Component
Circular connector
A metal-shell circular connector with seven contacts on a ring. The shell is the keying and the seal, so the contact layout is the easy part.
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Component
Terminal block
A four-way block with screw terminals and a wire entry per way. The pitch is the specification, because it sets the wire size the block will take.
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Component
Crimp contact
A crimped contact with a mating pin, a retention shoulder and a barrel. The crimp is the connection: everything else only holds it in place.
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By the joint rather than by the shell. A circular connector is decided by its keying, a block by its pitch, a contact by its crimp.
- Shelled connectors
- Decided by keying and sealing, because that is what the interface is
- Blocks
- Decided by pitch and divider, because that is what holds the rating
- Contacts
- Decided by the crimp and the plating, because that is the connection
- Accessories
- Decided by the shell, because they have to fit it