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SAMTEC  COMPANY OVERVIEW

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AGENDA

9.00am Samtec Company Overview

9h15

Samtec Interconnect: 

Flyover Cables

Backplane & Arrays

High Speed and Rugged

10h45 Samtec Optical Group: 

Overview of FireFly and roadmap.
FireFly used in a FPGA application: examples

PCIe over FireFly

Introduction to COBO (Consortium for On-Board Optic)

11h15 Samtec Microelectronics: 

Micro Interposers
Micro-Electronics Capabilities

Case Studies

Glass Core packaging (GCP)

11h45 Samtec Signal Integrity Support:

12h05 Questions

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Samtec was founded in 1976 in 

New Albany, Indiana USA.

Samtec is privately held and debt free 

with sales over $625M in 2015.

Samtec has 5A1 Dun & Bradstreet 

Rating – the highest rating for current 

and future business health.

Samtec has been awarded the annual 

honor of #1 Connector Manufacturing 

15 times by Bishop and Associates.

PROFILE

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TOP 20

2015 Interconnect manufacturers in an 

industry with over 1,000 competitors

1. TE Connectivity 

$14,154

2. Amphenol

$4,832

3. Molex

$4,356

4. Delphi DCS 

$2,607

5. Hon Hai/Foxconn  

$2,443

6. JST 

$1,556

7. JAE 

$1,449

8. Hirose 

$1,121

9. Huber+Suhner 

$858

10. Rosenberger 

$855

11. Harting 

$692

12. Samtec 

$625

13. FCI

$598

14. Furukawa 

$548

15. Glenair 

$543

16. Fujikura 

$534

17. Foxlink 

$479

18. Hosiden 

$478

19. Volex 

$472

20. ITT Cannon 

$463

* Competitor numbers based on 2015 sales

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WORLDWIDE LOCATIONS

33 locations and over 4,000 associates 

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To meet the interconnect challenges of tomorrow and beyond, we have developed 

technology centers to help optimize your entire signal transmission path… from the 

IC to the panel and all points in between. 

TECH CENTERS

ADVANCED

INTERCONNECT

DESIGN

SIGNAL

INTEGRITY

GROUP

HIGH SPEED

CABLE PLANT

OPTICAL 

GROUP

IC

PACKAGING

TERASPEED

®

CONSULTING

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IC-TO-BOARD

HIGH SPEED BOARD-TO-BOARD

HIGH SPEED CABLES

OPTICS

MICRO RUGGED

FLEXIBLE STACKING

SAMTEC PRODUCT

SOLUTION BLOCKS 

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TECH CENTERS

Advanced Interconnect Design Group

High precision stamping, plating, molding, and automated assembly for fine pitch and array 

interconnects used for board-to-board, interposers, micro backplane, and high speed/high

density cable assemblies.

SEARAY™  1,27 mm

28 Gbps Open Pin Field Arrays 

40-500 Positions

SEARAY™  0,80 mm

28 Gbps 

Highest Density Arrays

up to 720 Positions

SEARAY™ LP

34 Gbps Low Profile Arrays

down to 4 mm

SkyRay™

28 Gbps 

Elevated Arrays

Q Strip®

28 Gbps Low Profile

Ground Plane Connectors

Edge Rate™

28 Gbps Rugged Connectors 

High Speed Backplane

25 to 56 Gbps Solutions

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TECH CENTERS

Signal Integrity Group

High speed characterization reports, simulations up to 40 GHz, advanced breakout regions 
using technologies such as Differential Vias™ and routing recommendations using 
Tri-Planar™ trace technology.  Live EE support is available worldwide 24/7.

Live EE Support

24/7 Access to 

Signal Integrity Support

Final Inch®

Performance Certified 

Break Out Regions

Simulator™

Simulate in a Minute™ Performance Verification

for Mated Connector Sets and Cables

Differential Vias™

High Speed Array 

Breakout Region Technology

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TECH CENTERS 

Teraspeed Consulting

Signal Integrity Services team providing complete system design, full channel signal integrity 

analysis, and SI optimized advanced IC packaging for 28 Gbps and beyond.

