Farnell, the Development Distributor, announces an inventory expansion of Molex products offering customers more choice and the broadest portfolio of products in stock, ready for same day shipping and next day delivery in Europe.

Molex combines innovation and technology to deliver interconnect solutions to customers worldwide. Farnell is a key sales partner for its connectors, terminals, antennas and cable assemblies and now has around 10,000 Molex products in stock. Molex’s range, encompassing all industry standard connectors, is designed for use across market sectors including automotive, IoT, industrial, consumer, datacom and medical.

Expanded Molex lines now available from Farnell include:

• Power Connectors: available in a wide array of designs and including Molex’s expanded FiT Family range, Molex’s power products portfolio offers reliable choices for your power needs.
• Microminiature Connectors: maximising performance with minimal space, Molex’s broad range of micro products includes popular families such as Easy-On FFC/FPC Connectors and SlimStack Board-to-Board Connectors.
• Wire-to-Board Connectors: offering a wide variety of wire-to-board connector solutions that fit applications requiring high-power solutions or microminiature options.
• FCT D-Subminiature Connectors: available in standard, high-density and mixed-layout versions, as well as various material and plating combinations with an extensive range of backshells and accessory options, providing solutions for a wide variety of applications.
• Application Tooling: Using the proper interconnect manufacturer’s tooling is essential to meet many of the industry standards and to maintain the connector manufacturer’s product warranty. Molex application tooling provides production equipment designed and tested to ensure a high quality electrical connection.
• Brad Industrial Connectors and Cordsets: providing a single convenient source for specifying numerous passive interconnect and industrial communications requirements for industrial applications. Standardising with Brad system solutions simplifies design, installation and maintenance processes.

Simon Meadmore, Global Category Director, IP&E for Farnell says: “As a leading provider of electronic components and solutions, Molex provides our customers with innovative products to help them solve complex challenges. This investment in Molex products reflects customer demand and means that we have more global on-hand inventory than ever before to meet our customer needs, with further expansion to come as more products are introduced to market.”

Fred Bell, Vice President, Global Distribution at Molex added: “We rely on distributors such as Farnell to help customers in the early stages of the design cycle access our products. Molex values our key relationship with Farnell, and this investment means that they can reach more customers than ever before. We see huge new potential in working with Farnell and Avnet, as they support customers embarking upon and continuing their design journeys through to large scale production.”

The extended Molex product range is now available online from Farnell in EMEA, element14 in APAC and Newark in North America.

element14.com, the world’s largest electronic design community, today announced it is giving its members the unique opportunity to design the sensor board of their dreams. The Dream Sensor Board campaign leverages the element14 Community, comprised of makers, engineers and designers, to crowd-source the best combination of sensor modules. Molex, a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, will review the feedback to create a truly crowdsourced sensor board with the features that are the most important to the element14 Community.

Sensor modules provide the ideal platform for developing electronic projects and designs that measure or detect variables including pressure, temperature, humidity, motion, colour and even physical position. Members of the element14 Community will be able to share their preferred connectivity, interface methods and what applications of the board are the most useful.

“Our community is on the front line of product development every day, and are the ideal audience to provide feedback on new components like sensor boards,” said Dianne Kibbey, Global Head of Community and Social Media for the element14 Community. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Molex to offer our community members the chance for their voices to be heard and ultimately use their dream sensor board in future designs.”

Members can mix and match components and collaborate, provide information on their preferred connectivity and interface methods, and define the most useful applications for the board. Members can also share their designs with other community members, and will vote on the best designs. The community’s creative feedback will help inform Molex’s development of upcoming sensor modules.

“Molex is several years into a transition from a company that primarily manufactured connectors to a company that manufactures a balanced mix of connectors and electronic solutions,” said Patrick Killian, Solutions Director - Power and Signal Business Unit. “As a result of this strategy, we are moving forward to develop plug-and-play multi-function sensor modules. We are looking forward to engaging with element14’s engineering community. Jointly we plan to define the combination of sensors that will be most valuable for environmental and/or mechanical applications.”

