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This week’s Product Roundup highlights accessories for rectangular connectors from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. Accessories for Rectangular Connectors Nicomatic offers a full ecosystem of accessories for rectangular connectors, designed to ensure optimal integration and durability in harsh environments. Compatible with our CMM, DMM, and EMM series, these accessories include backshells, strain relief systems, guiding hardware, and EMI shielding components. Whether you’re optimizing signalRead More

New-to-market connectivity products, including interconnects, wire, cable, and cable assemblies, sensors, antennas, materials, accessories, tools, and development kits. July 2025 New Connectivity Products  July 2025 New Connectivity Products > Interconnects, etc. Smiths Interconnect added two new types of data transmission modules to its high density modular and minimodular connector ranges that are easy to assemble, based on the principle of building blocks with a systemRead More

ATTEND – Pogo Pin Connectors: Flexible Applications Across Devices – Video Explore the diverse range of Pogo Pin connectors and their unmatched adaptability from smart wearables to board-to-board connectivity. Uncover the myriad of types and their unique applications, shaping the future of device integration and technological excellence. Dive deep into the heart of connector innovationRead More

OSFP-XD pluggables are targeting AI applications in data centers, high-performance computing (HPC), and select telecom networks. Connectors designed to transfer information in and out of a server, switch, or router have long been recognized as a potential data bottleneck. Processing chips often spend half their time waiting to receive information necessary to function, resulting inRead More

Getting faster transmission through interconnects is not as simple as just turning up the speed with a dial. It requires adjustments to signal modulation and SerDes technology, as well as advancements in interconnectivity and IC packaging. Since networking equipment operating at 100G, 200G, and 400G total data rate per port has become ubiquitous, network systemRead More

At twice the speed of PCIe 6.0, the new specification supports AI, machine learning, data centers, and high-speed and high-performance computing across numerous application areas. The PCI-SIG (Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group) has released the PCI Express 7.0 (PCIe 7.0) specification to members, marking a major advancement in high-speed interconnect performance. Designed to meetRead More

Meet the Connector: SAS Connectors SAS connectors are used for high-speed, reliable data transfer in high-speed storage applications. SAS connectors are rectangular connectors used for high-speed, reliable data transfer in high-speed storage applications. SAS supports both serial and parallel communication and can be backward compatible with SAS 1.0 and 2.0 devices. SAS is a point-to-pointRead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights prototyping and development tools from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. Prototyping and Development Tools SV Microwave’s VITA Developer Kits allow customers to quickly and easily prototype embedded system designs for VITA 67 using ruggedized cable assemblies and backplane modules in SMPM, SMPS, and NanoRF series. This all-in-one tool set supportsRead More

Critical infrastructure and factory automation are among the most common targets of cyberattacks. Building cybersecurity into these systems is as necessary as any performance or safety measures. Cyber-attacks have become an increasingly complex, sophisticated, and high stakes threat. Industrial cybersecurity is evolving to meet the challenges of protecting systems and assets, ensuring safety, and preventingRead More

New EN 18031-1 update impacts all wireless devices, ranging from smartphones to connected industrial equipment. Beginning August 1, 2025, manufacturers of all devices containing radio technologies must comply with new cybersecurity requirements under the EU’s Radio Equipment Directive (RED) 2014/53/EU. This Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/30 update mandates compliance with EN 18031-1, a harmonized standard that addressesRead More

One distributor looks back at the challenges the electronics industry weathered during the pandemic and finds solutions that apply to today’s tariff situation. The electronics industry faced considerable supply chain challenges during the pandemic. The lessons learned during that period of supply chain chaos taught components suppliers and distributors valuable lessons that are now becomingRead More