Any engineer who has designed an IC-based solution likely used some sort of HW development tool. Semiconductor manufacturers have a long history of providing engineers with the HW tools needed to test their silicon. Evaluation platforms, like the Xilinx® Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC ZCU111 Evaluation Kit, provide the ideal development environment for evaluating the cutting edge silicon. The ZCU111 provides easy access to the power, I/O memory and interface circuitry required for the RFSoC to … [Read more...]
EDI CON 2018: New Products, New Technologies
EDI CON USA brings together RF, microwave, EMC/EMI, and high-speed digital design engineers and system integrators for networking, product demonstrations, training, and learning opportunities. And as you have probably already guessed, Samtec will be attending EDI CON. We will be presenting two workshops (more on this below), displaying and demonstrating our RF interconnect solutions, including our expanding line of precision RF interconnects, as well as high-speed/high-density interconnect … [Read more...]
Samtec Releases New PC/104 Standards Web Pages
While Samtec continues to push the boundaries of high-speed data rates with evolving silicon-to-silicon, optics, and microelectronics technologies, one of our all-time bestsellers continues to be our Standard Board-to-Board connector series. Samtec's B2B connectors are what started it all, and, interestingly enough, are what got the company involved with the PC/104 Consortium. For those of you that aren't familiar, PC/104 is an embedded computing standard that was founded in 1992 with the … [Read more...]
Packaging Innovations For Medical Wearables
Steve Groothuis -- or Groot to everybody else on this planet -- Chief Technology Officer of Samtec Microelectronics, recently presented “Packaging Innovations For Medical Wearables” at the Medical Wearables Conference in Santa Clara, California. Groot’s presentation focused on the specific needs, challenges, and innovations within upcoming medical applications and medical device packaging. We caught up with Groot and asked him about the presentation and its message. DANNY: Steve, let’s … [Read more...]
Guidelines For Processing Micro Pitch Edge Card Connectors
Processing Micro Pitch Edge Card Connectors Processing micro pitch edge card connectors is easy, just like playing first base. Of course we know that's a lie -- manufacturing challenges increase as connector pitches decrease. Samtec recently released a 0.50 mm pitch edge card socket. The new MEC5 series (in vertical and right angle designs) is the industry’s first .5 mm pitch edge card socket with a justification beam. This socket meets the demands for higher density and bandwidth, while … [Read more...]
Cobalt Digital Improves High Density Signal Processing
Cobalt Digital is a US company that designs and manufactures electronic equipment for the HD & 4K television production and broadcast markets. I recently spoke with Jesse Foster, Cobalt Digital's VP of Marketing and Strategy, about the company, their industry, and the design challenges they face. DANNY: Jesse, Tell me about Cobalt Digital. What is their product line and who are their customers? JESSE: A large segment of Cobalt’s product portfolio is comprised of modular cards that … [Read more...]
Connector Voltage and Power Rating 101
Every day, Samtec’s Application Support Group answers questions about connector mechanical, thermal, and electrical specifications. Designers frequently ask how much current, voltage and power a Samtec connector can carry. Samtec Associate Dave Scopelliti prepared an excellent document with the goal of taking the confusion out of voltage and power ratings in specifications and in product information publications. SCOPE The paper is divided into three sections: RMS (Root Mean Square) … [Read more...]
Samtec Twinax Flyover QSFP-DD Cable Maintains SI Performance in Rugged Environments
Samtec recently completed an arduous flex and bend test on our Eye Speed® Ultra-Low Skew Twinax cable. This is used in our high speed cable assemblies, including the Samtec Flyover™ FQSFP-DD cable assembly. Besides achieving outstanding electrical performance, the testing has proved the cable to be rugged and provide stable electrical performance after repeated cycles. QSFP-DD 101 QSFP-DD is a new module and cage/connector system similar to current QSFP, but with an additional row of … [Read more...]
Samtec Releases New Protocol Capabilities for High Performance Interconnect
"Which Samtec connectors and cable assemblies support (pick a protocol)?" That is one of the most common questions asked of Samtec sales and support teams. That is natural because many engineers know what protocols and data rates need supporting in their designs. Sometimes the answer is straightforward. Samtec's PCI Express® Edge Card Connector (PCIE series) supports the latest PCIe data rates. In other cases, the answer is more nuanced. Protocol support depends on any number of … [Read more...]
Calculating Connector Mating Forces
A myriad of mechanical and electrical specifications must be considered when selecting the best connector system for your design. An incomplete, first-pass list of considerations include the type of termination, available footprint space, processing and operating temperature and humidity ranges, shock and vibration requirements, ROHS-compliant/lead-free standards, packaging, and non-signal voltage and current requirements, just to name a few. Can you identify one big consideration that I … [Read more...]
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