Development and evaluation kits for mil/aero applications

Samtec, Inc. provides development and evaluation kits to ensure and validate that its interconnect products fulfil customers' performance needs. This includes mil/aero applications and utilising COTS and open standards products.

The company-designed evaluation and development kits featuring high-speed interconnect solutions help streamline design, from concept and prototype to development and production.

VITA defines and develops key computer bus, board, and system specifications, including VMEbus, PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC), VXS, VPX, VNX+, FMC, FMC+, QMC&, and many more. Systems from space launch control to defence systems, medical imaging, and semiconductor processing have depended on products based on VITA Technologies.

The FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) was produced and ratified by a consortium of FPGA vendors and end-user members of the VITA 57 working group. FMC and FMC+ are ANSI Standards that define a compact electro-mechanical expansion interface for a daughter card to an FPGA baseboard or other device with re-configurable I/O capability.

The company's VITA 57.1 FMC evaluation kits include the FMC Extender Card and the 14Gbps FireFly FMC Development Kit. The VITA 57.4 FMC+ evaluation kits include the FMC Extender Card, the FMC+ HSPC Loopback Card, the FMC+ HSPC/HSPCe Loopback Card, and the 25/28Gbps FireFly FMC+ Development Kit.

The company's board-to-board connector solutions are standard and application-specific, meeting designers' stringent quality, production, and compliance needs for military and aerospace designs. Many of its extensive line of rugged and high-speed interconnect products are ideal for Mil Spec environments and systems, including MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-810G, MIL-STD-1344, MIL-PRF-38534, MIL-DTL-55302, and NASA Class D missions.

The products are tested to or beyond industry standards. This includes extensive screen testing per EIA-364, which meets or exceeds MIL-DTL-55302.

Samtec Severe Environment Testing (SET) includes the company's standard DQT (Design Qualification Testing) and E.L.P. (Extended Life Product) testing, as well as further testing for interconnect systems that will be used in more extreme/harsh applications or environments.