This week’s Product Roundup highlights high power connectors from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. High power connectors SV Microwave’s BMB interface is where large form factor and high power meet. It provides a push-on, more robust, and higher-power-handling option than other SMPx interfaces. Due to its larger form factor, this rugged interface can handle moreRead More

Ultra-high-density (UHD) connectors are specialized, compact interconnects designed to pack a maximum number of signal or power contacts into a minimal footprint, typically to save space without compromising performance. They feature a low profile, a high pin count, fine pitch, and, often, enhanced EMI shielding. These connectors are crucial for reducing PCB size and supportingRead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights telematics/GPS/ADAS interconnects from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. Telematics/GPS/ADAS Interconnects JAE’s MX74A Series is a compact, high-performance connector built for nextgeneration automotive Ethernet systems. MX74A delivers reliable 1 Gb/s data transmission in demanding vehicle environments. Designed to meet IEEE 1000BASE-T1 and OPEN Alliance standards, it supports differential STP cabling with robustRead More

Ultra-high-density (UHD) connectors are specialized, compact interconnects designed to pack a maximum number of signal or power contacts into a minimal footprint, typically to save space without compromising performance. They feature a low profile, a high pin count, fine pitch, and, often, enhanced EMI shielding. These connectors are crucial for reducing PCB size and supportingRead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights USB products from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. USB Products Lumberg’s Series 24 high-performance interfaces support rapid data transfer, offering USB 2.0 and 3.0 compatibility for transmission rates up to 480 Mb/s and 5 Gb/s respectively, and digital video interfaces according to IEEE 1394 (FireWire) for rates reaching 800 Mb/s.Read More

Conductive ink circuits (CIC) are electrical circuits formed by depositing conductive silver, carbon, or graphene inks onto flexible or rigid substrates such as polymer films, paper, or textiles. These circuits are a lightweight, low-profile, and cost-effective alternative to traditional etched copper printed circuit boards (PCBs) and they make a new generation of flexible electronics possible.Read More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights battery connectors from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. Battery Connectors DURASWAP is the highly durable swappable docking connector from Amphenol Communications Solutions. These custom battery connector solutions with cable assemblies are offered in two power and six signal configurations. The connectors can carry a continuous current up to 100 ARead More

Artificial intelligence has become the primary driver of advanced high-speed copper and optical technology and products. The 2026 edition of the Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition filled both the south and west exhibition halls of the Los Angeles Convention Center, with some presentations spilling out to nearby hotel venues. Attendance continues to grow withRead More

Cable and connector assemblies for drones must deliver low weight, high reliability, and serve UAV platforms in both military and commercial markets. The unmanned aerial vehicle market has grown faster than the components designed to support it. For years, UAV designers reaching for high-reliability interconnects had to choose from products originally developed for conventional mannedRead More

The PCIe 7.0 specification was released in 2025, with speeds of 128 Gigatransfers per second, doubling the maximum rate of PCIe 6.0. PCI-SIG promises to double bandwidth every three years, and last month’s preliminary 8.0 draft release shows that progress is accelerating to meet the high-speed needs of the AI era. In June 2025, PCI-SIG released theRead More

Meet the Connector: CopprLink Cables CopprLink is a PCIe cable specification introduced in 2024 by PCI-SIG to standardize high-speed cabled interconnects for modern computing architectures. It defines both internal and external copper cable assemblies for PCIe systems, covering signaling rates from 2.5 GT/s through 64.0 GT/s (PCIe 5.0 and 6.0), with development underway for PCIeRead More

The buildout of AI infrastructure and expanding electrification are increasing demand for base metals. Now, unprecedented price increases in the gold, silver, and copper markets are putting pressure on connector manufacturers in a direct challenge to cost structures, pricing strategies, and supply chain resilience. Connector and cable manufacturers are navigating a challenging raw materials environmentRead More