Electric and Electronic Connectors Distributed by Area51
Area51 has decades of experience distributing electronic components like electrical and electronic connectors. They carry the leading electrical and electronic connector technology as well as the parts you can’t find anywhere else, like the obsolete, discontinued, and trailing edge kind. They distribute an array of brands in addition to the their franchised lines. Their product line of electrical and electronic connectors is numerous and includes AEP, AIRES, AMP, AMPHENOL RF, AMP / TYCO, BUCHANAN / RDI, CDI, COAXICOM, EMERSON NETWORK, ITT CANNON, LUMBERG, MOLEX / WALDOM, NEUTRIK, OMNI, PANDUIT, PASTERNACK, SEALECTRO, SOLITRON DEVICES, STEREN, and STEWARD. Let Area51 go out of their way to supply you with every electrical and electronic connector you need for all your applications.
An electrical connector is a component that connects electrical circuits together. Hundreds of different types of connectors exist and they can be a temporary or permanent link between multiple wires or devices. A terminal is one of the simplest kinds of electrical connectors and joins two or more wires to a single point of electrical connection. Basic electrical connectors become electronic connectors specifically when they are used to connect wires, circuit boards, microchips and other electronic devices together and to power sources. Electrical and electronic connectors find crucial uses in aerospace and military situations. Military connectors are built according to strict and exacting military specifications. They are designed to keep the connection protected against severe environments. They are usually a shell type connector just for this purpose; because they utilize a durable outer shell to protect the contacts contained within. Commercially, some of the more common electronic connectors consist of board connectors, phone jacks, wire to wire connectors, and audio/ video adapters. Terminal blocks find widespread use in electrical and electronic connector applications.
Terminal blocks are the most basic kind of electrical connectors and are also known as terminal boards or strips. They are electrical connectors which contain multiple individual terminals. They provide the easiest method of making an electrical connection between multiple individual electrical wires. With the wide range of different gauge wires and applications, there are numerous types of different terminal blocks available of varying arrays of sizes and number of separate terminals per block. When a terminal block is mounted on a printed circuit board, it can be considered an electronic connector. This electronic connector is commonly referred to as a board connector. The board connector makes it possible to connect individual wires to the circuit board. Usually this type of electronic connector is directly soldered to the board, but some modular versions are available to disconnect the wire-connecting part of the terminal block from the base of it, which is soldered onto the circuit board.
You can connect wires to a terminal block in a variety of different ways. In some you must first remove a small section of the wire’s insulation at the connection end and make the electrical connection by either wrapping the bare wire around a terminal post (usually a terminal screw in this case, which is then tightened to keep the wires in place) or affixing the bare wire to the terminal post by using solder. In some terminal blocks the wires have terminal lugs attached to the end of them. These lugs are conductive, are typically in a flat ring or U shape and crimped onto the end of a stripped wire. These are then tightened into place by a terminal screw, thus making a more solid, consistent connection and allowing an easier way to connect or disconnect the wire from the terminal block quickly and easily.
Because stripping is time consuming for producing numerous electrical connections, insulation displacement connectors are typically used instead. Insulation displacement connectors utilize a forked opening in the terminal into which the insulated wire is placed. This forked terminal is pressed into the wire, cutting through the insulation and making a gas tight connection with wire conductor within. Such electrical connectors are used where quick, accurate and long lasting connections are best, such as in the multi conductor flat ribbon cable that is used in the disk drives of computers. Insulation displacement connectors are used in applications where a signal is flowing through small conductors at a low voltage.
There are also electrical and electronic connectors that consist of plugs and sockets. The plug is the male end, and the socket is the female end. Plugs contain multiple pins or prongs which are inserted into the socket. The connection between the plug and socket must be sufficiently tight to ensure proper conductivity in order to complete the circuit.
There are several commonly used plug and socket type electrical connectors that possess a fair degree of sophistication. An 8P8C connector is a modular connector that stands for “eight positions, eight conductors”. These connectors are typically used in Ethernet cables and other networking applications. 8P8C connectors are often confused with the typical registered jack connector which is a modular connector that is used for average telecommunications connections.
The DE-9 connector is a 9 pin electronic connector of the D-subminiature type. These kinds of connectors are used primarily in computers, telecommunications, and test / measurement equipment.
