This article is excerpted from a white paper from Hewlett-Packard. To read this white paper in its entirety, visit HP online. January 2014 USB 3.0 Performance Advantage of up to 10 times USB 2.0 This introduction to USB 3.0 technology illustrates its capability to deliver the throughput needed for high-bandwidth external I/O applications. USB 3.0Read More

Will consumer market sales pickup again in 2014 and 2015? Bishop tracks 11 companies in the consumer market sector. For the full year 2012, these companies’ combined consumer market sales grew 4.5% year over year and had collective revenues of $475.9 billion. Growth in the consumer market, as measured by Bishop, has been tepid inRead More

A new highlight component for industrial RJ45 connectivity is the Y-ConJack-6* series. This new category 6A (Cat 6A) jack enhances the Yamaichi Y-Con RJ45 product range. The new RJ45 Y-ConJack-6* series is designed to transmit 10G Base-T and fulfills the stringent Cat 6A ISO/ IEC 11801 standard. Furthermore, the series is the first Cat 6ARead More

Binder-USA eight-pin X-coded connectors added to the M12 product family. Binder-USA eight-pin X-coded connectors have now been added to the M12 product family. With Binder’s X-coding features, it is now possible to transmit up to 10Gb/s for industrial applications. The high bandwidth is guaranteed by isolating the four pairs from one another with an X-shapedRead More

Amphenol Circular Thermoplastic Connectors Use AT Contact Technology Amphenol Industrial Global Operations has enhanced its AT Circular (ATC) thermoplastic connectors by incorporating Amphenol’s AT contact technology. These upgraded connectors mate with a positive reverse bayonet retention system and can withstand current up to 13A. Sealed and rated to 125ºC, Amphenol’s ATC connectors are ideal forRead More

TE’s Raychem SolderTacts for One-Step Installation TE Connectivity (TE) has released Raychem SolderTacts contacts that utilize a one-piece contact design with integrated soldering technology to deliver fast, reliable terminations for circular connectors. SolderTacts contacts eliminate the variables of crimping and enable a one-step installation process that can reduce handling and installation costs. Their versatile designRead More

Our first in a series of articles about Evolving Levels of Interconnection As this is the first in a planned series of articles by APEX Electrical Interconnection Consultants LLC, we thought it would be best to begin with the “Levels of Interconnection” (LOI), which is about as fundamental as it gets. It must be rememberedRead More

Rise of the Industrial Robots When Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Chairman Terry Gou announced in 2011 that Foxconn, its wholly owned subsidiary, would install one million robots over the next three years in its factories to replace workers and do “simple” work, he probably did not actually intend to install that many industrial robotsRead More

Why Robots Won’t Replace People: Industrial Q&A with TTI Inc. – Lew LaFornara What is the state of the industrial market for electronic components, particularly for connectors and why robots won’t replace people are discussed in this Industrial Q&A with TTI Inc. The industrial market is the one segment that is most closely tied toRead More

As this is the first in a planned series of articles by APEX Electrical Interconnection Consultants LLC, we thought it would be best to begin with the “Levels of Interconnection” (LOI), which is about as fundamental as it gets. It must be remembered that at every interconnection point, at every level, there is a potentialRead More