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What is an Application Specific Product (or ASP)?

Samtec Application Specific Products (ASPs) are modified standard connectors or completely custom connectors and account for approximately 20% of Samtec sales. Samtec is ranked #1 in willingness to modify a product and #1 in turnaround time on a new product according to the Bishop & Associates OEM Survey.

Samtec specializes in the following types of product modifications and customer specific services:


Samtec offers four types of ASP products:

ASP (Application Specific Product) - ASP’s are modified standard board-to-board connectors and cable assemblies. Modifications include selective plating, custom stack heights, non standard packaging, polarization, and pretty much anything needed. Click here for examples of Micro/Board-to-Board and Signal integrity ASPs. For more information on ASP’s, please contact our ASP Group.

SCF (Sudden Circuit Flex) – SCF’s are modified standard flex cables. Custom lengths, connector orientation, routing configurations, pin mapping, and other variations to standards are available. Click here for examples of SCF custom flex cable assemblies. For custom flex capabilities, please contact our Flex Circuits Group or go to:
http://www.samtec.com/flex_circuitry/flex_capabilities.aspx.

HDR (High Data Rate)
- HDR’s are modified Data Rate™ cable assemblies. Custom lengths, connector orientation, routing configurations, pin mapping, and other variations to standards are available. Click here for examples of custom HDR cable assemblies. To build a standard or custom HDR cable assembly, please go to: http://www.samtec.com/cable_builder/pitch.asp or contact our HDR Group.

RSP (Rugged Specific Product) – RSP’s are modified or non-catalog Rugged I/O, Discrete Wire, and RF connectors and cable assemblies. Click here for examples of RSP custom products. For more information on RSP’s, please contact our RSP Group.


Samtec has several “open buy” custom products for industry standards including:


Samtec's Stereo Lithography Apparatus (SLA) and Wire EDM capabilities allow us to provide quick prototypes to check form, fit and function on an ASP before committing to tooling expenses.