Designers are being asked to squeeze more functionality into increasingly awkward and confined spaces as part of size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) optimization. This is especially true in portable devices, industrial robotic systems, and aviation systems where the interconnects are routing both power and data signals in close proximity.
While designers must be concerned with reliability and signal integrity, they must also ensure the interconnect system is easy to configure for different pinouts and use cases, can reliably connect and disconnect during setup and is easy to maintain when in use.
This article will explain how designers of electronics systems can ensure reliable connectivity by using the appropriate connector family for small and tight interconnect situations. It will discuss how SWaP-C optimization can be achieved for a broad range of interconnect challenges by standardizing on one interconnect family from Harwin. The application of two sample solutions that target interconnects for small systems will be described.
Post time: May-09-2022