IC Packaging

Optimized 

Modeling, Simulation, 

and Measurements 

up to 56 Gbps

Electromagnetic Modeling

Modeling, Simulations, Testing 

and Measurements

Signal and Power 

Integrity

Analysis, Design, 

Engineering, and Verification

System Engineering

Full system solutions from 

silicon-to-silicon

Thermal Management

Solutions for high density / 

high power systems

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Eye Speed®

High Performance/

Dynamic Applications

AcceleRate™

High Performance/Lowest Cost

Equalized

Passive or Active for 25-40% 

Increased Performance

Z-Ray®

High Speed 

Low Profile Interposer

56 Gbps down to 0.30 mm 

up to 1,000 Pins

Bull's Eye®

20+ GHz Test Point System

TECH CENTERS 

High Speed Cable Plant

R&D and manufacturing of precision extruded micro coax and TwinAx cable used for high speed/high 

density cable assemblies. Capabilities include 26-

38 AWG center conductors, 50/75/85/100 Ω 

impedance, and assemblies rated at 28 Gbps.

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TECH CENTERS

Optics Group

Engineering team dedicated to the design, development, and application support of high performance micro 

optical engines, active optical assemblies, and high density ganged passive optical panel solutions.  Capable of 

14 Gbps, 28 Gbps, and soon 56 Gbps. Samtec’s FireFly™ micro on-board optical engines occupy the smallest 

overall footprint, consume the least amount of power, and enable fast, easy and low cost fiber termination. 

QSFP+ 14 Gbps

InfiniBand™  QDR 

up to 100 m

PCIe® Optic

Supports Gen 3 PCIe® up to 100 m 

FireFly™

14 Gbps  |  28 Gbps  |  56 Gbps

Micro Flyover

Future-proof Copper or Optical 

Highest Bandwidth Density Available

56 Gbps

14 Gbps

28 Gbps

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TECH CENTERS

IC Packaging Group

Advanced IC packaging with precision die attach, fine pitch/low profile wire bonding, flip chip/underfill, and 

dam/encapsulation capabilities.  Complete “IC-to-Board” design, application support and manufacturing for 

custom IC packaging, substrates, and micro high density interposers.  Advanced IC packaging services include 

layouts for signal integrity and power optimization, package/materials characterization and structural analysis.  

Also, manufacturing of Samtec’s micro optical engines. 

Z-Ray®

High Speed 

Low Profile Interposer

28 Gbps down to 0.30 mm 

up to 1,000 Pins

Flip Chip

Accuracy to 

+/- 3 µm

Wire Bond

Diameters Starting at 0.0007" (19 µm)

Dam & Encapsulate

Automated or Manual Encapsulation

Die Attach

Accuracy to 

+/- 3 µm

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SAMTEC INTERCONNECT

Flyover Cables

Backplane

Arrays

High Speed

Rugged

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We’re the only company focusing on the 

entire signal channel, from the silicon to 

the panel, because we know SI is a full 

channel challenge.

You can expect faster speeds and 

smaller footprints across solutions 

that span the entire signal channel 

transmission path. 

MICRO BACKPLANE

IC PACKAGING

HIGH SPEED 

CABLE

ACTIVE OPTICS

RF, TEST & 

DEBUG

HIGH SPEED

EDGE CARD

PANEL & I/O

MICRO INTERPOSERS

BOARD LEVEL

INTERCONNECTS

Full Signal Channel Solutions

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MICRO FLYOVER SYSTEMS™

CHIP-TO-CHIP

CHIP-TO PANEL

BACKPLANE

COPPER

(1) FireFly™ copper

(2) FQSFP Flyover 

(3) ExaMAX™ Fly-under 

OPTICS

N/A

(4) FireFly™ + GMPO I/O

(5) FireFly™ + GMPO BP 

1

2

4

5

3

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THESE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS FOR FLYOVER

Bandwidth\

Materials\Reach

FR408

MEGTRON 6

Micro-Twinax

Optics

10 Gbps

<10”

10”+

10”+

10”+

14 Gbps

<5”

<10”

10”+

10”+

28 Gbps

<2”

<5”

10”+

10”+

56 Gbps

0.0”

<2”

<10”

10”+

112 Gbps

0.0”

0.0”

<5”

10”+

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LOSS IN dB PER INCH FOR 28 GBPS DESIGNS

