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June 18, 2103—Souriau 100% composite miniature quick connector is an alternative to the D-subminiature connector.

Pasternack Enterprises received 3-Star honors from Raytheon’s Supplier Excellence Program.

06-18-13- Government involvement in industry has waxed and waned over the years, depending on the administration in Washington. Over the past 20 years or so, government policy has been consistent in some areas, such as NSF and federal lab funding, but inconsistent in others. While industry and government have often joined forces for research and development, the connector industry has not been as involved with these opportunities as other sectors of the electronics industry.

Molex is an official sponsor of the 2013 Chicago Women’s Half Marathon & 5K. The event will be held on Sunday, June 23, in Upper Hutchinson Field, Grant Park, Chicago. Traversing a route along the Chicago lakefront, the 13.1-mile half marathon starts at 6:30 a.m., with the 5K starting at approximately 6:50 a.m. The AmericanRead More

Amphenol Aerospace Intros Latest Advancement in D38999 Plug Connectors Amphenol Aerospace has designed the Dualok Interconnect System for D38999 Series III plug connectors for use in harsh environment applications across multiple markets, such as commercial and military aircraft and rotorcraft, where superior electrical performance and weight savings is needed. The Dualok Interconnect System is anRead More

RJ45 Modular Plugs for Large Diameter Cables Stewart Connector, a division of Bel Fuse Inc., released a large-diameter Category 6a 8P8C modular plug (SS-39200-027). The new RJ45 plugs are the latest addition to Stewart Connector’s extensive portfolio of connectors designed to support Gigabit Ethernet (1000Base-T) and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBase-T) transfer rates, along with PoERead More

Apple iOS in The Car Apple announced during its developer’s conference last week that an “iOS in the car” program that will essentially integrate select iOS apps into the vehicle dashboards of participating automakers. Apple’s Eddy Cue explained that cars running the program will be available starting next year, and automakers supporting the effort includeRead More

Manufacturers face a variety of challenges when it comes to their aftermarket supply chain and how to improve basic customer service. Lalit Wadhwa, senior vice president, global supply chain operations at Avnet Electronics Marketing, will address those issues as a keynote presenter during the upcoming Next Generation Interlog 2013 Conference. The Next Generation Interlog 2013Read More

Apple iPhone 6 Rumors Apple’s iPhone 5S or iPhone 6, depending on which name the firm chooses, is arguably the most hotly anticipated smartphone of the year, and will signal Apple looking to steal back marketshare from the likes of Samsung’s Galaxy S4. Since the launch of the iPhone 5, rumors about its successor haveRead More

Samtec’s Edge Rate Contact System Optimizes Signal Integrity Samtec’s Edge Rate contact system is optimized for signal integrity performance in high-speed and multi-cycle applications. This system offers many advantages over stamped contacts and is available in various interconnects and cable assemblies with a choice of pitch, orientation, and ruggedizing options. The smooth, broad, milled matingRead More

June 2013 – Pasternack’s new line of SMA and N-Type test cables are ideal for test applications requiring low insertion loss and operating frequencies up to 26.5 GHz.

Temp-Flex MediSpec High-Density Micro-Ribbon Cables are ideal for invasive and implantable medical applications. With precise electrical length-matching capability in a compact size, they achieve high-density, long-length, precise signal transmission, and reduce costs on invasive and implantable medical equipment by replacing individual primary wires and flexible circuits with ribbonized parallel wires. The adjacent, parallel wires areRead More