RS Components adds 600+ connectors and cable assemblies

RS Components, the trading brand of Electrocomponents, has added more than 600 Amphenol FCI connector and cable assembly product lines to its portfolio. The additions expand the RS AFCI offering to over 1700 lines, including backplane and mezzanine connectors, power connectors, power supply accessories, board-to-board and wire-to-board connectors, I/O connectors, optical interconnects, cable assemblies, terminal blocks and flexible printed circuit (FPC) connectors.

The move follows the acquisition of connector and cable assembly manufacturer FCI by Amphenol in June 2016, with the merged operation subsequently rebranded as Amphenol FCI (AFCI). The acquisition has strengthened AFCI’s position as an international supplier to the telecommunications, data communications, data storage, server, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, medical equipment, instrumentation and renewable energy markets.

RS is particularly excited to be stocking the RotaConnect range of rotatable board-to-board SMT connectors, including pegged versions designed to simplify placement. AFCI RotaConnect can be used to make perpendicular, coplanar and angled connections. A hermaphroditic ‘mates to itself’ design allows mating and disengaging at any angle between +90° and -60°, so the connectors can be placed anywhere on a PCB.

Typical RotaConnect applications include control boards, sensors, actuators, rigid LED strips, automotive lighting, channel lettering and lighting luminaires. The RotaConnect product lines add locating pegs to eliminate hold down, simplifying placement and helping electronic design engineers save space between PCB connectors.

Pictured: The RotaConnect board-to-board connector.