28Gbit

14Gbit

PCB

Cable

Fiber

FR4

Megtron 4

ISpeed

Megtron 6

Tachyon 

100G

PTFE

34 Gauge

30 Gauge

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TWINAX FLYOVER SOLUTIONS

Next generation performance without added cost

Reduced Thermal Challenges

Simplified Board Layout

28-56 Gbps NRZ & Beyond

Eliminate Expensive Re-timers

Fewer PCB Layers

Less Expensive PCB Materials

PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGES

COST ADVANTAGES

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INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY

Highest Performance / Highest Density / Rugged / Future-Proof Design

x12 systems on 36 AWG TwinAx ribbon cable

x4 (34 AWG) and x12 (36 AWG) duplex systems

x4 (4 pair Tx, 4 pair Rx) with 100 Ω 34 AWG cable provides 

Active and Passive Equalisation options

Performance boost or allow longer cable lengths

Variety of end two termination options

Future-proof design: pin compatible with optical FireFly™

UEC5 0.5mm High speed edge card interface and UCC8 mechanical support

FireFly™ Micro Flyover System™ 

EQUALIZED X4 X12 

IN DEVELOPMENT

28+ Gbps x4 & x12 

IN DEVELOPMENT

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FLYOVER APPLICATIONS

Save Valuable Real Estate / Eliminate Complex Routing

Takes advantage of real estate on the bottom side of the PCB to distribute 

critical data to multiple locations

Z-Ray® high-density, ultra low profile micro interposer plus Eye Speed® 

ultra low skew TwinAx cable

BGA-to-BGA high-speed signal “flyover”

Customizable selective signal mapping

Backside Interconnect Ultra High-Speed Low Skew TwinAx Fabric 

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FLYOVER APPLICATIONS - FQSFP

Bypass Signal Traffic & Loss / Controlled Impedance

Ultra low skew Eye Speed® TwinAx direct-to-MCM solution

Design bypasses BGA signal traffic and loss associated with 

host boards

Chip-to-Chip impedance-controlled link with ultra low 

skew TwinAx cabling

Direct Attach to Multi-Chip Module

DIRECT ATTACH

TO MCM

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Z-RAY®

Ultra Low Profile

FireFly®

Future Proof 

System

28G Right Angle

Edge Card

DCC

2.0

DCC

3.0

28+ Gbps

28+ Gbps

28+ Gbps

28+ Gbps

34+ Gbps

(Targeting up to 56 

Gbps NRZ)

Up to 16 signal 

pairs on 

0.80 mm pitch

High density

“futureproof” system 

for copper today and 

equalized or active 

optical tomorrow 

Ultra Micro + Low 

Costs

Meets SAS-4, PCIe® 

Gen 4 and beyond

Lowest Cost HS 

Cable-to-Board

Designed for 

chip-to-chip high 

speed signal traffic

* Data Rate based on Channel Operating Margin and/or OIF specifications

“END 2” 

OPTIONS

HIGH SPEED

CABLE-TO-BOARD

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BACKPLANE / MICRO BACKPLANE

High Speed Systems to 56 Gbps

XCede

®

HD 

8-32 Gbps PAM4

ExaMAX

®

28-56 Gbps NRZ

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SEARAY™ OPEN PIN FIELD ARRAYS

Customer-designated pin assignments of SE, DP and Power possible 

within the same interconnect.

OPEN PIN FIELD FLEXIBILITY

Single Ended 

(up to 28+ Gbps)

Differential Pair

(up to 28+ Gbps)

Power

(1.8 A/pin)

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SEARAY™ OPEN PIN FIELD ARRAYS

Three product types, 

all with 28+ Gbps 

performance

SEARAY 1.27mm with IPC-A-610F Class 3 solder joint

SEARAY 0.80 mm for highest density 

SEARAY LP for lowest profile

Lower insertion/extraction forces vs. typical

array products

Open pin field for maximum grounding and 

routing flexibility

Differential Vias™ for optimized PCB routing in 

DP applications

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SEAF8-RA/SEAM-EW

Right-angle open-pin-field SEAF8

8 and 10 rows: Released

20, 30, 40, 50 positions per row

2X the density of SEAF-RA

SEAM-GP also released

SEAF8-RA

SEAF8-RA: RELEASED

SEAM8-EW: Q4 2016

Allows for 

2 mm of wipe

when combined with SEAF8-RA

2 mm is the magic number for backplane connectors

SEAM8-EW (EXTENDED WIPE)

