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April 29, 2013–The new website for PSC Electronics provides enhanced navigation and improves ease of ordering assemblies and components.

April 25, 2013—Management changes at Hirose lay the foundation for future growth and global success.

April 18, 2013—VITA is the trade association dedicated to fostering American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited, open system architectures in critical embedded system applications.

Not Your Father’s Dorm: Smart Students and Their Smart House Juniper Research has valued the smart home market at $60B by 2017 When I started researching this article, I contacted a number of connector companies (10 to be exact) and asked to interview their experts on intelligent home applications. That was a mistake. Each andRead More

April 16, 2013 – While the carrier network, enterprise network, mobile and wireless, and cable equipment infrastructure sectors all showed slight declines in 2012, the enterprise sector increased in revenue by more than 4%, in spite of continued challenging macro-economic conditions. In 2013, Bishop & Associates is optimistic about the slowly rebounding telecommunications market.

Numerous indicators suggest a movement toward growth in the connector industry for 2013.

Samtec PowerStrip EXTreme Ten60Power Samtec’s line of PowerStrip interconnects now includes the EXTreme Ten60Power socket and terminal system that delivers high current power performance of up to 60A per power blade (one blade powered at 75ºC; 30ºC Temperature Rise) with a low 10mm profile design for enhanced system airflow. This system is an ideal solutionRead More

FCI Launches 1.27mm Modular Connector System FCI, a leading developer of connectors and interconnect systems, is launching Minitek 127, a new modular connector system on a 1.27 (.050”) pitch. It is one of the most extensive miniature systems available in the marketplace, capable of a wide variation of board-to-board and cable-to-board interconnections. FCI is knownRead More

April 16, 2013–Headers combine the industry-standard USCAR-30 interface with the modular, stackable configuration of the versatile Stac64 connector system.

April 16, 2013 – What does the landslide of new tablet and smartphone introductions mean for the future of the PC? And how will it affect the connector industry? John MacWilliams looks at the tablet and PC market to find out if reports of the PC’s demise are greatly exaggerated.

SUYIN Customized Board-to-Board Connectors SUYIN offers a broad range of standard PCB connectors and board-to-board connectors ranging from very simple contact configurations to highly complex configurations covering a wide variety of pitches, fine pitch (0.5 mm) to 2.54 mm and higher pitches. But the demand for customized solutions is growing — especially for applications inRead More

April 16, 2013 – Kycon’s slim connector with minimal footprint expands the KDMIX series.