Police and security patrol vehicles are adopting new and emerging technologies from both the military and automotive worlds. This unique market combines defense-grade signal integrity demands with automotive-grade ruggedization requirements, often in the same harness. Police and security patrol cars have become mobile electronics platforms, with huge investments in recent years outfitting these fleet vehiclesRead More

Power cables are used in the transmission of electrical energy to, for example, run a motor, light a bulb, or charge a battery. In the power industry, power cables are categorized as high-tension (designed for higher voltages to carry bulk electrical power to substations), or low-tension cables (low voltage for final local distribution of electricityRead More

A first mate-last break (FMLB) connector is an electrical connector engineered so the ground contact connects before any other pins when mating and disconnects after all other pins when unmating. According to Mill-Max, this ensures that the ground path is established before any other power or signal connections are made, eliminating stray currents that canRead More

In the EU, one regulation is making it simpler to remove, replace, and recycle batteries in everything from e-bikes and scooters to electric vehicles to walkie-talkies and insulin pumps. Amphenol Communications Solutions explains what that means for connectors. The EU’s comprehensive regulation on batteries, Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, is set to take full effect February 2027.Read More

Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 is the EU’s comprehensive batteries regulation, covering safety, ease of use, labeling, and sustainability for batteries and the products they power. Battery connectors are part of the compliance picture. Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 is the EU’s comprehensive batteries regulation, covering sustainability, safety, labeling, and end-of-life management for all battery categories, including consumer, electricRead More

Introduced at OFC 2026, the new XPO pluggable modules provide a solution to the challenges of signal density, thermal management, field serviceability, and power efficiency. Continuing advances in artificial intelligence face multiple constraints including power consumption, access to memory, thermal management, and limitations of copper connectivity. Solving these challenges could still result in hobbled systemsRead More

This week’s Product Roundup highlights D-shaped connectors from leading connector manufacturers and suppliers. D-shaped connectors Omnetics Micro-D subminiature connectors are designed and manufactured to meet and exceed MIL-DTL-83513. The QPL-qualified connector is built to ensure the highest performance in high shock and vibration applications as well as extreme environments. The proven beryllium copper spring pin-to-socketRead More

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

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