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UBPS/UBPT

UBPS/UBPT – SEARAY

Power Modules

20 A per module (4 contacts x 5  Amps)

Designed for SEARAY and SEARAY .8 mm

Phase 1: DV-RA, Phase 2: DV-DV

Staging between ground and power

3 stages when combined with SEAXX

Press-fit termination only

UBPS/UBPT: Q4 2016

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SEARAY™ LOW PROFILE

Series

:

LPAM, LPAF

SEARAY™ LP for lowest profile

Stack height:  4 mm, 4.5 mm or 5 mm

Pitch: 1.27 mm

Positions:  40 to 320

Termination:  solder crimp

Dual beam contact system

Two points of contact for 

higher reliability

Orientation:  parallel

4mm

Stack height 

As low as

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ExaMAX

®

The high-speed, cost-effective backplane system capable 
of 

25+ Gbps today

and 

56+ Gbps in the future.

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ExaMAX

®

is available in various column pitches allowing designers to 

optimize density or minimize board layer count for high-speed designs.

HIGH DENSITY & HIGH SPEED

High Density 25+ Gbps

High Speed 56+ Gbps

2.00 mm pitch

3.00 mm pitch

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FUTURE BACKPLANE POSSIBILITIES

AirMax®

XCede® HD

ExaMAX®

Paladin™

6 – 10 Gbps NRZ

10 – 25 Gbps

25 – 56 Gbps

56 – 112 Gbps

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* Data Rate based on Channel Operating Margin and/or OIF specifications

ROADMAP

ExaMAX

® 

Traditional 

BACKPLANE SYSTEM

ExaMAX® 2 mm

ExaMAX® 3 mm

ExaMAX® Plus

New System

28 Gbps NRZ

56 Gbps NRZ

56 Gbps PAM4

56 Gbps NRZ/

112 Gbps PAM4

Up to 8 pair/col,

2 mm column pitch

Up to 8 pair/col,

3 mm column pitch

Same or better density 

than ExaMAX 2 mm 

Better density than

ExaMAX 3 mm 

Most Dense

Double track routing

Most Dense

Blazing fast and dense

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ULTRA MICRO INTERCONNECTS

ROADMAP

56 to 100 Gbps Z-Ray®

Ultra Micro Cables

Z-Ray®

Multilayer System

Ultra Low Profile Interposers

Razor Beam™ Hermaphroditic Connectors

Razor Beam™ LP Low Profile Connectors

Edge Rate® Fine Pitch Connectors

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Z-ray® low profile interposer

Specifications

56+ Gbps

4,000 cycles

Stack height:  0.30 mm to 4 mm 

(1 mm standard)

.008” contact deflection

500 mA per line

25 grams per line of normal force

Differential Vias™ PCB routing available

0.30 mm

Stack height 

as low as

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Customizable in X-Y-Z axes for ultra micro applications

CUSTOM CAPABILITIES

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Z-RAY® HARDWARE SYSTEMS

ZSO Series 

Used with single-compression Z-Ray® products 

that have beams that fully compress on one 

side and solder balls on the other.

ZD Series 

Used  alongside off-the-shelf retention 

hardware to provide alignment for dual-

compression Z-Ray® products.

ZHSI Series 

Used with dual-compression Z-Ray® products 

that have beams that fully compress on both 

sides of the connector.

ZSO Series 

ZHSI Series 

ZD Series 

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Ultra High Density Arrays

Low Profile Arrays

Edge Card Systems

Backplane Systems

Ground Plane Connectors

HIGH SPEED BOARD-TO-BOARD

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HIGH SPEED EDGE CARD

High performance edge card, HSEC8 Series

Up to 37 Gbps, 0.80 mm pitch

Pass-through or signal/power combination available

Vertical, right angle, and edge mount

Rugged Edge Rate® contacts optimized for signal integrity performance

Optional board locks, cable latching, and weld tabs

Serial ATA, SAL1 Series

SATALink™ compatible, 1 mm pitch

Low profile, board stacking and routing flexibility

PCI Express® socket, PCIE Series

PCIe® compatible, 1 mm pitch

Vertical, right angle, and edge mount

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HIGH SPEED BOARD-TO-BOARD SYSTEMS

