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San Marcos, CA and Wilmington, MA, December 14, 2009-
Sullins Connector Solutions, a leader in the design and manufacturing of RoHS-compliant board level interconnect products, and Heilind Electronics, the world’s largest distributor of interconnect products, announced the renewal of their distribution agreement. Under the terms of the new agreement, Heilind will continue to stock, distribute, and support the Sullins and Mirco Plastics portfolio of standard and custom edgecards, headers, bi-level and CompactPCI™ connectors from its over 25 sales offices and distribution centers throughout the U. S., Canada and Mexico. Continue reading →

High-Density, 1.00 mm Pitch Devices Support 1.58 mm Add-On Graphics Cards

San Marcos, CA, October 19, 2009-
Sullins Connector Solutions, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacturing of RoHS-compliant board level interconnect products, offers a full series of PCI Express® (PCIe) card edge connectors to enable easy and cost effective implementation of PCIe architecture in desktop computers, communications equipment, workstations, and factory automation equipment. Highly reliable and durable, these connectors fully support the PCIe standards for signal and power as well as auxiliary signals at the interface between the motherboard and add-in card. The 1.00 mm pitch, one-piece parts feature slots accepting 1.58 mm (0.062”) thick add-on graphics cards for user upgrades and support x1, x4, x8, x16, x24, and x32 contact positions to accommodate an extensive range of bandwidth requirements. The series is moreover engineered to optimize both design flexibility and manufacturing efficiencies as devices are provided in a wide range of termination types and mounting styles. Parts’ serial lanes are comprised of two differential wire pairs that support a data transfer rate of 500 MB/s in each direction, per lane. They additionally feature a 2.5 GHz clock rate, and a 5 GT/s (gigatransfers per second) bit rate. Continue reading →

Sullins Connector Solutions’ New IDC Socket and Plug series for fast and reliable board-to-cable connections
Double-Row, 0.100” Contact Centerline Devices Accept 28 AWG Flat Ribbon Cable

San Marcos, CA, July 6, 2009-
Sullins Connector Solutions, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacturing of RoHS-compliant board level interconnect products, extended their comprehensive portfolio of Insulation Displacement Connectors (IDC) to include the 0.100” (2.54 mm) contact centerline SFH IDC Series Socket and SIP IDC Series DIP Plugs. The new precision-engineered devices, along with Sullins’ 0.050” (1.27 mm) and 0.079” (2.00 mm) pitch IDC sockets, provide OEMs and ODMs with an easy and inexpensive solution to reduce the time and applied costs of wiring installations. The SFH devices simply and quickly mass terminate single-layer, 0.050” (1.27 mm) 28 AWG flat ribbon cable in one step. Sockets may be ordered with strain relief to promote long life and with polarizing keys to ensure proper mating alignment. The sockets mate with Sullins’ SBH11 Series Box Headers, as well as most other 0.100” pitch IDC box headers. Continue reading →

High Temperature Devices’ Double-Contact-Point Pin Design
Promote Long Life in Mission-Critical Electronic Systems and End Products

San Marcos, CA, April 30, 2009-
Sullins Connector Solutions, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of RoHS-compliant board level interconnect products, today released the full RDPS Series (Ruggedized Double Point Series) of card edge connectors optimized for superior durability in high-temperature, harsh environment applications. The RDPS Series is engineered to accept 0.062” (1.58 mm) thick daughtercards and is comprised of 0.100” (2.54 mm), 0.125” (3.18 mm), and 0.156” (3.96 mm) contact centerline parts. Notably, the parts’ double-contact-point pin design promotes sturdier daughtercard retention than traditional card edge connectors. This unique pin design, coupled with the series’ material rating of from -65 degrees C to +150 degrees C, helps ensure high mating cycles, and long life for electronic systems and end products. The robust series also affords engineers the utmost in design flexibility as devices are supplied in dip solder, wire wrap, right angle bend, and card extender terminations, as well as with a choice of post lengths. Available mounting styles include clearance holes, threaded inserts, side mounting, and with/without mounting ears. Materials are UL94V-0 rated. Continue reading →

Male and Female Parts Promote Superior Signal Performance, Reliability, And Connection Integrity

San Marcos, CA, March 30, 2009-
Announced today by Sullins Connector Solutions, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of RoHS-compliant board level interconnects, are the new 1.0 mm (0.039”) contact centerline SMH Series Male Header, and SFM Series Female Header Mates. The addition of these board-to-board connector series to Sullins’ expanding header portfolio allows EOEMs and assemblers to cut vendor count per bill of materials (BOM), as well as reduce overall costs and time-to-market. Parts are available in single- and dual-row configurations, with or without guideposts, and with SMT, straight, or right angle terminations. To further support design flexibility, male headers are provided in 1.0 mm or 1.5 mm profiles, and offered with 1.65 mm or 1.90 mm head heights in SMT versions. Corresponding female header mates may be ordered with 2.1 mm or 3.15 mm profiles. Parts are compatible with reflow processes up to 260 degrees peak, and feature an extended temperature range of -40 degrees C to +125 degrees C. Materials are UL94V-0 rated. Continue reading →

