Samtec has released a family of SMPM products designed to support the demands of emerging technologies where space is limited and a high operating frequency up to 65 GHz is required. Samtec offers ganged, multi-port solutions in both cable-to-board and board-to-board applications. Standard SMPM connectors with bullet adaptors, and cable assemblies using .047″ and .086″ cable, are […]
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Digi-Key establishes global distribution partnership with ERNI Electronics
Digi-Key Electronics announced that it has secured a global distribution partnership with ERNI Electronics to offer robust electronic connectors for a wide range of industries, including IoT, automotive, transportation, aerospace, military, industrial, medical, lighting, communications and instrumentation. ERNI connectors and cable assemblies are trusted for the security and strong vibration resistance, achieved through designs that […]
Powell teams with WAGO to improve quality and productivity
Since first coming up with the idea of the Power Control Room (PCR ) in 1968, Powell has been recognized as a market leader in modular electrical equipment design. By utilizing innovative products in the design and construction of these PCRs, they improve quality and productivity while lowering costs and reducing labor. Used in a […]
Heilind Electronics stocking Molex Micro-One wire-to-board connector system
Heilind Electronics, an authorized distributor for Molex, has expanded its selection of interconnect solutions with the company’s Micro-One wire-to-board connector system. The compact system features an integrated independent secondary lock (ISL) that ensures a secure electrical connection and eliminates terminal back-outs, even in high-vibration applications. The receptacle’s ISL can only be engaged if terminals are […]
Signal meets power meets data in miniature connectors
Contributed by Niklas Wittler, Global Product Manager Board to Board Solutions Connector specialist Harting not only wants to cater to the megatrend of miniaturization, but also lead it with clever solutions. This most of all concerns miniaturized and flexible PCB connections. Especially as there is no place where miniaturization takes greater effect than inside the […]
Hirose Electric USA names new President/COO
Hirose Electric USA has named Shinya (Sid) Tono as its new President/COO effective April 1. Tono has been with Hirose Electric for nearly 25 years, most recently as Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Engineering responsible for global planning, marketing and growth. He will continue to serve as a strategic marketing and planning leader […]
LEMO marks its 75th anniversary in 2021
Founded in Switzerland in 1946 in Morges along the Geneva lake shore, LEMO took its name from the company’s founder, the current CEO’s grandfather, engineer Léon Mouttet. Originally a manufacturer of contacts in noble and rare metals, the company took a major step forward in 1957 with the invention of the Push-Pull self-latching connector. Today, […]
Ethernet Alliance holds a successful Technical Exploration Forum
Ethernet’s Alliance Technical Exploration Forum was a very successful online video conference with an excellent question and answer sections. This was a 150+ page 10 hour rich experience meet up with perspectives of different industry leaders. A key consensus takeaway was: due to currently unattainable SerDes power & cooling practical limits, Co-Packaged Optical interconnects will […]
LEMO partners with English Technical Sales in Southern California and Southern Nevada
LEMO USA is partnering with English Technical Sales as their sales representative in Southern California and Southern Nevada selling LEMO’s high quality line of interconnect solutions. English has a 30-year history in interconnect and provides excellence and first-class professionalism throughout their sales team. They are capable of handling customers that need quick-turn-around solutions and are […]
LEMO Receives Technology & Engineering Emmy award
LEMO has been awarded a 2020 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award for Standardization and Commercialization of Television – Broadcast, Hybrid Electrical and Fiber-Optic Camera Cable and Connectors. “We are very honored and proud to be awarded this Technology & Engineering Emmy Award,” said Billy Barbey, LEMO’s R&D Manager. “It recognizes the work of all LEMO engineers […]