FireFly™, ExaMAX® and Bulls Eye®, oh my!
So, obviously, that is one geek’s riff on a popular song in The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy, Scarecrow and Tinman were anxious for what came next on their walk down the Yellow Brick Road.
Similarly, Samtec engineering customers are also anxious and excited. For what? Samtec’s latest evaluation and development kits. Who wouldn’t be anxious and excited?
Samtec has released a number of new kits. These include solutions for RF test point systems, optical transceivers, backplane cable assemblies and new edge card connectors
50 GHz Bulls Eye SI Evaluation Kit
The high-density array designs and advanced cabling solutions within Samtec’s Bulls Eye product family enable optimized performance. Compression interface, small footprint and high cycle count make Bulls Eye® ideal for high-performance test applications.

The 50 GHz Bulls Eye SI Evaluation Kit provides system designers, RF engineers and SI engineers an easy-to-use solution for testing the 50 GHz, Bulls Eye Double Row, High-Performance Test System.
ExaMAX Backplane Cable SI Evaluation Kit
As data rates increase, trace length on PCBs decrease. Samtec’s high-speed, Flyover® Technology simplifies PCB design and limit signal degradation in high data rate applications.

The ExaMAX Backplane Cable SI Evaluation Kit provides system designers and SI engineers an easy-to-use solution for testing ExaMAX® Backplane Cable Assemblies. 28 Gbps FireFly Evaluation Kit
28 Gbps FireFly Evaluation Kit
Samtec’s FireFly Micro Flyover System offers the flexibility of using optical and copper interconnects interchangeably with the same connector system.

The 28 Gbps FireFly Evaluation Kit offers an easy-to-use solution for testing FireFly. Rated up to 28 Gbps per lane in x4 and x12 configurations, this kit allows the designer real-time evaluation of copper or optical FireFly in a lab setting.
HSEC6-DV SI Evaluation Kit
Samtec 0.60 mm Edge Rate® Vertical High-Speed Edge Card Connectors offer 56 Gbps PAM4 performance in typical edge card applications. The HSEC6-DV SI Evaluation Kit provides system designers and SI engineers an easy-to-use solution for testing HSEC6-DV connectors.

The HSEC6-DV SI Evaluation Kit delivers a high-quality system with robust mechanical design. It can be used standalone for HSEC6-DV connectors.
HSEC8-DP SI Evaluation Kit
Samtec 0.80 mm pitch Edge Rate® Differential Pair High-Speed Edge Card Connectors offer 56 Gbps PAM4 performance in typical edge card applications. The HSEC8-DP SI Evaluation Kit provides system designers and SI engineers an easy-to-use solution for testing HSEC8-DP connectors.

The HSEC8-DP SI Evaluation Kit delivers a high-quality system with robust mechanical design. It can be used standalone for HSEC8-DP connectors.
Please visit www.samtec.com/kits or e-mail Samtec’s technical experts at KitsAndBoards@samtec.com for more information on these and other solutions.
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