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What are nailhead pin interconnects?

December 21, 2016 By Mary Gannon

Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best. I can’t describe how many times I sat across from an engineer describing his exotic approach to an interconnect challenge, only to show him that there is a much simpler, easier and cost effective approach to achieving the same result. It’s not the fault of the engineer, he […]

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How does height impact socket receptacle selection?

December 9, 2016 By Mary Gannon

Many, many moons ago, as a young PCB designer, I remember my boss yelling at me to hurry up with my design. He kept barking “don’t worry about the connector, we’ll deal with it later, just put a ‘keep out’ area in that location and run the signals to dummy IO points.” There were so […]

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What are the most common and cost-effective pin retention designs?

December 8, 2016 By Mary Gannon

When selecting components for their applications, mechanical and electrical engineers, must understand some general guidelines for their PCB interconnect requirements. Below is a short list of nine of the most common and cost-effective pin retention designs and where they may be used. Press-Fit Barb — is specifically for non-plated through holes. This is the easiest and […]

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What are the benefits of screw machine interconnects?

November 29, 2016 By Mary Gannon

As Principal Engineer for a large connector manufacturer, each day I am challenged by electrical engineers and mechanical engineers to help bridge their leading edge technology from one module to another. I remember years ago, when the pin grid array went obsolete to the emerging QFP quad-flat pack, people said that “screw machine was a […]

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When should you use press-fit screw machine header pins?

November 22, 2016 By Mary Gannon

Continuing the discussion on screw machine technology, here is a look at this technology, the advantages of using it and how to best utilize this technology in your engineering projects. Below is a list of the common styles of press-fit screw machine header pins: Press-fit barb has a fishhook shaped feature, typically featuring 15° angle. It runs […]

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When should you use floating pin technology?

October 18, 2016 By Mary Gannon

One of the biggest challenges facing assembly of SMT interconnects is maintaining lead coplanarity over a distance. The greater the distance, the more likely the PCB surface may…

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How do you create ultra-low profile socket locations on a PCB?

October 7, 2016 By Mary Gannon

Socket receptacle carriers are probably one of the least known, least understood methods of creating ultra-low profile socket locations onto a PCB. A socket carrier looks just like…

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What are horizontal mount interconnects?

September 20, 2016 By Mary Gannon

Horizontal mount screw machine pin-and-socket receptacle interconnects sit parallel to the surface of a printed circuit board. One reason why they’re so advantageous from a product design standpoint…

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What are the benefits of spring-loaded contacts?

September 7, 2016 By Mary Gannon

Probably the fastest growing type of interconnect being used by engineers is the spring-loaded contact. Spring-loaded contacts (aka SLCs) are ideal for creating solderless interconnections between mating modules,…

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Before the Dinosaurs, there was Wire-Wrap…

August 25, 2016 By Aimee Kalnoskas 1 Comment

by Marty Houlroyd I feel my age when bringing up the names DataCon and Mupac, back in the 80s and 90s they were the leaders in wire-wrap technology. At that time, I worked for a little no-name company that tried to compete (mostly miserably) against these industry giants. Some wire-wrap applications, especially telecommunications. used giant […]

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