joints: Part Three
Beyond the construction of the connector, another factor that is crucial to the performance of the connector on the printed circuit board is the quality of the connector solder joints. This is the third in a series of three blogs, which are interviews with David Decker, the Manager of Samtec Interconnect Processing Group (IPG). In these blogs, David answers some of the most frequently asked questions about connector solder joints. As stated previously, the goal in answering these … [Read more...]
Connector Plating FAQs: What’s New, Shelf Life, Corrosion, Solder Wicking
This is installment number four in our connector plating FAQs series of blogs. Why all the fuss about connector plating? Simply put, plating greatly impacts the quality and performance of the finished product, and Samtec receives countless questions on all things plating. So it makes perfect sense to us to have a series of blogs on connector plating FAQs. If you want to catch up, here's the link to connector plating FAQs #1, here's a link to #2, and here's a link to blog #3, you're reading … [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...]
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