June 11, 2013—The two companies will jointly develop a 60-inch flagship model.

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

The cellular infrastructure business struggling to meet demand. Bishop tracks 13 market sectors for electronic interconnects sales trends. The combined annual revenue of all the market sectors was $4.3 trillion in 2012 and grew 4.9% over 2011. Of the 13 market sectors, telecom/datacom was the sixth-fastest growing market sector in 2012 at 2.4% year-over-year andRead More

  North American Headquarters Location: Fort Worth, Tex., USA The Big Picture:  More than 40 years ago, TTI positioned itself as the leading, authorized distributor offering IP&E components. Broader and deeper inventory and leading-edge technology products and services have established TTI as the specialist in electronic component distribution. TTI strives to be the industry’s preferred informationRead More

May 21, 2013 – We have been besieged by stories of misfortune and turmoil in the solar and wind industry, caused by overcapacity, regulatory issues, US sequestration, bankruptcies, and the lure of other cheap energy solutions. While this news has been unsettling, it also indicates a healthy shakeout is coming to the renewable energy industry.

May 21, 2013—The supplier expands its popular double shoulder contact series with a movable ground pin option for QFP-type IC packages.

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 11, 2013—The manufacturing will be launched on a contract basis.

March 5, 2013–The new 1681 series has an IEC-style C22 appliance inlet for hot conditions up to 155°C.

March 5, 2013 – Versatile power entry module now offered with custom wires.

February 19, 2013 – In the highly competitive world of train manufacturing, there is increasing demand to replace the relatively large heavy metal connectors inside the cable car with smaller and lighter ones that still meet the strict smoke- and fire-resistant standards mandated by the industry. To meet these requirements, ITT’s Interconnect Solutions team created the VEAM Rectangular Plastic Connector.

February 5, 2013 – Recently, the IEEE 802.3 Higher Speed Ethernet Consensus Ad Hoc group decided to focus its efforts on the next data rate of 400 Gb/s. The evolution of Ethernet technology hasbeen nothing short of remarkable: The next speed is in development before the current one has even reached the masses.