ERNI has expanded its M12 wire-to-board connector product offering to include a center axis, PCB edge mounting connector that saves significant board space when compared to top mount right angle ...

When you first start out in the PCB layout game and know just enough to be dangerous, you simply plop down a connector, run a trace or two, and call it a hack. As you learn more about the finer points ...

This article introduces the basic concept of PXI-Express (PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation-Express) and studies the key considerations for modular hardware PCB layout design to achieve PXI-Express ...

Promising to eliminate the need for board-to-board connectors, the APD direct PCB connector interfaces to a PCB internally, rather than with a standard crimped cable connection. Promising to eliminate ...

While connectors are essential components of nearly every electronic application, they can be easily overlooked by design teams as they focus their initial prototyping efforts on the critical ...

Another cool presentation I saw at DesignCon last month was about the proper way to lay out a circuit board for edge-launch SMA connectors (32 meg pdf). The presentation has another neat section that ...

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 ...

Hirose has squeezed two 4A contacts, four 2.5A contacts and 10 signal contacts into a 1.9 x 5.33mm two-part flexi-to-PCB connector with an 0.6mm stacking height. “The connector features an armored ...

When current flows through a conductor it becomes an inductor, when there is an inductor there is an electromagnetic field (EM). This can cause a variety of issues during PCB layout if you don’t plan ...