Board-to-board connectors support 3-Gbits/s data rates

By Gina Roos, editor-in-chief

Harwin’s Archer Kontrol 1.27-mm-pitch board-to-board connectors support data rates of up to 3 Gbits/s for industrial data applications. Compatible with Ethernet speeds up to 2.94 Gbits/s, these high-speed connectors can be used in industrial drives and controls as well as monitoring and data acquisition equipment.

The fully shrouded and polarized design can withstand strong lateral and twisting forces, with surface-mount hold-downs lightening the strain on the soldered connections. Mated connectors can withstand 20g of vibration to meet environmental conditions in automated and mechanized processes.

These connectors can handle up to 500 mating cycles thanks to the gold-plated phosphor bronze contact areas. Easy blind mating is possible due to the chamfered front edges that allow up to a 0.7-mm offset. The operating temperature is 125°C, making the connecters suited for industrial equipment connections.

The Archer Kontrol series offers pin counts of 12 to 80 contacts. Up to 1.2 A per contact is supported. Variable vertical connector heights allow board-to-board spacings of 8 mm to 20 mm. All mating configurations — edge-to-edge co-planar, parallel board-to-board, and right-angle mother-to-daughterboard — are possible with vertical and horizontal connectors in male and female designs.