A Guide to Audio Cabling
This weeks blog is brought to you in association with Home Depot who have helped produce this in-depth guide to audio cabling. It will tell you everything you need to know about choosing the right products for the best audio output for your devices. Audio cables transmit sound signals between components in a home entertainment […]
UL Cable Marking Explained
In this weeks’ Blog I am going to show you how easy it is to understand UL ratings on Cable. This is often an area of confusion as we have the BS Standard CSA (Canadian Standards Association) & UL (Underwriters Laboratories) Ratings it’s hard to know where to start of which standard to adopt. For many […]
3M Twinax for faster data.
For my fist blog of the year I thought I’d start with a new product innovation from 3M. For those of you who are into high-speed data then this is for you! The 3M Internal Twin Axial Ribbon Cable SL8800 Series is a new ultra low-profile, high-speed, high signal density cable. The products in the […]
Requirements & Acceptance for Cable & Wire Harness Assemblies – Driving Test!
Many of my previous blogs have referred to the design or products used in interconnection and cable assemblies. This week I want to talk about the standards used in wire and cable assembly. Many people working in electronics assembly design & manufacture are familiar with the IPC 610 Standard (Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies) however; the […]
FIA rejects CCA Cables from Cat 5E & Cat 6 cables
As first reported by my colleagues over the pond @www.interconnectionworld.com, the FIA have released a white paper on the use of CCA (Copper Clad Aluminium) cables in Ethernet cables (pdf). In the last couple of years those of us in the networking interconnection industry have seen the introduction of CCA cables largely because of the downward pressure […]
A Quick & Simple guide to HDMI
Have you ever wondered what the different versions of HDMI are and if they work together and mover over which are the best cables to purchase? Thanks to our good friends at HDMI.org we have the answers.Firstly let’s start with the basics. What are the advantages of HDMI over existing analogue video interfaces such as composite, […]
HDMI.org Ban All HDMI to Mini DisplayPort Cables
Shocking news came in last week that HDMI.org the group responsible for keeping the HDMI Specifications in check, have declared that the Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cable to be unlicensed and that ALL UNITS must be withdrawn. This report was carried by SlashGear – see HDMI to Mini DisplayPort Cables Declared Illegal (via TechRadar) – but I have […]
Want to know who the wire industry top dog is, well wonder no more…
Have you ever wondered who the top selling cable manufacturer in the world is? Well, wonder no more as I have a definitive list of top selling cable manufacturers, and let me tell you I was as surprised as you will be. Reading through the list makes you realise how much hype manufactures put out and […]
Simple IDC Connectors & Ribbon Cable Guide
I often find myself speaking to customers who are totally confused when ordering IDC Cables, which is understandable considering how complicated it is working out the pitch of the cable and connectors. For example a 2.54mm (0.1″) Pitch IDC Socket uses 1.27mm (0.05″) Ribbon cable. But worry no more here is my simple guide to […]
Cable the big question. Which one?
We know using the right cable can make a big difference to the performance of your cable assemblies. With so much choice it is easy to just stick with what you have been using we understand this. But ask yourself. Do you have problems with shrink back when you apply heat to the conductor? Is the sheath […]
