This practical book gives you a hands-on understanding of connectors, terminals, device sockets, adapters, and terminal blocks used in electronic assemblies and electrical installations.
It familiarizes you with the available connection solutions and guides you through selecting the optimal one for your application. It steps you through the process of identifying a given interconnect. It classifies and describes each interconnect class, from a pin to a large industrial connector. It describes proper connector use and steers you away from common mistakes.
This hands-on resource covers dozens of applications, with over 1200 figures and 220 tables. It is written for the repair person, the designer, the project manager, the technician, the purchasing agent, and the electronic enthusiast. The Identiconn interactive online utility to select and identify connectors complements this book.
Content overview:
Terminology, classification, history
Characterization: functionality, termination, mount, mating, characteristics, specifications
Identification and selection by application and requirements
A comprehensive description of each class of components:
Test interconnects: probes, alligator clips, grabber clips, IC clips
Terminals:wire-, board-, and panel-mount; magnet wire; foil
Wire splices: insulation displacement, crimp, solder, poke-in, level, twist-on
Wiring interconnects: mechanical connectors, ground lugs, neutral blocks, Terminal Junction Systems
Junction and barrier blocks: junction studs and blocks; panel-mount and PCB-mount barrier blocks
Terminal blocks: panel-mount, feedthrough, PCB, 2-piece pluggable, DIN rail
Board-in interconnects: wire-mount, cable-mount, PCB-mount
Device sockets: battery and fuse clips and holders, IC sockets, PC card sockets, card edge, FFC/FPC
Compression interconnects: pogo, spring leaf, test fixture probes, SKEDD, Zebra, EMI shielding
Shroudless strips: PCB headers, plugs, stackers, jumpers
Rectangular connectors: wire-to-wire, wire-to-board, board-to-board, drawer, bump, RAST, automotive
Single-circuit connectors: quick-connect, banana, RC bullet, solar unipole, Camlock, immersion
Concentric connectors: phone, coaxial barrel power, phono
Coax connectors: interior, microwave, N, BNC, F, TNC, telecom, high-voltage, twinax, triax
Circular connectors: XLR, DIN, MIL, IEC, slim, automotive, e-bike, LED lighting
Exterior signal connectors: D-shell, Modular, Data I/O, Video
Exterior power connectors: AC power, appliance couplers, EV
