Samtec is proud to sponsor the upcoming PCI-SIG Developers Conference 2023. Like last year, the event will be in-person with demonstrations, presentations and networking oppotunites. Past attendees agree that PCI-SIG DevCons are not to be missed! PCI-SIG DevCons are free events for the 900+ PCI-SIG member companies like Samtec that develop and bring to market new products utilizing PCI Express® technology. They are an opportunity to learn directly from the … [Read more...]
Samtec and Partners Present Industry Workshop at IMS 2023
May The Fourth Be With You! It's always my goal to write the Samtec blog on May 4, but it doesn't always work that way. Force ghosts, Mando, Grogu, and old-school Bib Fortuna, Star Wars (and other sci-fi movies) make me think about what's possible. Who'd ever think we'd have such global connectivity? In Star Wars, if you were out of communications range, a droid would just boost power. That's what Obi-Wan Kenobi asked R4-P17 ("R4" for short) to do when they were on Geonosis in Star Wars: … [Read more...]
Apollo Communication Hardware: A Fantastic Demonstration Of The Original Equipment
A working demonstration of the Apollo communication system -- the original Apollo S-Band communication hardware that was used in the Apollo moon missions in the 1960s and early 1970s -- was on display at DesignCon 2023. Marc Verdiell, CTO of the Samtec Optical Group, walks us through the setup. Marc is part of a team that is restoring this Apollo communication equipment to its original functional state. All equipment is on loan from private collections. The system operated at 2.1 GHz and … [Read more...]
Renovated Nook Welcomes Visitors To Samtec With State-of-the-Art Technology
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...]
DesignCon 23 or Super Bowl LVII?
We are preparing to head out west for one of the biggest showdowns of the year. Competitors have been preparing since the spring of 2022 for this meeting. The final countdown is upon us! We will see if all the preparations, the workouts, and the toning of muscles will pay off. Are we talking about Super Bowl LVII or DesignCon 23? We bloggers will make reference to pop culture, sporting events, and other random trivia from time to time. Since you are here on Samtec's blog you have probably … [Read more...]
Characterizing High-Speed Digital Interfaces: Reflecting on Reflections
Today’s high-speed digital interfaces have become more sensitive to signal reflections. The result is a need to characterize and suppress channel and component discontinuities. How do you select a characterization method between those called out in standards such as PCIe, IEEE 802.3, and USB? In a DesignCon 2022 paper, Steve Krooswyk, Hansel Dsilva, Richard Mellitz, Stephen Hall, Adam Gregory, Beomtaek Lee, and John Riley aim to explain each reflection standard in regard to its history, use … [Read more...]
Electronica – The Premier Event
Electronica is the premier event for the electronics industry in Europe. While there are many other exhibitions dedicated to specialist markets, some of them quite large, Electronica is regarded by many as the premier event for our industry. Hosted in Munich every 2 years, the 2020 event was held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Electronica returned to Munich last week for the first time in 4 years. Unlike in the USA, the trade fair calendar in Europe has been slower to return to … [Read more...]
Samtec Cares Celebrates Its Latest Grant Cycle
Throughout its history, Samtec has enjoyed supporting various charities and causes as well as encouraging community involvement at our locations around the world. The Samtec Cares Grant Program was created to positively impact and assist charitable organizations within our local and global communities. Samtec Cares Impact Samtec Cares is proud to have recently awarded a total of almost $675,000 in grants and sponsorships to local non-profit organizations. Pam Grieb, Samtec Cares Grant … [Read more...]
Samtec Powers Future EVSE Infrastructure
Summertime brings family vacations (holidays) and driving or flying long distances. Gas (petrol) prices are on the rise, so many people are rethinking the economies of personal electrical vehicles. Additionally, global logistics companies are adopting electric vans and trucks for local deliveries. More EVs are driving the need for increased EV charging infrastructure. It's common to see EV chargers in homes, shopping centers, gas or petrol stations or if office parks around the world. Yet, a … [Read more...]
New 12G-SDI Products, RF Launches, Outstanding Service and Support: NAB 2022
NAB is back and in-person, and Samtec is back at NAB. It's difficult to describe everything at the NAB Show (National Association of Broadcasters). I'll attempt to summarize it by saying that NAB is a monumental explosion of the latest broadcast products, solutions, equipment, and technologies. Samtec’s extensive portfolio of high-performance interconnector solutions are ideal for supporting resolution, frame rate, density and latency demands of the broadcast video market. Interconnect … [Read more...]
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