“With today’s trend towards miniaturisation, this system allows engineers to use up to 12 AWG wire to bring 10.0A of current directly to the board with a smaller pitch, and it takes up less space,” said Dan Nigro, Terminal Blocks Product Manager at Molex. “The design of our plugs and headers includes a polarising feature preventing mismating and also provides an audible click when fully mated.”
The unique positive-locking design requires a screwdriver to unmate the plug from the header, ensuring a secure connection in vibration-prone environments and reduces the overall space required on the board by eliminating the need for traditional mounting ends. The Molex 4.00mm pitch terminal block system can be applied to a wide range of industrial applications for instrumentation, sensors and transmitters, process control and automation, and network interface devices, as well as high-end security and building controls.