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Nine Considerations for Building a High-Reliability Cable Assembly

High-reliability applications demand robust, reliable, and long-lasting cable assemblies. These nine key considerations will help guide engineers as they select and secure cables for these designs. Designing a robust cable assembly or wire harness that can support high-reliability connector performance, withstand the rigors of rugged operating environments, and streamline wiring designs to fit the needsRead More

February 2021 Connector Industry News

Summary coverage of upcoming industry events, as well as recent award, partnership, promotion, personnel, facility, distribution, standards, association, and certification news from across the connector industry. February 2021 Connector Industry News February 2021 Connector Industry News > Event News  Molex and element14 are hosting a free webinar about how industry 4.0 and the IIoT areRead More

Five Key Characteristics of Military-Grade Composite Cable Clamps

Today’s high-performance composite materials make it easy to dispel the misconception that composite cable clamps are inferior to metal clamps in high-reliability, harsh environment applications. Consider these five factors to select the appropriate composite clamps for your most demanding applications. By Matthew Noce, Military & Aerospace Market Manager; Mathieu Desjardins, Senior Design Engineer; Lauren Toye-O’Donnell,Read More

Hybrid Cable Assemblies With Copper and Fiber Conductors

This week’s Product Roundup highlights hybrid cable assemblies with copper and fiber conductors, as well as hybrid cable-mount connectors with both copper and fiber optic contacts. Hybrid Cable Assemblies With Copper and Fiber Conductors Neutrik’s opticalCON HYBRID MED Connectors are designed to deliver rugged, reliable, and user-friendly connectivity solutions optimized for medical applications including operatingRead More

Amphenol LTW: Upcoming MPronto-12 Connectors

Amphenol LTW: Upcoming MPronto-12 Connectors – Video Soon to launch World’s First True Backward Compatible to all M12*1.0 Threaded Socket 一 MPronto-12 Connectors. MPronto-12 Connectors are the first 100% truly backward compatible with worldwide-patented. Advantages of MPronto-12 Connectors are: 1. With MPronto-12 Connectors, there is no need to buy a mating pair but any M12*1.0Read More

Amphenol LTW: Upcoming ZConnect® Connectors – FPC and FFC

Amphenol LTW: Upcoming ZConnect® Connectors – FPC and FFC – Video Soon to launch ZConnect® Connectors — FPC (Flexible Printed Circuits) and FFC (Flexible Flat Cable). ZConnect® Connectors series are designed with the objective of saving cost and time with Blind Mating, Error Proof and Audible Feedback features and to be able to handle Wires,Read More

Customized Board-to-Board Connection from PRECI-DIP

Preci-Dip – Customized Board-to-Board Connection from PRECI-DIP – Video PRECI-DIP’s proprietary and unique production system, from raw material to finished product, is entirely in-house built, including all our tooling, high speed screw machines, and automatic assembly machines. This gives our team of engineers the ability to design and build custom products to fulfill the demandingRead More

Will Copper Conductors Hit a Wall?

Optimistic technologists have been predicting fiber optics would replace many copper links since the late 1990s, but designers were able to find ways to extend the bandwidth and reach of copper. Now we may be reaching the point where fiber may finally become the most practical solution in an increasing number of applications. Electrical interconnectsRead More

High-Speed Connectors Usher in New Era of Communications Technologies

Inventive humans have always sought better, faster methods of communications. Today’s high-speed communications are enabled by high-speed cabling and connectors that are rapidly evolving to give us connectivity on a level we couldn’t imagine only a few years ago — and that will inevitably be left in the dust by future iterations. For centuries, innovatorsRead More

Analysis of the World’s Top 100 Electronic Connector Manufacturers
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