"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...." Consider this the only Easter egg of this blog. However, don't tech bloggers love Star Wars, MCU or DCEU references? Where's Black Adam? Oops, that's two Easter eggs. In any case, it just seems right to continue with the Easter eggs in this, the official 1000th Samtec blog. Wow, 1,000 blogs. I don't think we as a team ever expected to see that number. As I write this, I am celebrating seven wonderful years at Samtec. I joined … [Read more...]
Flexible Stacking and High-Speed Board-to-Board Solutionators Now Integrated Throughout Samtec.com
The connector industry has a unique challenge that virtually no other industry faces. When customers search for our products, they very frequently need a mated set of these products to design into their applications, but the difficulty behind this is there are so many unique ways to mate products together that it's very difficult to offer products as mated sets. Samtec set out to offer a digital solution to this problem several years ago when we created our original Solutionator tools. We've … [Read more...]
Practical Guidelines To Achieve Quality Connector Solder Joints: Part Two
This is the second in a series of three blog interviews with David Decker, the Manager of Samtec's Interconnect Processing Group (IPG). In these blogs, David answers some of the most frequently asked questions about achieving quality connector solder joints, as well as other connector-processing related issues. BTW, here's the link to the first blog. Our goal is to provide short answers that address the main issue of the question. If you want more information about a particular subject … [Read more...]
From Elon Musk to ISS – LEO Satellites Fly Over our Heads
Elon Musk is in the news again. But when is Elon Musk not in the news? Of course, many people have an opinion about his purchase of Twitter. More importantly, Mr. Musk is revolutionizing internet access and soon future mobile phone access with LEO satellites. Starlink is a constellation of satellites providing internet access (and eventually mobile phone service) to ~40 countries. Starlink has been in the news for its reach into Ukraine and potentially even Iran. Via SpaceX, currently … [Read more...]
New Wave, New White…paper
Each year Samtec helps create or contribute to multiple publications and whitepapers. If you are unfamiliar with what a White Paper is, let me take a quick moment to explain why these types of documents can be very helpful. When I told my family I was writing an article to talk about a paper they were a bit confused. White papers originated from the color coding of government documents. The white color of the paper was an unclassified, public-facing, informative bulletin/document. These … [Read more...]
Digital TV Broadcast Technology
Modern digital technology has transformed the face of the broadcast and television industry. From the way the images are captured to the delivery of content to consumers, the world of TV broadcast has undergone a dramatic shift in the last quarter century. Television producers and filmmakers no longer rely on physical film stock or magnetic tape to store images. Modern computer technology allows huge amounts of video information to be stored easily and recalled quickly. Except for a … [Read more...]
More Connector Plating FAQs: Underplating, Base Metals, Lubrication, Voltage
Once upon a time, in a blog a long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a wise connector guru said "Plating affects the life and quality of the connector system, including corrosion resistance, conductivity, solderability, and of course, cost." Actually, it wasn't that long ago; it was in a blog we posted last month. And it was written in Indiana, which does seem to be far away from everywhere. Finally, it wasn't a wise connector guru. Rather, it was written by me, although I was quoting … [Read more...]
Samtec Exhibiting at PCI-SIG DevCon 2022 Events in Israel and Germany
As a part of its global technology tour, in-person, live PCI-SIG Developers Conferences are returning to Israel and Germany. These are the first local PCI-SIG events in EMEA since the pandemic. 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 industry’s PCIe® experts and participate in technical … [Read more...]
Free Wideband RF Launches White Paper
Samtec recently published a major white paper, “Wideband RF Launches: Much More Than Footprints On PCBs.” This white paper shows that very wide bandwidth RF launches are possible to implement in PCBs, even with vias included. This does not mean it is a trivial task. Competing requirements, be they electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, or cost, must be considered and balanced simultaneously. This white paper -- a link to it is at the end of this blog -- elaborates on some of … [Read more...]
Connector Material Costs: What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been
I don't usually look to the Grateful Dead to summarize trends in the electronics industry, but this song title does reflect the last few years in the world of connector raw material costs and availability. For that matter, it pretty much summarizes the entire world for the past 3-4 years. Ron Bishop, the President of Bishop and Associates, and the Bishop team are good, long-time friends of Samtec. So, to put these events in perspective, I talked to Ron about what's going on in the connector … [Read more...]
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