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...]
OFC 2023: Samtec to Exhibit New High-Speed Interconnects
One (of many) benefits of living in a post-COVID world is a return to normal schedule. It's so much fun to see the latest block buster (Go see Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania!) in the move theater. Many people look forward to traveling (mostly) without any restrictions. It's almost like 2019 again! Another part of professional life returning to normal is the scheduling of high-tech trade shows. Earlier this month, DesignCon 2023 returned to its normally scheduled time. March 2023 sees the … [Read more...]
Wireless Power Charging and Samtec EMI Technology
Recently my family and I took a road trip, and during the five hour car ride my smart watch dies. I began searching for the charger and while doing so my husband causally said, "You know, your phone can charge your watch, right?" Obviously, I had no clue! He explained that I needed to click on "PowerShare." As these two smart devices connected, I began thinking: how in the world is this possible? I started googling and began reading about wireless power. What is wireless power and how does … [Read more...]
New Cable Backplane System Achieves 56 Gbps PAM4 While Subject to Dynamic Cable Flexing
What Do Dynamic Cable Flexing and Space Invaders Have In Common? Our most popular live product demonstration at DesignCon 2023 was based on Space Invaders. When you see it you'll understand what I'm talking about. This demo is similar to others we’ve shown in the past. It demonstrates our high-speed connector systems in an environment mimicking our customers’ applications. But this time, visitors in our booth are actively bending Samtec’s twinax cable while we are taking measurements. And … [Read more...]
Build Your PCI/104-Express™ and VITA 57.4 FMC+ Standard Connectors With Our Updated Online Configurators
Samtec is a heavy supporter of many industry standards such as those within the transmission protocols, hardware, interconnection, and sub-systems areas of product development. We have an entire Industry Standards section of our website dedicated to how we work to support these standards with our expertise as well as our products. What is PCI/104-Express? Since its adoption n 2008, the PCI/104-Express specification established a standard to use a high speed PCI Express® bus in embedded … [Read more...]
New Alignment Features Ensure Precision Alignment in Test & Measurement Applications
Samtec has developed an innovative, yet easy-to-use alignment technique for ensuring peak connector performance of precision, high-frequency compression mount connectors in test and measurement applications. The following explains the trend we were seeing and outlines the solution we developed to the common alignment challenge that was occurring. The Problem As data rates continue to push upward (224 Gbps PAM4) the need for precision, higher frequency compression mount test … [Read more...]
For the Love of Tigers!
Long ago, someone referred to Samtec as a different breed of cat. This is where our Tiger mascot originated. A Blog from years ago talks more of the details on how and why it stuck so well. What I am focused on today is the evolution of our love of tigers. Walk around any Samtec facility and you will see countless tigers living amongst the office spaces, meeting room and productions areas. We also distribute thousands of Tigers at many of our larger tradeshows. We have customers who … [Read more...]
Samtec’s First 224 Gbps PAM4 Live Product Demonstration
There’s no end to the demand for bandwidth. Everything from 5G networks, streaming video, social media, augmented and virtual reality, and artificial intelligence and machine learning, are all pushing current-bandwidth limits. The next level is 224 Gbps PAM4. Visitors at DesignCon 23 saw promises and glimpses of 224 Gbps equipment and components. We are excited that we debuted our first 224 Gbps PAM4 live product demonstration. In this video, Ralph Page, Systems Architect at … [Read more...]
Best Workplaces 2022 – Samtec Colorado Springs, CO
Samtec’s facility in Colorado Springs, CO, was recently selected for the second year as a Best Workplaces 2022 in the Pikes Peak region. We are honored to be recognized by our employees as one of 102 companies nominated and surveyed based on organizational health, engagement and leadership. Samtec is much more than just another connector company. We put people first – taking care of our associates and our customers is paramount in how we approach our business. The Colorado Springs location … [Read more...]
Why Did PCIe 6.0 Adopt PAM4? There Are Many Reasons.
Samtec is a proud member of the PCI-SIG® community, and we have been for many years. In conjunction with our friends at PCI-SIG, Jignesh Shah, Senior System Architect at Samtec, discusses PAM4 encoding, which is a new feature of the PCIe® 6.0 specification. New: The PCIe® 6.0 Specification In early 2022, PCI-SIG® released the full version of the PCI Express® (PCIe®) 6.0 specification. As with previous versions, the latest version doubles the data rate of the PCIe 5.0 specification and … [Read more...]
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