KYOCERA AVX expands its time and cost savings 9176-700 series capped IDC connectors
Summary
Ideal applications for the 9176-700 Series include connecting discrete wires to a PCB, bringing power and signal to a PCB, and daisy chaining PCBs together to create a continuous string in electronic devices including LED lighting, oil & gas detonators, disposable surgical tools, medical diagnostics, patient monitors, and automotive and transportation lighting, fuel control valves and modules, and door handles. “Our 9176 Series surface-mount IDC connectors have been providing design engineers working in challenging industries with attractive size and performance options for reliable discrete wire-to-board connections since their market introduction in 2007,” said Perrin Hardee, North American Product Manager, KYOCERA AVX. “They have been tested to various levels of shock, vibration, and temperature cycling to prove their reliability and robustness and field-proven in hundreds of applications ranging from smart meters to simple sensor terminations. Expanding our 9176-700 Series with new four- and five-position models allows us to meet the needs of evolving markets and applications and — by virtue of its unique integrated termination/retention cap, which serves as a wire location and insertion aid — to provide design engineers with even more opportunities to simplify and reduce the cost of bringing power and signal to a PCB.” 9176-700 Series connectors have glass-filled high-temperature UL94 V-0 Nylon insulators and high-strength phosphor bronze contacts with pure tin over nickel plating. In addition, single-position 9176-700 contacts are available with blue, yellow, red, green, orange, and brown insulators by special order.