Cables/Connecting

When designing industrial equipment, the operating temperature of the product is often at the top of the list for design engineers. This makes sense, after all, you don’t want to keep replacing failed equipment. However, while engineers give a lot of thought to heat in the equipment itself, the performance of the connectors and cables that join different devices is often overlooked.

Harwin has expanded its services relating to the Gecko-MT high-reliability (Hi-Rel) connector series. Enabling significant reductions in weight and space, Gecko-MT robust 1.25mm-pitch components add two or four 10A-rated power contacts to the standard 2A-rated 8 Gecko signal contacts, addressing data and power delivery simultaneously.

Amphenol’s ICC MRD series circular connectors are in stock at distributor Heilind Electronics.

Hirose has launched a rugged, waterproof USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C connector for applications that require miniaturisation with resistance to liquid, vibration and/or shock. Requiring a mounting area 22% smaller than other receptacles on the market, the mid-mount CX90MW Series offers reliable, high-speed performance in a PCB space-saving design.

HellermannTyton has launched Cable Scout Cam, a professional miniature HD inspection camera for viewing electrical installations in inaccessible areas such as suspended ceilings, conduits or stud walls.

HUBER+SUHNER and Rosenberger worked closely together to create this whitepaper. These findings from research into RF connector plating to discover the most resilient plating for corrosion resistance have been released as a new industry guide by HUBER+SUHNER and Rosenberger.

Transtector Systems has launched a comprehensive line of Ethernet cable assemblies, complementing the company’s full range of highly reliable, versatile data surge protection and NEMA-rated enclosures, and providing customers with a single source for total Ethernet surge protection solutions.

Fairview Microwave’s new high frequency VNA test cables display excellent electrical properties such as phase stability of +/- 6° at 50GHz and +/- 8° at 70GHz, as well as VSWR of 1.3:1 at 50 GHz and 1.4:1 at 70GHz.

AVX has extended its well-proven range of board-to-board battery connectors with the addition of the new 9155-250 Series, which — like the rest of the 9155 family — delivers high-reliability electrical and mechanical connectivity in harsh, high-temperature medical, industrial, networking, and consumer electronics applications for up to 5,000 mating cycles.

Heilind Electronics has expanded its selection of Bel Magnetic Solutions’ MagJack Integrated Connector Modules (ICMs) with the Marvell-compatible solution.