The element14 Community was the first community specifically built for engineers. With over half a million engineers, manufacturer, inventor, and innovator members, the element14 Community offers its members a number of important benefits and is a place where suppliers and customers can provide insights and trends on the industry.

To learn more about the dream sensor boards, visit: http://www.element14.com/DreamSensorBoard

Molex have strengthened their offering with a range of crimp housings to the SL™ Wire-to-Wire Modular Connector System, with benefits that include additional terminal position assurance (TPA) and connector position assurance (CPA) locking features, providing design flexibility for applications used in high-vibration environments.

The new range of Molex SL™ (Stackable Linear) Modular Connectors are available from Newark element14 in North America, Farnell element14 in Europe and element14 in APAC

The full range of Molex’s Wire-to-Board and Wire-to-Wire SL™ Modular Connector System is available at http://uk.farnell.com/Molex_SL_Modular.

element14 offers engineers (both design and maintenance) as well as purchasing professionals, a comprehensive range of over 36,000 connector products, in stock and ready to ship today. The range includes PCB, Industrial, D-sub, I/O, RF/Coaxial and Audio/Video connectors from industry-leading manufacturers. Please visit http://uk.farnell.com/connectors today for further information.

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element14 has introduced the Molex Ultra-Fit™ range of high-density low mating force power connectors with a current rating of up to 14A with only a 3.5mm pitch. This small-sized yet power-dense range eliminates same-circuit-size cross mating, optimizes space savings and facilitates ease of assembly. It is suited for applications in industrial, telecom, lighting, medical and consumer electronics.

There is a wide diversity of power connector challenges faced by each industry; space constraints in the electronics design, potential errors in assembly and malfunctions in the end-product. Molex new Ultra-Fit power connectors addresses these challenges with these features -

• multiple mechanically keyed color-coded options
• 17% smaller footprint over similar power connectors
• ultra low mating force terminal
• positive-lock housing with anti-snag design
• terminal interface with six independent points of contact (split-box terminal design)

The Ultra-Fit range is part of the family of Molex Fit power connectors for wire-to-wire, wire-to-board and board-to-board configurations comprising space saving sizes to cutting-edge current density and long-term reliability; available at http://sg.element14.com/molex

The Fit family from Molex includes Micro-Fit, Mini-Fit and Mega-Fit.

element14 has added new PCB connectors from leading global suppliers TE Connectivity, Hirose and Molex, to its comprehensive range of over 30,000 PCB connectors which includes board-to-board, card edge and backplane, DIN 41612 board, FFC/FPC board, stacking board and wire-to-board connectors.

The portfolio of PCB connectors at element14 feature High Speed connectors with speeds from 10 Gbps to over 25Gbps, High Power connectors with current density per circuit from 10A to 65A, Low Profile connectors for space-constrained PCB designs with a mated height of as low as 1.55mm, and Fine Pitch connectors as low as 0.3mm pitch.

New ranges of PCB connectors include -

• TE Connectivity M.2 (Next Generation Form Factor) connectors - 0.5mm pitch and 67 positions, the M.2 NGFF Connectors reduce connector height by 15% and is ideal for designs requiring a smaller form factor in both size and volume
• Molex MegaFit series - cutting-edge current density at 23.0A per circuit; terminals provide 6 independent contact points for long-term reliability
• Hirose FH26 series - 0.3 mm pitch, 1.0 mm height, space-saving FPC connector, features a short mounting depth of only 3.2 mm. The actuator opening is a full 135º with a clear tactile and audible click when rotation is complete.

View PCB connectors at sg.element14.com/pcb-connectors on the upgraded element14 transactional website platform. With new, powerful enhancements, customers get a simpler, more personalised online purchasing experience across the whole site, from searching for parts to finding background information and browsing. Other powerful enhancements include: faster searches with the ability to compare products and access enhanced product information and resources, and a faster checkout process.