Ground Plane connectors

Q Strip® 28+ Gbps Low Profile Connectors

Q Rate® 28+ Gbps Slim  Connectors

Q2™ 28+ Gbps Rugged Connectors

Edge Rate

28+ Gbps Rugged Connectors

FLEXIBILITY

Configurability

Edge Rate™ Advantage

Cable Mates

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EDGE RATE®

Edge Rate® Rugged Connectors

Edge Rate® contacts optimized for Signal 

Integrity performance

Robust when “zippered” during unmating

1.5 mm contact wipe on 0.80 mm pitch

1.00 mm contact wipe on 0.50 mm pitch

Up to 40% PCB space savings with 0.50 mm 

system

Stack heights from 7 mm to 16 mm

Right angle and edge mount

Metal friction latches available

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Power Interconnects

Flexible Sealed Circulars

Tiger Eye™ Systems

Discrete Wire Systems

MICRO/RUGGED

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CONTACT FLEXIBILITY

High reliability

High mating cycles

IDC cable assemblies

Discrete wire

Tiger Buy™

High retention

Cost effective

Tuning fork contact

Tiger Claw™

Pass-through

Ultra low profile

Dual wipe contact

Tiger Beam™

Best cost

Reliable performance

Post and beam contact

Blade & Beam

Micro pitch

Mating/alignment 

“friendly”

Cost effective

Razor Beam™

Rugged retention notch

Ultra-fine pitch

High speed

Low profile to 

elevated designs

Machined

Multi-finger BeCu 

contact

Precision machined shell

Edge Rate™

Designed for Signal 

Integrity

Reduced broadside 

coupling 

Rugged contact system

Smooth broad milled 

surface for high cycles

Multi-finger 

contact

Board-to-board

Tiger Eye™ System

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FLEXIBLE STACKING

FLEXIBILITY

Contact Flexibility

One Piece Interfaces

Cable and Header Mates

Flexible Board Stackers

One Piece

Micro Blade-and-Beam

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High reliability

Multi-Finger contacts

Metal and plastic latching systems

Screw down options

PVC or *Teflon® cable

0.8 mm, 1.27 mm, or 2 mm pitch

TIGER EYE™ DISCRETE WIRE

*DuPont™ Teflon® is a registered trademark of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours and 

Company or its affiliates.

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DISCRETE WIRE & IDC CABLE COMPONENTS

A broad selection of housings and contacts for build-it-yourself 

design and application flexibility

High reliability BeCu Tiger Eye™ contacts on 0.80 mm, 1.27 mm and 

2.00 mm pitches, 32 - 24 AWG wire, housings, screw downs, plastic 

and metal latches

1,00 mm dual leaf contacts, 30 - 28 AWG wire, housings and latches 

2.00 mm IDC components, 24 AWG wire and latches

Mini Mate® and Power Mate® housings, contacts, 30 - 16 AWG wire, 

plastic and metal latches

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SESDT

(RELEASED)

Samtec’s smallest pitch: .8 mm 

Components and tooling 

available for field termination

Tiger Eye™ contact system 

Double row crimp and poke

Rugged end latches

Mates with new DV TEM

32 AWG Teflon wire

Current rating ~1.0 A per contact

5, 10, 15 & 20 position per row

S1SD

(RELEASED)

1 mm pitch

Dual row

Standard rugged 

end latches

28 and 30 AWG

Mates with new DV & RA T1M 

2-10 positions per row

SESDT/S1SD/S1SS

S1SS-L

(RELEASED)

Mates with new DV & RA T1M

Available in all current S1SS 

positions

Compatible with current 

footprint

2-5 Released

6-20 in late Q1

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RUGGED FEATURES AND OPTIONS

JACK SCREWS

POSITIVE LATCHING

FRICTION LOCKS

RETENTION PINS

RUGGED IDC

BOARD LOCKS

SCREW DOWNS

BOARD STANDOFFS

WELD TABS

ALIGNMENT PINS/POSTS

CAPTIVE PANEL SCREWS

IP68/IP67 SEALING

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THANK YOU