Summer is winding down and many students are headed back to school. Is your social media feed blowing up with all the back-to-school pictures? This time of year may be a bit emotional for some and may cause your eyes to tear up a bit. Here are a few reasons I have seen; Sending off your own kids for the first time.Your kids have outgrown those back-to-school pictures, or are headed away for college. When looking at some of the outfits you see kids wearing to school these days.Your home … [Read more...]
Do You Want to Go Fast?
With the global headquarters of Samtec in Southern Indiana, we are surrounded by people wanting to go Fast! A few weeks ago we watched horses go fast in the 148th Kentucky Derby. This past weekend we watched Indy Cars go fast during the 106th Indianapolis 500. A driver or jocky's decision-making and reaction time made me think of delays or latency when it comes to the interconnect market. High-speed connectors are a sweet spot for Samtec and if you are unfamiliar with some of our offerings … [Read more...]
Samtec, Penn State Harrisburg Collaborate in STEM and SI/PI Education
WE ARE!... I'm sure you know how the chant goes. My alma mater, Penn State Harrisburg, and my current company Samtec have a long history of technical collaboration. The PSU Harrisburg School of Science, Engineering and Technology has been a leader in STEM education - in particular, signal integrity and power integrity. Samtec continues to expand our technical capabilities, as there is an insatiable need for engineering talent. What are some if the details of the Samtec/PSU Harrisburg … [Read more...]
Instrumentation & The Chocolate Factory
There’s an iconic episode of the I Love Lucy Show where Lucy and Ethel are working at a chocolate factory. They’ve been tasked with wrapping individual pieces of candy as they come out on a conveyor belt and if one gets through unwrapped then they are fired. Things quickly get out of hand as the candy starts coming out on the belt faster and faster. So of course, in order to keep up, Lucy and Ethel begin eating the candy and hiding it in their uniforms. Today there are many solutions … [Read more...]
You are Hot Stuff! An Intro to Thermal Management.
Being called Hot Stuff in a technical field is not always the first thing you hear unless something is actually on fire! You know though, it should be! Here you are reading a technical blog on Thermal Management techniques and designing products that some people may never fully see or understand. Take it from this S.T.U.D. (who gets to make up his own title for the video). You are doing great stuff, people like your work, and gosh you are Hot Stuff! In this blog, we will take a look at … [Read more...]
Samtec to Attend Maker Faire Bay Area 2019
What's the coolest thing happening in the Bay Area these days? What about the movies? Avengers: Endgame is SO two weeks ago! Pokémon Detective Pikachu? I guess so. What about the NHL and NBA playoffs? Folks in Oakland are fretting about Kevin Durant's calf. The San Jose crowd definitely hopes Joe Thorton, Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns and the rest of the team finally hoist the Stanley Cup. Aside from that, Maker Faire Bay Area is coming to the San Mateo Event Center from May 17-19, 2019 … [Read more...]
Samtec to Present at 2019 Avnet Technology Showcases
Engineers constantly look for the latest technical information applicable to their design. Many engineers love interacting with as many solutions providers as possible. The 2019 Avnet Technology Showcases are a great way for engineers to research multiple topics. These unique events includes 18 interactive industry leading supplier booths, and 12 suppliers led classes. Learn about a wide span of technology featuring Sensor Technology, IoT, Connectivity, Microcontrollers, Wireless … [Read more...]
The Engineer’s Cheese Sandwich
Design engineers are the heroes of the electronics industry. Responsible for creating everything from cell phones to satellites, it is the creativity of designers that drives the modern world. Engineers must respond to a specification. This is where the life of a design engineer becomes a little difficult. In an ideal world, a design specification should be clear and detailed, but I'm afraid that sometimes our design engineer might be given instructions that are less than … [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...]
OCP Europe 2018
The inaugural 2018 Open Compute Project (OCP) Regional Summit will be held October 1-2 at the RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The annual regional Summit brings together key decision makers, executives, engineers, developers and suppliers in developing regions where OCP is experiencing significant demand and adoption. Keynote presentations will focus on key issues specific to the European region Engineering Workshops will feature in-depth discoveries from the … [Read more...]
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