Upcoming industry events, as well as recent award, partnership, promotion, personnel, facility, distribution, standards, association, and certification news from across the connector industry. October 2024 Connector Industry News October 2024 Connector Industry News > Event News DigiKey’s popular Back2School Prize Giveaway offers college students a chance to win DigiKey store credit to purchase products forRead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights SPE (single-pair Ethernet) connectors from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. SPE (single-pair Ethernet) connectors As part of the SPE Industrial Partner Network, KYOCERA AVX offers SPE products that meet the standards according to IEC 63171-6 and IEEE 802.3. As the Industrial Ethernet market continues to grow, designers continue to lookRead More

New-to-market connectivity products, including interconnects, wire, cable, and cable assemblies, sensors, antennas, materials, accessories, tools, and development kits. October 2024 New Connectivity Products October 2024 New Connectivity Products > Interconnects, etc. TE Connectivity’s Aerospace, Defense, & Marine engineering team spent two years developing a next-generation VPX connector to meet the defense industry’s increasing requirements for connectivity and bandwidth. Their hard work has paid off: TE’sRead More

Meet the Connector: IEC 60320 Appliance Couplers IEC 60320 is a set of standards for household appliances that specifies non-locking connectors for connecting power supply cords to electrical appliances. IEC 60320 is a set of standards from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) for household appliances and similar general purposes. The standards define the mechanical, electrical, andRead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights connectors for home appliances from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. Connectors for Home Appliances The JF08 Series of complete harness assemblies from JAE uses a flat flexible cable (FFC) compatible with high-speed differential signals commonly used in consumer devices to interface with LCD/OLED displays, camera modules, and various I/O daughterboards.Read More

Connector customization takes different forms to meet the needs of device manufacturers, designers, and end users. Printing, marking, and keying are forms of customization that get right to the heart of making safe, secure, user-friendly connections. Most technology comes down to having the correct plugs mated to the correct sockets in a way that isRead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights custom capabilities from leading connector manufacturers and  suppliers. Custom Capabilities Avnet provides connectors and cable assemblies to meet all requirements for electrical and physical characteristics needed to deliver data, power, and signal. This saves you from having to invest in tooling, manufacturing space, and labor. In the past year, AvnetRead More

Connector companies are bringing new technology advances, including AI, to railways in the U.S. and abroad, making them safer, more efficient, and more cost-effective. Much of the current rail infrastructure in the U.S. is based on systems that have been in use for half a century or more, due to the industry’s notable hesitation toRead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights VG-approved connectors from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. VG-approved connectors The JK06 Series from JAE is a waterproof circular connector developed for railway vehicles and related electronic equipment worldwide. The JK06 Series is designed in accordance with the VG95234, the German circular connector specification. VG95234 connectors are popular for railwayRead More

Upcoming industry events, as well as recent award, partnership, promotion, personnel, facility, distribution, standards, association, and certification news from across the connector industry. Sept 2024 Connector Industry News   Sept 2024 Connector Industry News > Event News  More than 230 students from 31 universities in seven countries were challenged to showcase the power of artificial intelligenceRead More

Meet the Connector: Micro TCA Connectors The rise of mobile telecommunications and text messaging in the early 2000s created a need to upgrade from existing carrier grade computing architectures. MicroTCA connectors addressed the need for more compact systems that were less expensive, but still maintained reliability and data throughput. MicroTCA (micro telecommunications computing architecture), alsoRead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights medical connectors from leading suppliers. Medical connectors Avnet supplies the full range of Molex fiber optic connectors and adapters that provide customers with a wide range of design, manufacturing, and value-added service for the medical market. From small form factor and industrial versions to outdoor, ultra-bend, and MTP/MPO data centerRead More