How can you ensure you’ve achieved a reliable connection – every time? There are many alternatives out there when it comes to choosing a crimp tool, and making the wrong choice can not only result in electrical inefficiency or wasted materials, ...
Once you determine the pitch, mounting style, and maximum current per contact, select from the list below: Contact Pin Screw-In MountedCoeur CST High-Current Male Screw-Mounted Pin, 6.00mm Diameter, 25.50mm Length, 140A, 600V Click to Learn...
IntroductionThis blog contains my thoughts on the Coeur CST connector samples sent to me as detailed in this original blog; Coeur CST High Current Interconnect Systemrscasny has already provided an insight into the connection system in the...
As global healthcare needs soar, demand is on the rise for mobile monitoring, therapeutic, and diagnostic devices. Medical devices have gone from bulky to portable to handheld to the latest wearable technologies for health conscious consumers.&...
Medical connectors can be divided into two broad groups based on how they are retained by the devices to which they are connected: locking – also referred to as latching – and non-locking. Each offers advantages and disadvantages and desi...
The IEEE MTT International Microwave Symposium (IMS) is the premier annual international meeting for technologists involved in all aspects of microwave theory and practice. For Molex, another outstanding IMS presence is to be expected as we showcase ...
Molex Inc. will be exhibiting at the Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo on May 14th and 15th at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We will be teamed up with one of our core distribution partners, Heilind. We have been e...
What are the most important drivers and developments in the today’s global electronics industry? Molex’s Brian Krause gave us an overview of what’s happening and what we should keep our eyes on for the future:1. Personal Elect...
micro-SIM Card Connectors – How low can they go? The 3FF micro-SIM card (UICC) is the 3rd generation SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) card since this form of card first appeared twenty years ago. It has dimensions of 12mm x 15mm x 0.76mm a...
Interesting Stats on Medical Mobile Communications Devices (MCDs) I just read an interesting article from Deloitte The Mobile Personal Health Record:Technology-enabled self-care. It included a few factoids I found very interesting with regard to...
Doing Our Part Green – it’s quite the buzzword lately! Consumers are now making purchases based on how green they perceive a manufacturer is. So, what is Molex doing?We’ll post updates here about Molex’s environmental complianc...
A Global Company Offers A World Of Opportunities I recently found the opportunity to take a little vacation time, and hopped a plane from Chicago down to the city that care forgot…New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 1718, it was once nothin...
It is all about the backhaul I just read an article about Wireless Internet Service Providers(WISPs) in the US and the “Wispapalooza” conference in Las Vegas. The WISPs are obviously establishing wireless links with CPEs in areas where the incum...
Not that long ago, an automobile was thought of strictly as a mode of transportation. Sure, cars became a way that people used to define themselves by the cost, speed, or sex appeal of the automobile they drove; but the car was still just a wa...
Several years ago, Molex joined a group of companies and government organizations to prove that Solid-State Lighting could be used to provide excellent quality lighting within our homes and offices while dramatically reducing the energy use in the bu...
Think about it, the trends today in consumer electronics is not “bigger is better.” Yes, Americans have gone to great lengths to buy bigger houses, bigger cars, bigger dogs, and if you’re a passionate golfer like myself – a bigger driver. ...
We are all carrying more devices that constantly need to be recharged. How many of you have either forgotten your chargers or used that “USB” charger that did not properly work on your USB device? Although it seems to be a simple th...
You may have already read about my 50:50:50 rule when it comes to the choice using tin plated surfaces versus gold plated surfaces in connectors. This rule says tin is the more economical solution if you have less than 50 contacts (mating forces), if...
It was just 10 years ago. Apple released the iPod, a device that boasted capabilities of carrying “1000 songs in your pocket.” It had a full 5GB of hard drive capability, with a black and white LCD screen, priced at just $399. ...
In this age of acronyms, FMLB or LMFB (or do you say FBLM?) are favorites in the power supply world. ‘First mate last break’ is a feature that provides for a longer than normal power blade or signal pin. Typical uses are i.e., as a long, or fir...
Today, everywhere you turn; evening news, online, blogs like this are talking healthcare reform with passion on both sides.Many times we look at these issues in the media and discount them as far removed from our daily lives and certainly remot...
MicroSD cards are the smallest memory cards commercially available and are used in a host of devices such as mobile phones, tablet PCs, digital audio players, digital cameras and other electronic devices. At 15mm x 11mm x 1mm, these tiny cards are ho...
In the connector world, quoting prices in terms of price per line is very common. It is simple, straightforward, and as long as that number is going down year-over-year, customers are happy!Power connectors aren’t good for per line pricin...
Previously I noted the importance of knowing the applied cost of a connector. Here are the basic questions I start with when helping to design in a product:Not the number of pins, but the number and type. Signal speed and ...
