Increasing design complexity. Growing global market pressures. Greater demands for more differentiated, reliable products in less time. For creators of electronic products, it can be challenging to keep up with constant industry changes. But why adapt when you can be the driver of change? This year, Mentor Graphics hosts a global PCB Forum that explores how organizations can accelerate smart innovation, putting themselves ahead of the curve in PCB systems design. Technical training/marketing … [Read more...]
Industry Standards and Samtec – What They Are and Why We Are Involved (Part 2)
As was discussed briefly in Part 1, Industry Standards play a big role at Samtec. In addition to offering technical credibility and innovation, many of the standards we work with drive our current and future product designs forward. Take, for example, the three aforementioned standards… PC/104™ As members of both the Technical Work Group & Marketing Group, Samtec has taken a large role in PC/104 over the years. As one of the oldest and most recognized Embedded … [Read more...]
Industry Standards and Samtec – What They Are and Why We Are Involved (Part 1)
Cadillac vs. Ford. Fast food vs. fine dining. 24k gold vs. 25₵ plastic. The difference between all of these things: standards. Standards are what define the choices we make each and every day as to what we will invest our time and money in. But what do standards, in this case, Industry Standards, have to do with a connector company, and why are they so important to us? What is a Standard? To understand why, we first need to define what a standard is. In the … [Read more...]
Samtec Helps Avnet Make 2016 “Hot”
At the end of every year, avid readers, editors, engineers, and fellow electronics nerds of EDN magazine vote on their top 100 products. From DACs to smart cameras, debug software to single-board computers, all aspects of the electronic world are fair game in EDN's Hot 100. Avnet Recognized in Hot 100 Recently, it was announced that two of Avnet's design solutions, its 10-Inch Touch Display Demonstration Kit and MicroZed Industrial IoT Starter Kit, were included in the … [Read more...]
Check out Samtec’s Expanded and Improved YouTube Channel
As the second most popular search engine with over 1 billion users, YouTube has become a resource few can live without. Videos, live streams, blogs, and documentaries are uploaded every second by individuals, media outlets, and corporations like Samtec. New Updates Our own channel, SamtecInc, has proved to be a valuable asset to our clientele as well as newer visitors. With our newly redesigned channel, we aim to provide an even better user experience within all of our … [Read more...]
VME (VITA) Expansion: Moving the Connector Industry Forward
In order to better understand the massive impact the VME (VITA) standard family has had in the electronics industry, it is helpful to review its past successes, its present values, and its plans for the future. A Brief History Lesson Since its conception in 1982, VITA has continued to focus on marketing, expansion, and integration within the connector world. Its primary focus was creating open standards for an open world. What’s an open standard you ask? An open … [Read more...]
BBC R+D Leverages FMC for Audio Codec Replacement
Our friends at Xilinx recently blogged about how the BBC R+D department replaced a 32-year old small rack-mount audio codec with low-cost off-the-shelf solutions customized to fit the BBC's needs. According to Justin Mitchell, principal engineer at BBC R+D, this project occurred since the original audio codec could no longer be supported due to component aging and a lack of parts. The heart of the new system is the Xilinx Zynq SoC found on the low-cost ZedBoard development kit available from … [Read more...]
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