TE Connectivity (TE), has announced that many of its mil-spec connectors are immediately available, both directly from TE and also through its global distribution network. Though there has been general market turmoil related to the supply of mil-spec qualified 38999 and related connectors, TE remains ready and fully capable to meet companies’ large and small volume […]
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AVX’s Wire-to-Wire connectors deliver considerable cost & space savings
AVX Corporation has released two new series of wire-to-wire (WTW) connectors that deliver considerable cost and space savings in a broad range of industrial electronics designs: the new 9286-200 Series reduced thru-wire connectors and 9286-250 reduced junction box connectors. These latest additions to AVX’s industry-proven 9286 family of poke-home discrete WTW connectors feature an active […]
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Xponential 2016 unmanned systems show
The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International hosted Xponential 2016 last week at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Xponential is said to be the largest trade show for the unmanned systems market, drawing more than 8,000 attendees to see some 600 exhibitors and attend 300-plus educational sessions. Connectors and cabling were […]
Small industrial power connectors with type 4X ratings
Wieland Electric Inc., a leading global manufacturer of innovative electrical interconnect technology, has released a small industrial circular power connector with Type 4X/6P protection. Rated for 600V and 16A, the new RST MINI 5-pole, circular power connectors (RST16i5) are designed to simplify, speed up, and reduce the cost of wiring installations in lighting, building automation, […]
Complete end-to-end optical PAM-4 platform for 40/100/200/400GbE
Broadcom Limited has announced it now offers a complete end-to-end optical PAM-4 platform enabling transceiver developments for 40GbE, 100GbE, 200GbE and 400GbE data center interconnects. The platform consists of the key building blocks needed to create an effective optical transceiver to support high-speed data communications between servers and switches for modern data center networks. The […]
Chip size 0.65mm pitch BGA socket adapter for DDR4
Ironwood Electronics’ new high performance socket – SFS-BGA200B-52 allows 0.65mm pitch, 11×14.5mm body, 12X22 array 200 ball BGA package to be placed in socket and operated without compromising performance in high speed applications. The Giga-snaP BGA socket adapter pair consists of SFS-BGA200B-52, patented female BGA sockets with BeCu pins assembled into a substrate that matches […]
40 GHz bandwidth ATE socket for BGA240
Ironwood Electronics has recently introduced a new BGA socket design using high performance elastomer capable of 40 GHz, very low inductance, high endurance and wide temperature applications. The SMP-BGA-8007 socket is designed for 6.064×6.464 mm package size and operates at bandwidths up to 40 GHz with less than 1dB of insertion loss. The socket is […]
ITT Cannon introduces push-pull interconnect series PL for medical and industrial applications
ITT Corp.’s Cannon brand has launched a new line of high-performance, plastic push-pull interconnects for medical and industrial applications. The PL Series offers a quick connect-and-disconnect capability for cable-to-cable and cable-to-board applications. Its lightweight, sterilizable and easy grip design makes the connector series particularly well suited to the rigors of the medical device market. “ITT […]
TE expands its Deutsch 369 connector series
TE Connectivity Ltd. announced today the launch of its DEUTSCH 369 series panel-mount connectors. As an extension to the existing 369 series product line, this connector allows easy, fast mounting to an LRU panel, bracket, chassis or frame. TE’s DEUTSCH 369 series connectors provide a range of high-reliability, lightweight, compact and cost-efficient connectors suited to […]
Throwback Thursday: IP68 connectors enable watertight amphibious drones
Drones are all the rage and a day doesn’t go by when there isn’t a story in the mainstream news about them. The latest news from the FAA that it expects to see 7 million drones in the sky by 2020 simply astounded me. It also got me thinking about how the technologies I write […]