Manufacturing high-end electronics is difficult. Making a one-time sample for a demonstration or prototype can be challenging, but the real challenge is finding out how to make it consistently and in a profitable manner. That's what Aaron Tucker, Samtec's Director of Engineering - New Ventures (R&D), said during a recent presentation about the challenges of producing high-density, microminiature connectors. Most of his discussion focused on reducing manufacturing variability. I later … [Read more...]
Build Discrete Wire Cables With Samtec’s New Discrete Wire Cable Solutionator®
We're thrilled to announce that our newest digital tool, the Discrete Wire Cable Solutionator®, is now fully released on Samtec.com. This tool is similar to our other cable builder tools which will first start with a series of simple input questions for the user, present them with products that fit that input, and then direct them to the product configurator for that cable. To follow along, go here: https://www.samtec.com/discrete-wire-cablebuilder How to Build Your Discrete Wire … [Read more...]
Bishop and Associates: The Impact of China and COVID-19
I get dizzy when I think about the changes that took place in the connector industry in the last decade or so. New technologies, industries, processes, markets, products, and systems, from AI, to EV, to 5G, to robotics, to the cloud, to globalization, to exploding data rates, and to infinity and beyond. Two major changes in the world of connectors were the explosion of manufacturing in China, and more recently, COVID-19's impact on the industry. Who better than our friend Ron Bishop, of … [Read more...]
Come See the New Part Number Specific Images Across Samtec.com
Starting last month, we began rolling out an update across the site to upgrade about 500,000 parts with part-specific images. These are some of our most popular and best-selling parts. In the image above you can see a few of the many new part-specific images showing up throughout the website. This specific block is the Recently Viewed section of our part page, which is only available to registered and logged-in users. You can also see this in action in our Cart page, where you can buy … [Read more...]
Advantages of Being a Samtec Co-Op
Samtec’s multi-year co-op program is part of our commitment to education and investment in young talent. The program supports different disciplines. This month’s post focuses on the IT and Signal Integrity Group (SIG) engineering co-op programs, capturing thoughts on the advantages of a co-op program from the full-time employees who lead the programs as well as some of the co-op participants. (For more on how the Samtec co-op program is structured, see Real Job Skills from the Samtec Co-Op … [Read more...]
Samtec Cares Awards $615,000 in Grants To Local Non-Profits
Throughout its history, Samtec has gladly supported charities, events, and causes, and encouraged associates worldwide to be involved in our local communities. In addition, we routinely host donation drives and invite non-profits into our various facilities to learn more about their missions and ways we can help. The crown jewel in our community efforts is the Samtec Cares Grant Program. Samtec Cares was created to positively impact and assist organizations within the communities in … [Read more...]
Here are the August 2023 Samtec Website Updates
In August, the Samtec Web team rolled out an exciting new way to build Discrete Wire cable assemblies, over 500,000 part-number specific images, new default part numbers for our configurators, several updates to our tech library, and more. Here are the major updates to Samtec.com for August 2023. New Discrete Wire Cable Builder Tool We're in the process of doing a full rollout of our brand-new Discrete Wire Cable Builder tool, which will help users choose the correct parameters for … [Read more...]
Here are the July 2023 Samtec Website Updates
In July, the Samtec Web team rolled out several new content updates, continued with Phase 2 updates on the new Quotes lookup application, and released a major CSS code update to the Channelyzer application. Here were the major updates to Samtec.com for July 2023. New Edge Rate 0.635 mm Development Kit Page Samtec's 0.635 mm pitch Edge Rate® rugged high-speed strips uses the Edge Rate® contact system which is designed for applications requiring high-mating cycles and high-speed … [Read more...]
New and Improved Quote Lookup System Now Live on Samtec.com
As I write this post, we're happy to announce the full release of our upgraded quote lookup system, which is a highly used tool within our My Samtec self-service application. This application should seem very familiar to users, as it is a direct replacement of the old system, but is built on completely new architecture and all of the code has been re-written with current technology from scratch. This application replaces a 10+ year-old legacy system that was not aging gracefully and lays the … [Read more...]
Here are the June 2023 Samtec Website Updates
In June, the Samtec Web team rolled out a few significant updates. We launched translation support for our Checkout and Registration areas, launched a major upgrade to our Quotes Status system, and added additional content around our analog over array technology. Here were the major updates to Samtec.com in June 2023. Translation Updates to the Checkout and Login/Registration Areas We're now supporting German, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese in the login and registration areas of the … [Read more...]
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