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Push-pull D-sub connector housings: What took so long?

October 31, 2025 By Martin Rowe Leave a Comment

Harting introduces push-on, push-off hardware that saves time when connecting and disconnecting D-Sub connectors.

Filed Under: Aerospace, Automation, cable-to-board, D-Sub, Electrical/Instrumentation, Featured, Markets, Medical, Military, New Product Announcement, Oil/Gas, Robotics Tagged With: D-sub, harting

Second sources mitigate supply issues

October 8, 2025 By Martin Rowe Leave a Comment

Samtec now second-sources its Si-Fly HD co-packaged and near-chip systems through a licensing agreement with Molex. It’s not the first time the two companies have been second sources. Having a second source for critical components can save the day. That’s even more important today given supply-chain disruptions of raw materials. For basic devices such as […]

Filed Under: AI/ML, Cable assemblies, cable-to-board, copper, Featured, Telecom/Data

High-power connectors deliver up to 480 A

May 27, 2025 By Martin Rowe Leave a Comment

The Industrial Battery Connector line from Anderson Power handles up to 450 A, senses its temperature, and provides pins for data communications. The electrification of just about everything means power from batteries must reach loads with ever-increasing power. The Industrial Battery Connector (IBC) line consists of three grades, each with different current ranges that deliver […]

Filed Under: Electronics

Cable assembly mounts next to high-speed ICs

April 29, 2025 By Martin Rowe Leave a Comment

The Si-Fly cable assembly from Samtec lets you mount connectors to a board while going under cooling components. High-speed digital ICs such as microprocessors, GPUs, ASICs, and electrical-to-optical converters need clean signals, and they generate lots of heat. To minimize the PCB traces where signals travel, engineers need to mount cables as close to the […]

Filed Under: Cable assemblies, connector components, copper, wire-to-board connector Tagged With: samtec

Flexible cables perform to 43.5 GHz

November 19, 2024 By Martin Rowe Leave a Comment

Cables available in three standard lengths with SMA, 2.92 mm, and 2.4 mm end connectors. Samtec’s LL043 Series Nitrowave microwave cable assemblies have performance is optimized from DC to 43.5 GHz with a maximum VSWR of 1.4:1. The 43.5 GHz bandwidth lets the cables operate at 5G mmWave frequencies as well as those used in […]

Filed Under: Cable assemblies, Electrical/Instrumentation, Industry News, Microwave, Telecom/Data Tagged With: samtec

IMS 2023 roundup: connectors

July 3, 2023 By Martin Rowe Leave a Comment

Through photos and videos, EE World covers some of the active and passive components that RF and wireless engineers need to connect us all. The exhibit hall at the 2023 International Microwave Symposium featured connectors from Molex, Samtec, and SV Microwave, among others. See EE World’s IMS 2023 coverage of test equipment on Test & […]

Filed Under: Aerospace, Electrical/Instrumentation, Featured, IMS2023, Industry News, Microwave, RF, Telecom/Data Tagged With: Molex, samtec, SVmicrowave

Cut splicing time with pins and housings

June 8, 2023 By Martin Rowe Leave a Comment

The Space Splice system from C&K/Littelfuse can reduce the time needed to build cable assemblies with crimps and connector housings. Building custom wiring harnesses is time-consuming, especially when you must splice wires and tie them together. The Space Splice series from C&K/Littelfuse can reduce assembly time in production. Instead of twisting and soldering wires, assemblers […]

Filed Under: Basics Tagged With: Littelfuse

Connector family handles 224 Gb/sec digital signals

June 7, 2023 By Martin Rowe Leave a Comment

A set of five connectors that connect board-to-board, board-to-backplane, and board-to-cable connections address signal-integrity issues not present at lower data rates. Every time digital data streams make a speed jump, new problems in physics emerge that did not exist at lower speeds. Now that 224 Gb/sec PAM4 links are in development, engineers must deal with […]

Filed Under: board-to-board, Cable assemblies, cable-to-board, Telecom/Data

How a connector company made sustainability a priority

February 14, 2023 By Martin Rowe Leave a Comment

In this podcast, EE World spoke with Ralf Klädtke to learn how TE Connectivity trains its engineers to look for sustainable materials and manufacturing processes.

Filed Under: copper, Featured, gold, Sustainability Tagged With: TE Connectivity

Test show connectors operate at increased current

October 6, 2022 By Martin Rowe Leave a Comment

Smiths Interconnect HPH connectors

Test show a temperature rise of 30°C for current up to 8.5 A per pin.

Filed Under: Aerospace, Featured, I/O, Industrial, Industry News, Military, PCB connector, power

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