USB connectors are another example of a type of electronic connector. USB stands for Universal Serial Bus and is widely used in computers and other devices such as portable memory devices, video games systems, personal digital assistants, and portable media players. USB connectors are commonly used in peripheral computer hardware such as a printer, scanner, or computer mouse. In cases like these, the peripheral device utilizes the USB “A” plug if it has a cable. If the peripheral device has no cord, it utilizes a USB “B” socket. Then a USB “B” plug cable is used to connect to a USB “A” plug. A USB is a 4 pin connector that is surrounded by a protective shield. A USB “A” connector configuration has their 4 pins mounted in a row, while the USB “B” connector has 2 pins on the top and 2 pins on the bottom. USB connectors are also available in smaller configurations, known as Mini A and Mini B USB connectors.
An electrical connector is a component that connects electrical circuits together. Hundreds of different types of connectors exist and they can be a temporary or permanent link between multiple wires or devices. A terminal is one of the simplest kinds of electrical connectors and joins two or more wires to a single point of electrical connection. Basic electrical connectors become electronic connectors specifically when they are used to connect wires, circuit boards, microchips and other electronic devices together and to power sources. Electrical and electronic connectors find crucial uses in aerospace and military situations. Military connectors are built according to strict and exacting military specifications. They are designed to keep the connection protected against severe environments. They are usually a shell type connector just for this purpose; because they utilize a durable outer shell to protect the contacts contained within. Commercially, some of the more common electronic connectors consist of board connectors, phone jacks, wire to wire connectors, and audio/ video adapters. Terminal blocks find widespread use in electrical and electronic connector applications.
Terminal blocks are the most basic kind of electrical connectors and are also known as terminal boards or strips. They are electrical connectors which contain multiple individual terminals. They provide the easiest method of making an electrical connection between multiple individual electrical wires. With the wide range of different gauge wires and applications, there are numerous types of different terminal blocks available of varying arrays of sizes and number of separate terminals per block. When a terminal block is mounted on a printed circuit board, it can be considered an electronic connector. This electronic connector is commonly referred to as a board connector. The board connector makes it possible to connect individual wires to the circuit board. Usually this type of electronic connector is directly soldered to the board, but some modular versions are available to disconnect the wire-connecting part of the terminal block from the base of it, which is soldered onto the circuit board.
You can connect wires to a terminal block in a variety of different ways. In some you must first remove a small section of the wire’s insulation at the connection end and make the electrical connection by either wrapping the bare wire around a terminal post (usually a terminal screw in this case, which is then tightened to keep the wires in place) or affixing the bare wire to the terminal post by using solder. In some terminal blocks the wires have terminal lugs attached to the end of them. These lugs are conductive, are typically in a flat ring or U shape and crimped onto the end of a stripped wire. These are then tightened into place by a terminal screw, thus making a more solid, consistent connection and allowing an easier way to connect or disconnect the wire from the terminal block quickly and easily.
Because stripping is time consuming for producing numerous electrical connections, insulation displacement connectors are typically used instead. Insulation displacement connectors utilize a forked opening in the terminal into which the insulated wire is placed. This forked terminal is pressed into the wire, cutting through the insulation and making a gas tight connection with wire conductor within. Such electrical connectors are used where quick, accurate and long lasting connections are best, such as in the multi conductor flat ribbon cable that is used in the disk drives of computers. Insulation displacement connectors are used in applications where a signal is flowing through small conductors at a low voltage.
There are also electrical and electronic connectors that consist of plugs and sockets. The plug is the male end, and the socket is the female end. Plugs contain multiple pins or prongs which are inserted into the socket. The connection between the plug and socket must be sufficiently tight to ensure proper conductivity in order to complete the circuit.
There are several commonly used plug and socket type electrical connectors that possess a fair degree of sophistication. An 8P8C connector is a modular connector that stands for “eight positions, eight conductors”. These connectors are typically used in Ethernet cables and other networking applications. 8P8C connectors are often confused with the typical registered jack connector which is a modular connector that is used for average telecommunications connections.
The DE-9 connector is a 9 pin electronic connector of the D-subminiature type. These kinds of connectors are used primarily in computers, telecommunications, and test / measurement equipment.
USB connectors are another example of a type of electronic connector. USB stands for Universal Serial Bus and is widely used in computers and other devices such as portable memory devices, video games systems, personal digital assistants, and portable media players. USB connectors are commonly used in peripheral computer hardware such as a printer, scanner, or computer mouse. In cases like these, the peripheral device utilizes the USB “A” plug if it has a cable. If the peripheral device has no cord, it utilizes a USB “B” socket. Then a USB “B” plug cable is used to connect to a USB “A” plug. A USB is a 4 pin connector that is surrounded by a protective shield. A USB “A” connector configuration has their 4 pins mounted in a row, while the USB “B” connector has 2 pins on the top and 2 pins on the bottom. USB connectors are also available in smaller configurations, known as Mini A and Mini B USB connectors.
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