#robotcombat #combatrobots #robotwars #WeWantSeason5 #WeGotSeason5 These are some of the most popular hashtags used by a growing number of global BattleBots enthusiasts. Teams from all backgrounds design, build and test robots of all sizes for one purpose in mind: Robot Combat! What is BattleBots? BattleBots has been around for decades. Teams from around the world participate in local, regional, national and world events. Watch the video below for a quick … [Read more...]
Samtec SI/PI Specialists Win DesignCon 2020 Best Paper Award
Movies have the BAFTAs and Academy Awards. Music has the GRAMMYs. Broadway has the Tonys. Global footballers have the Ballon d'Or. SI/PI engineers have the DesignCon 2020 Best Paper Award? Really? What's that? Many people are familiar with annual awards mentioned. For engineers working on high-speed design, a DesignCon 2020 Best Paper Award is as worthy and coveted as anything in popular culture. DesignCon 2020 Best Paper Award Samtec proudly congratulates several of our SI/PI … [Read more...]
Samtec to Exhibit at OCP Virtual Summit
The global coronavirus pandemic continues to spread. Thankfully, parts of normal life are returning. Employees are slowly going back to work. State parks are opening. Sports leagues like the Budesliga and the NFL are ramping up activities. Light is (finally?) at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel. However, new "normals" may be regular "normals". Trade shows have been "normal" to business. Will they continue to be so? Some of us hope so. In the mean time, many large trade show events … [Read more...]
Samtec, Mouser and Electronic Design Partner on New 5G Webinar
5G is coming! 5G is coming! Is 5G coming? The first two phrases literally described the global 5G rollout at the beginning of 2020. Handset manufacturers, equipment providers, mobile carriers and industry analysts anticipated a strong year. Is 5G still coming? Well, that depends. Like all parts of life, the 5G rollout has been upended by the unfortunate coronavirus pandemic. Sadly, conspiracy theories linking the virus to mobile towers led to acts of arson. Despite the … [Read more...]
Here are the April 2020 Website Updates to Samtec.com
In April, we took some time to update a variety of content on Samtec.com with additional technical information, and also created the first batch of many interactive 3D product explorers. Here are the major updates to Samtec.com this month. New Immersion Cooling Page Immersion cooling is the process of immersing electronic hardware in a non-conductive liquid such as Engineered Fluids Electrocool EC-130 or 3M Fluorinert FC-43. Data Centers are among the largest users of … [Read more...]
Samtec Launches gEEk® spEEk Webinar Series
Given the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, it appears the WFH “trend” may become permanent. Indirectly, or maybe directly, the present situation has provided us with yet another way to engage with design engineers and SI experts globally. At home, video streaming is growing exponentially. Professionally, webinars abound on many topics. So, without further ado . . . Samtec is pleased to launch gEEk® spEEk! What is gEEk® spEEk? DesignCon attendees typically look forward every year to … [Read more...]
You Can Now Pay Your Invoices Online Through Samtec.com
We recently released a feature in My Samtec, our online order tracking system, that will allow users to pay invoices online through a third-party payment processor with a credit card. This process will work with a SSO (single sign-on) integration that allows users who are logged into their My Samtec accounts to also be logged into the payment provider software seamlessly, just by clicking the link in their account. The user can then access their invoices and pay them online quickly and … [Read more...]
Here are the March 2020 Website Updates to Samtec.com
In March 2020, the web team focused heavily on some larger features that we are working on for release in the spring. You'll be reading about these in a few upcoming posts. Here are a few smaller updates we were able to roll out in March 2020. New Online Features for Managing Orders Online order reschedules for "as soon as possible" and "push-outs" are now available for a limited number of users. We planned on rolling this out to more users in April, however we will likely wait a … [Read more...]
Samtec Releases Two New Chalk Talk Webinars
Telecommuting. Mobile work. Remote work. Flexible work. Work from home (WFH). They all mean the same thing. What do all of these have to do with Chalk Talks? Who would have guessed so many would WFH? The global COVID-19 outbreak is the reason. So, staying connected is a must. The demand for data hasn't stopped, yet. That requires continued investment both on the edge and in the data center. More data means more speed. How is Samtec responding? With new Chalk Talks, of course! 0 to … [Read more...]
Standards Update: QSFP-DD800 MSA and VITA 57.X
What do the QSFP-DD800 MSA and VITA 57 have in common? Fair question. One focuses on defining the next-gen pluggable form factors while the other complements FPGA mezzanine applications. So what is the link? Samtec, of course! Samtec participates in many Industry Standards to develop commonality is specific applications. QSFP-DD800 and VITA 57 are but two examples. QSFP-DD800 MSA: New HW Spec QSFP28. QSFP-DD. QSFP-DD800. It seems the Multi Source Agreements (MSAs) for Quad Small … [Read more...]
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