What is a Floating Connector?
Featured Product from Harwin Plc
Flecto Floating Connectors
MULTIPLE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TWO PCBS
Floating connectors provide easy mating with lower stress on miniature contacts. Multiple board-to-board interconnections in one assembled PCB stack. Reduced requirement for positional accuracy on the board and during mating.
Introducing Flecto, the latest in floating connector technology
Harwin’s Flecto range represents the state-of-the-art of today’s floating connector technologies. Capable of withstanding up to ±0.5mm misalignment in both the X and Y axes, these fine-pitch, high-pin-count board-to-board connectors offer perfect alignment, high-speed data transmission, mixed signal and power options, high contact reliability and multiple mounting options.
Key Features
- Up to 160 contacts in a symmetrical double-row layout
- Three choices of miniature pitches: 0.5mm (.0197”), 0.635mm (.025”) and 0.8mm (0.0315”)
- Board-to-board mating heights down to 7.2mm
- Horizontal option for 90° daughterboards
- Additional power pins with a current rating of 3A in the 0.5mm pitch range
- Location pegs to inhibit movement during soldering
- Shrouding and polarization options
- Tape and reel package options
