ASAP Part Services Blog

When inevitable issues arise in your electronic system, the age old answer is always “did you try turning it on and off again?” While this may be a suitable answer for a personal computer or mobile phone, this is not always acceptable for servers and networks where downtime warrants major issues and setbacks for a company or service. When these systems eventually need parts replacement, additions, or removals, they need to be serviced in a way that does not require powering down or interrupting the system. Luckily, the solution to this problem comes in the form of hot swap connectors and hot swapping.

Microminiature connectors offer high performance and reliability with remarkable versatility on par with their “standard” counterparts. They’re used in the aerospace, computer systems, defense, medical, and network industries and come in different configurations such as rectangular, circular, and strip. ITT Cannon, a leading manufacturer of microminiature connectors, boasts the broadest selections of micro interconnect solutions, beginning with the MDM, MDM PCB, MDMH, TMDM, MJS, MIK, and MIKQ.

TE Connectivity has recently released two great sources to be able to supply the market a 400G Ethernet speed. Such speeds have not yet reached the public and to date have only been talk of the century. The Connectivity company has recently released OSFP and QSFP-DD’s products of their own that will be able to reach such speeds.