Most printed-board connectors are either a one-piece receptacle or a two-piece plug and jack. With receptacle (edge) connectors, the printed-circuit board foils extend to an edge of the board and are ...

Visit Phoenix Contact at the Engineering Design Show and discover the new XPC 1,5 PCB connector. It features direct plug-in connection with Push-X and thus enables fast and tool-free connection of ...

Sometimes when you’re making a PCB that you plan on programming over USB, but you only plan on plugging in a couple of times, it would be nice to make that connection without another BOM item. Over on ...

Samtec has created a line of RF connectors that mount to the edge of PCB by bolting rather than soldering. They measure only 9.5mm from side-to-side where they sit on the PCB and are under 8mm from ...

Hardware engineers employ all kinds of design reviews and processes, including design for manufacturability and design for testability. It's time software engineers stood up and asked for what they ...

My pal Wayne Yamaguchi told me about a connector system where the cable has little pogo pins and your PCB only needs pads on it for the pins to press against and a couple non-plated holes. The company ...

After browsing Thingiverse for some printable PCB probe designs, [Henry York] looked around and found a wooden clothespin on his desk. After some collaboration between his 3D printer and his CNC, ...

Hirose has announced a two-piece flexi-to-PCB connector aimed at automotive applications. Called TB4 , it can withstand up to 125°C “which satisfies automotive requirements that allow the connector to ...

You never know what you'll see at an Embedded Systems Conference. During the San Jose, CA show in early May 2011 I met Neil Sherman, president of Tag-Connect, a company that created a family of ...