Demand Falling for Backplane-Based Systems Let’s face reality, folks: The demand for backplane-based systems is falling like a refrigerator down an elevator shaft (as is the demand for copper-based backplane connectors). There are several logical reasons for this precipitous decline, and a set of laws that explain why this is happening. But first, we haveRead More

January 2014 By Joseph D. Cornwall, CTS-D, Lastar Inc. This article is excerpted from a white paper entitled, “5 A/V Technologies That Will Define the Next 5 Years.” To read the white paper in its entirety, please visit C2G online. Lastar’s Joseph Cornwall explains why DisplayPort interfaces will be one of the five technologies toRead More

Our first in a series of articles about Evolving Levels of Interconnection As this is the first in a planned series of articles by APEX Electrical Interconnection Consultants LLC, we thought it would be best to begin with the “Levels of Interconnection” (LOI), which is about as fundamental as it gets. It must be rememberedRead More

Why Robots Won’t Replace People: Industrial Q&A with TTI Inc. – Lew LaFornara What is the state of the industrial market for electronic components, particularly for connectors and why robots won’t replace people are discussed in this Industrial Q&A with TTI Inc. The industrial market is the one segment that is most closely tied toRead More

As this is the first in a planned series of articles by APEX Electrical Interconnection Consultants LLC, we thought it would be best to begin with the “Levels of Interconnection” (LOI), which is about as fundamental as it gets. It must be remembered that at every interconnection point, at every level, there is a potentialRead More

Designers can achieve numerous weight, function, and regulatory goals by using multicore cables. But not every industry is ready to adapt quite yet.  

A first-hand report on the changes occurring in China’s workforce. This huge and changing labor pool is critical to today’s connector industry, but equally critical is understanding and

December 2013 – PCB terminals with quick connection technology offer an ideal alternative to costly and time-consuming methods of transferring power to PCBs, as they allow cables to be connected quickly, safely, and without tools in a wide range of applications.

November 2013 – Kids today are truly tech-savvy, and that’s quickly spilling over into the classroom as tablets become the ultimate fun learning tool. But are kids ready for the responsibility of taking care of pricey and fragile tablets? And more importantly, is the available technology ready for those kids?

November 2013 –  Despite a rise in the demand for electrical control panels, the manufacturing process remains labor intensive. Three companies worked together to create a solution that takes a 3D design environment to the next level.

November 2013 – Do you have a rough-and-tumble site that requires reliable communication? Deployable fiber systems, as opposed to fixed installations, are designed to be quickly installed, retracted, and then relocated in the field to some of the most inhospitable environments on earth.

November 2013 – Ed Smith, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, believes that the electronics supply chain should prepare itself for a potential surge in counterfeit interconnect, passive, and electromechanical products.