CONNECTOR

Connector

Connector may refer to:

A mechanical or optical device that provides a demountable connection between two fibers or a fiber and a source or detector.

Connector, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket. This connector device use for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.

Electrical Connector

An Electrical Connector is a device for joining electrical circuits together. In computing, an electrical connector can also be known as a physical interface. Most electrical connectors provide an electrical connection that can be relatively easily established and separated, but connectors are also available to facilitate permanent connections. There are hundreds of types of electrical connectors.

Types of electrical connectors:
1- Terminal blocks
2- Crimp-on terminals
3- Insulation displacement connectors
4- Plug and socket connectors
5- Component and device connectors

 

Commonly used electrical connectors

8P8C connector

8P8C is short for "eight positions, eight conductors", and so an 8P8C modular connector (plug or jack) is a modular connector with eight positions, all containing conductors. It neither uses all eight conductors (but only two of them for wires plus two for shorting a programming resistor) nor does it fit into 8P8C because the true RJ45 is "keyed". The connector is probably most famous for its use in Ethernet and widely used on CAT5 cables.

Electronic Connectors

Electronic connectors cover a wide range of devices used to link wires, boards, chips and other types of electronic equipment to one another and to power sources. Common types of commercial electronic connectors include board connectors, terminal blocks, phone jacks, wire-to-wire connectors and audio and video adapters. Generally, electronic connectors are either male or female, or a combination of the two. A female connector accepts plugs, pins and other inputs from another device, while a male connector is equipped with its own inputs.

 

Terminal blocks, which are insulated bases that connect various electronic components, are regularly used in a wide variety of applications. These devices can be designed to accept clips, wires, or other connectors; inputs are attached through numerous different methods, including soldering, screwing, and clamping. Basic terminal blocks feature a plastic base, conductive metal plates and screw fittings. Also used are card edge connectors, which are attached to printed circuit boards and accept a variety of input cards, including high-speed and high-current cards, and network cards.