Switches, Knobs & Push Buttons. The resilience of Physical Connections.
The arrival of the Smart phone and more importantly the touch screen was a massive leap not just in technological development but in a mental phase shift driving design away from the traditional physical push button. This was and still is an amazing and exciting development, but it comes with a price. Although strictly speaking […]
Five Technology Trends Driving New Connector Designs
The connector world is constantly evolving to support dynamic market trends. Emerging high-speed connectivity products are currently responding to a number of technology trends and, once released to market, will serve, inspire, and enable a multitude of next-gen, high-speed applications for many years to come. By Wayne Shockloss|December 15, 2020 As businesses and consumers demand […]
A Round up of 2020 in Cable Assembly!
It is true to say that this year has been unusual to say the least and not without its challenges. Having considered the issues around the looming Brexit we plunged into a worldwide pandemic! Like there were not enough problems to deal with! The one positive is that although sometimes our industry may not seem […]
A Blog on Molex MultiCat Power Connectors with Precision-Machined Contacts
Molex renounced for innovation continues to build on their power delivery systems with the MultiCat Connector System, which boasts an impressive range between 4A to 40A. Using a range of connectors from in-line to circular I think this is well worth a look at in detail. So what makes this different? Firstly, Molex have opted […]
Corning Introduces Smaller, 5G-Ready Connectivity Solutions
Evolv™ Hardened Connectivity Solutions enables operators to push their networks to go faster, go simpler, go smaller and go anywhere. So according to Corning our world is getting smaller, as networks connect people and devices all over the globe. Next-generation passive optical and 5G networks promise to deliver life-changing applications at ever increasing speeds. These […]
Choosing the Right Board-to-Board Connectors for Your Device
By James Dunbar on October 27, 2020 Consider robustness, flexibility, and processing requirements in your design to be confident that you are choosing the right board-to-board connectors for your application. A primary concern for device designers is how to get signal and power to the device in a way that doesn’t interfere with functional goals, […]
A Blog on Belden’s Digital Electricity™ Cables
Belden is one of the worlds largest manufacturer of cable and is also seen as the major innovator in the cable assembly industry. Like the Hover is to Vacuum Cleaners, Belden is to Twisted Pair Cables. For those of us in the cable assembly business it is not uncommon to see specifications such as “a […]
Introducing a Revolution in Connector Termination!
Every now and then an innovation arrives and it is so simple you can’t help but thing why has this not been done before. Such a simple idea yet ground-breaking! Greaves has just re-invented the compression connector, and electrical contracting just became far easier. For many years, electrical contractors have had to use conventional compression […]
HARTING RJ Industrial MultiFeature Connectors
This week I want to introduce you to the Harting RJ Industrial MultiFeature Connectors, and some of the important features that separate these from any normal RJ45 connectors. Harting as you may well know are synonymous with quality and designs there will be no surprises that this is a really well thought out series of connectors […]
Han® 1A rectangular connectors as a new Ethernet interface
Harting Ltd continue to offer innovation and this week I bring you the Han® 1A with Ethernet Interface. In my previous blog I introduced the 1A Range and now Harting have made this super connector series even better by enabling the use of Ethernet. According to Harting “Ethernet-based data networks have become indispensable in the […]
