Connector system prevents mis-mating

It provides a vertical through-hole and wire-to-board solution targeted at industrial and instrumentation, data, communications, consumer and military applications.

This range of board connectors has contacts rated up to 23A each, made from high-conductivity copper with either tin or gold plating. As terminals are post-plated, they prevent corrosion from environmental contaminants including salt spray and gas. The positive locking feature on the connector housing has a low thumb latch operation that aims to ensure secured mating retention. Operating temperature range for the Minitek Pwr 5.7mm Connector System is -40 to +105°C.

Electrical performance includes: low level contact resistance of 2mΩ maximum (initial); insulation resistance of 1000MΩ minimum; voltage rating of 600VAC (RMS)/DC and contact resistance for tin plated options is 10mΩ and gold plated options is 5mΩ maximum. Mechanically, the tin-plated connectors are rated for 25 cycles and gold plated connectors to 200 mating cycles.

Specific application examples include 1U rack boxes, WiMax boxes, microwave ovens, refrigerators, HDD applications, desktop PCs, blade servers, ultrasound equipment, defibrillators, chemical detection systems, radar equipment and many others across multiple industry sectors.