TE Connectivity wins prestigious Desingcon award

And the awards just keep coming for TE Connectivity, with the latest award from Designcon for their STRADA Whisper connectors. Awarded ‘Best Interconnect Technologies & Components’ at Designcon 2013, it’s clear that there must be something in the STRADA series – so let’s take a closer look. According to TE The STRADA Whisper backplane family […]

Good news as Harwin UK Invest £1M in their Portsmouth Branch

Good news! This week Harwin the UK connector manufacturer announced a £1M investment in their Portsmouth plant to accommodate the manufacture of their new 1.25mm pitch Gecko connector family.  This is doubly good news because, not only is this fantastic proof that the UK is a great home for competitive manufacturing for major brands, it […]

A Blog on the future of interconnect technology

If, like me, you constantly think about the future and about what technological advances will come, you may find interconnection of particular interest. There have been many predictions of the future, including this video featuring Walter Cronkite in the 1967 show “The home office of 2001” http://youtu.be/V6DSu3IfRlo This may be comical to watch now, but there […]

A blog on Round & Flat Ribbon cable

This week I am going to give you my reasons for loving Round & Flat ribbon cable. I will also explain how it can not only reduce your stress levels, but can also save you a ton on money in the process. If you are creating a data connection you have the choice of many […]

A Guide to CCA & CCS Cables

This week’s blog is brought to you in association with FS Cables (www.fscables.com) who have produced a great guide to CCA (copper clad aluminium) and CCS (copper clad steel). What is CCA? CCA is an aluminium conductor with a thin copper coating. It is made by encasing a rod of aluminium in a layer of […]

2012 – a year of change!

As this is the last of our blogs for 2012, I thought I would give you a review of the year and highlight my personal view of the year. Over the past 12 months we have seen  the introduction of many new products and innovations, as well as the updating of some existing products. The […]

A Blog on the future of interconnection

This week I am going to give you a window into the future!  How about designing circuit board interconnections with a pen and paper… then testing to see if your design works from the page? Designing electronics is generally cumbersome and expensive — or was, until Leah Buechley and her team at MIT developed tools […]

A Blog on Product innovation

We all know the demands on RF Connectors and Cable Assemblies – to work at an ever higher frequency at low loss can be a problem.   Selecting the right cable and connector combination is critical.  Get it wrong and you will be plagued by poor signal and too much db loss. They say ‘necessity is […]

IPC/WHMA-A-620 – Revision B has been released!

Being up-to-date in your profession is simply about being the best you can be at your job.   In our profession we need to believe training isn’t too expensive and investment is a good thing. I love the analogy of the man who goes to see his doctor and asks about a problem, and the doctor […]

IEC endorses four USB-IF standards

Important news this week from IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) , the world’s leading organization for the preparation and publication of International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies. As first reported by http://www.connectorsupplier.com IEC has endorsed USB-IF USB Battery Charging specification v1.2, and Micro-USB Cables and Connectors specification v1.01.  This effectively means that the […]

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