Nicab’s Top 10 Connectors for 2016
A Blog on Our Top 10 Connectors for 2016 This year has been a year of great change we have seen many paradigm shifts in electronics. For us one of the biggest changes in the design of new products is moving away from traditional tried and tested to new innovative products. Each month there seems […]
New Guide to Ethernet Cat 5e & Cat 6 Testing!
Many of you will be familiar with RJ45 Cables in the Cat 5e & Cat 6 formats they are pretty much commonplace with anyone that has an office network or Broadband Router at home. However, for those of us in the manufacturing there is a whole lot more to these simple looking cables than meets […]
A Guide to Mil Spec Connectors
For many people working with high end, harsh & no fail environment connector systems, Mil Spec will be the system of choice. Their longevity and track record of reliability and known quality makes them an easy design for any engineer, however for non technical buyers the part numbering system can be baffling. The following guide […]
New Guide to Medical Connectors
This week I bring you my guide to Medical Connectors. Even if you don’t work in the medical field this is still worth a read as many technologies used are transferable qualities. If you are designing or improving existing Cables and Intern-connection it’s well worth considering Medical Grad Connectors as an alternative to Mill Spec […]
Top 10 Telecom Connecgttor Suppliers
In 2015, the top 10 companies for telecom sales had total revenues of more than $483 billion. Apple’s iPhone sales, at $155.5 billion, were nearly one third of the sales of all top 10 companies. Apple designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal media devices, and computers. It was initially known for its computers, but today its iPhone sales are three […]
LVDS Cables: a simple guide
If you work with flat screens or integrate them into the products you manufacture, you will have used Low-voltage differential signalling (LVDS) cables. LVDS was introduced in 1994, and has become popular in products such as LCD-TVs, automotive infotainment systems, industrial cameras, machine vision, notebooks and tablet, and communications systems. The cables supplied by monitor […]
Simple Guide to RFID
What is RFID? Radio frequency identification, or RFID, is a generic term for technologies that use radio waves to automatically identify people or objects. There are several methods of identification, but the most common is to store a serial number that identifies a person or object, and perhaps other information, on a microchip that […]
New RFID Cable Ties from Hellermann Tyton
This Weeks Blog is sort of related to Cable Assembly in as much as I have seen a product that is quite literally a game changer. Hellermann Tyton have release their new rang of RFID Cable Ties immediately solving many identification problems and enable greater assembly information than available on tradition labels. There are three […]
Grey is the new Green with Amphenol Industrial Gray ZnNi Circular Connectors
Amphenol Industrial Gray Zinc Nickel (ZnNi) Circular Connectors provide Cadmium free RoHS compliant harsh environment plating. These ZnNi plating connectors were originally developed for Harsh Marine Environments and therefore feature a -65°C to +200°C temperature range as well as rated at 500 hours of salt spray. These connectors offer less than 2.5mΩ conductivity and consist […]
Contactless Technology Has Arrived!
TE Connectivity have raise the bar with new contactless technology and the future takes one step closer. ARISO Contactless Connectivity reliably delivers power, data and signal over short distances – even in those harsh environments. And because ARISO Contactless Connectivity can replace complex and expensive harness constructions and slip rings, it enables connectivity where previously […]
