Connector Testing

As noted previously, the environmental exposures for non-noble (tin) and noble (gold) plated contacts are different. The dominant degradation mechanism...

Vibration parameters are arguably the most problematic of the conditioning/exposure testing parameters. The most significant issue is that the vibration...

Mechanical conditioning are intended to assess the mechanical stability of the contact interface under field conditions. As noted previously in...

Attention now turns to exposures, with examples of thermal, mechanical and environmental exposures. Temperature LifeTemperature life, or heat aging, exposures...

For convenience a review of the components of connector resistance, first presented in 1.3.3 The Electrical Interface: Contact Resistance, will...

A basic connector product specification, for example, will call out a number of testgroups to assess connector performance with respect...

What is a test? A test is a combination of an exposure and a measurement. What is an exposure? An...

The purpose of connector testing is to evaluate the performance of a connector in its intended application. Three questions must...