New Taipei Facility to Support Sullins’ Expanding Presence Throughout the Asia-Pacific Market

San Marcos, CA, February 2, 2009-
Sullins Connector Solutions, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of RoHS-compliant board-level interconnects, announced today the opening of its Taipei, Taiwan office. The office serves as Sullins’ Asia-Pacific operating hub from which manufacturing, sales, marketing, engineering, and design support are provided for the Sullins and Micro Plastics portfolio of standard and custom edgecards, headers, bi-level and CompactPCI™ connectors. A growing number of EOEMs within the Asia-Pacific arena commonly employ the devices in a broad range of industrial, commercial, military and consumer applications. Continue reading →

Series Features Choices of Contact Centers, Positions, and Terminations for Optimal Design Flexibility

San Marcos, CA, January 12, 2009-
Sullins Connector Solutions, a global leader in the design and manufacturing of RoHS-compliant board-level interconnects, announced the availability of the SBH Series Fully Shrouded Male Box Headers, and SFH Series Female Header Mates. Engineered for board-to-board or board-to-cable connections, the series significantly reduces the possibility of mismating, and helps designers reduce the vendor count per bill of materials (BOM). The dual-row SBH Series Box Headers are offered in 1.27mm x 1.27mm, 1.27mm x 2.54mm, 2mm, and 2.54mm versions, with either straight or right angle dip solder terminations. To further enhance EOEMS’ and assemblers’ design flexibility and manufacturing efficiencies, parts are supplied in surface mount (SMT), insulation displacement (IDC), and plated through hole (PTH) styles. The SFH Series Female Mates are provided in corresponding contact positions with the box headers, and may be ordered with polarizing keys to ensure proper mating alignment. Additionally, an optional strain relief feature on IDC female mates minimizes tension on cable connectors to promote longer product life. Continue reading →

Edgecards Boast Gold-Plated Contacts to Ensure Performance in High-Reliability/High-Cycle Applications

San Marcos, CA, July 16, 2008-
Sullins Connector Solutions, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of RoHS-compliant board level interconnect products, today announced the availability of a comprehensive series of male edgecard connectors designed to simulate 0.062” (1.58 mm) thick daughtercards. The parts provide engineers and assembliers with a durable 0.100” (2.54 mm) or 0.156” (3.96) spacing interconnect system when mated with a Sullins or comparable female edgecard. The double-row connectors notably feature phosphor bronze gold-plated contact fingers that can eliminate the need for gold plated fingers on the daughtercard. Supplied in dip solder, straight, or right angle for through hole, and card-extender for straddle mount terminations, they facilitate optimal design flexibility while ensuring robust and reliable connections in high-temperature applications. Materials are UL94V-0 rated. Parts are available with a choice of PBT or Nylon 9T insulators. The series features an operating temperature range of -65 degrees C to +150 degrees C, and a processing temperature of 260 degrees C peak. Continue reading →

Male and Female Parts Provide Unsurpassed Design Flexibility in High-Density Applications

San Marcos, CA, June 10, 2008-
Announced today by Sullins Connector Solutions, a global leader in the design and manufacture of board level interconnects, are male and female 0.050” (1.27mm) board-to-board connectors engineered for higher signal density in space-constrained applications. Offered in single- and dual-row configurations, and in plated through hole (PTH) and surface mount (SMT) versions, the RoHS-compliant parts may be ordered with straight or right-angle dip solder terminations. Moreover, they are available in specifiable pin lengths, and insulator height options to provide OEMs and assembliers with unparalleled design flexibility and manufacturing efficiencies. The female versions are supplied with high-temperature liquid crystal polymer (LCP) insulators, while the male parts feature Nylon 9T insulators. Materials are UL94V-0 rated and withstand high SMT solder-reflow temperatures. Parts are compatible with lead-free RoHS reflow processes up to 260 degrees C peak, and meet the requirements for operating in the temperature range of –40 degrees C to + 105 degrees C. Continue reading →

SMT and THT Devices Support Varied Bandwidth Requirements for 1.58 mm Thick Add-On Cards

San Marcos, CA-May 6, 2008-
Announced today by Sullins Connector Solutions, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of RoHS-compliant board level interconnect products, is the expansion of their comprehensive offering of 1.00 mm edgecard connectors to include a full series of PCI Express® (PCIe) parts. Designed from the ground up to conform to PCI-SIG specifications, the devices enable user upgrades, and bandwidth support to implement PCIe technology for desktop PCs and server systems. Featuring slots accepting 1.58 mm (0.062″) thick add-on cards, the edgecard connector series consists of six connectors with 1-32 high-speed serial PCIe lanes, each matching different bandwidth capabilities. Continue reading →