Summary points:
- Samtec offers aerospace and defense evaluation kits to validate high-speed interconnect performance for COTS and open-standards designs.
- Supports VITA-standards like VMEbus, VPX, VNX+, FMC, FMC+, and QMC for applications from space launch control to medical imaging.
- Includes rugged board-to-board connectors designed for demanding environments meeting MIL-STD and NASA Class D mission requirements.
NEW ALBANY, Ind. – Samtec Inc. in New Albany, Ind., is offering development and evaluation kits to ensure that its interconnect products meet performance requirements for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and open standards products in aerospace and defense applications.
Samtec evaluation and development kits offer high-speed interconnects to simplify design, from concept and prototype to development and production.
These evaluation and development kits cover VITA-standard high-reliability computer bus, board, and system specifications like VMEbus, PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC), VXS, VPX, VNX+, FMC, FMC+, and QMC&, as well as systems for space launch control to defense systems, medical imaging, and semiconductor processing.
FMC evaluation kits
Samtec VITA 57.1 FMC evaluation kits, for example, include the FMC Extender Card and the 14-gigabit-per-second FireFly FMC Development Kit. Samtec VITA 57.4 FMC+ evaluation kits include the FMC Extender Card, the FMC+ HSPC Loopback Card, the FMC+ HSPC/HSPCe Loopback Card, and the 25/28-gigabit-per-second FireFly FMC+ Development Kit.
Samtec board-to-board connectors at the same time are standard and application-specific for military and aerospace designs for mil-spec environments such as MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-810G, MIL-STD-1344, MIL-PRF-38534, MIL-DTL-55302, and NASA Class D missions.
For more information contact Samtec online at www.samtec.com.
