Samtec Expands its Standards Offerings

VITA, PICMG, COM-HPC^TM, COM Express^®, MicroSAM^®, and MicroTCA^® are all developing standards or updating with new additions and Samtec is moving along with them.

Samtec’s involvement in standards has grown over the years, and there are no signs of that slowing down. Because of this involvement, we have some exciting updates to pass along. In this blog, we will discuss a few of the additional offerings that Samtec has for standards.

VITA 74 VNX

VNX isn’t new, but keep your eyes on it. In the next year, Samtec will have several VNX releases. That said, Samtec has recently developed and released a development/extender cable for the VNX platform.

These new cables include features:

• 12.5 mm Mated Low Pin Count (LPC 200 pin) High Data Rate Cable
  • 300 mm End-to-End Cable Length: HDR-209518-01
  • 550 mm End-to-End Cable Length: HDR-209518-02
• 19 mm Mated High Pin Count (HPC 400 pin) High Data Rate Cable
  • 300 mm End-to-End Cable Length: HDR-209516-01
  • 550 mm End-to-End Cable Length: HDR-209516-02

VITA 42 XMC

XMC also receives requests for additional development tools, and Samtec has released a development/extender cable for it. These new cables include features such as:

• High Data Rate Cable, (XMC) female to (XMC) male
  • 300 mm End-to-End Cable Length: HDR-209511-01
  • 550 mm End-to-End Cable Length: HDR-209511-02

PCI/104-EXPRESS

The PCI/104-Express™ standard specifies Samtec’s Q2™ QMS/QFS Products in a three bank (156 pin) orientation for module stacking. We have had the request for a development/extender cable for this standard as well.

These new cables include features such as:

• High Data Rate Cable, (QFS) female to (QMS) male
  • 254 mm End-to-End Cable Length: HDR-213951-01
  • 282 mm End-to-End Cable Length: HDR-213951-02
• High Data Rate Cable, OneBank (QFS) female to (QMS) male
  • 254 mm End-to-End Cable Length: HDR-213950-01
  • 282 mm End-to-End Cable Length: HDR-213950-02

PICMG

The Standards landing pages are continuing to grow on Samtec’s website, and the PICMG landing page is part of that growth. PICMG has no shortage of standards, and we list a few of them that we are involved in.

PICMG MicroSAM^®

The new form factor assists sensor vendors to quickly create smart sensors without having to worry about its control domain.

When combined with the PICMG sensor domain network architecture and data model, MicroSAM® allows sensors to seamlessly integrate into the network with plug-and-play interoperability.

PICMG MicroTCA^®

MicroTCA systems are both physically smaller and less expensive than AdvancedTCA systems, although their internal architectures are largely the same.

MicroTCA was originally intended for smaller telecom systems at the edge of the network but has moved into many non-telecom applications, with standardized, ruggedized versions becoming popular in mobile, military, telemetry, data acquisition, and avionics applications.

If you are interested in more information then please reach out to our experts at:

• For FMC: FMC@samtec.com 
• For PICMG: PICMG@samtec.com
• For PCI/104: PC104@samtec.com
• For XMC: XMC@samtec.com
• For VNX: VNX@samtec.com