With their high contact density and small footprint, SMC connectors offer maximum design flexibility. This series is suitable for a wide range of applications, including compact mezzanine, board-to-board, and board-to-cable configurations. With proper design routing, these fine-pitch connectors can reliably transmit signals at data rates exceeding 1 Gbps.
In addition to SMT versions (right-angle and other angles), right-angle male connectors (Q-type with 12, 26, 50, 68, and 80 pins and a total height of 3.25 mm) with press-fit technology are also available. These press-fit versions of the SMC male connector are ideal for use on backplanes. Based on SMC male connectors with press-fit terminals on the PCB side, ERNI has now produced extremely compact demonstration backplanes that combine the performance of the connectors and press-fit technology with exceptional reliability. This enables the creation of miniaturized and robust backplane solutions for extremely compact systems in harsh industrial environments.
The SMC family with a 1.27 mm pitch is designed for advanced subsystem applications, enabling the production of a wide variety of printed circuit board (PCB) solutions. The various modules, including right-angle and other-angle male and female connectors, along with SMT terminals and press-fit right-angle male connectors, provide users with maximum design flexibility for all necessary PCB configurations (coplanar, mezzanine, or orthogonal). These connectors, with their precise contacts, are manufactured in state-of-the-art, fully automated facilities with visual inspection (100% Automatic Optical Inspection) and exact coplanarity (tolerance below 0.1 mm) for reliable soldering. Contact distance and positioning are 100% monitored. Different combinations of standard and low-profile versions allow for board stacking heights between 8.0 mm and 20.0 mm.
Together with its adapters, the SMC product range covers printed circuit board distances from 8.0 to 40.0 mm. The SMC product range has been optimized for fully automated processes.
Radical miniaturization in PCB termination technology
HARTING is expanding its range of PCB terminals and PCB connectors, effectively supporting the trend towards modularization and miniaturization in industrial electronics. Product developers have maximum design freedom at their disposal.
