[Chris] over at the 23B hackerspace had a bit of a problem – a project required the use of a very old rotary encoder with a mil-spec connector. While it might be possible to simply buy one of… ...

When [easyjo] picked up this late ’80s Marconi mil-spec keyboard for cheap, he knew it wouldn’t be easy to convert it to USB — just that it would be worth it. Spoiler alert: those… ...

Popular low cost series MIL-DTL-38999 Preferred for new design by the Military The smallest of all the Mil Spec connector types Greatest growth potential of all cylindricals Most commonly used in ...

First a history lesson. The industrial and mil-spec connector industries both grew from the desire to create uniformity and universal standards so that all manufacturers agree on standards for ...

Currently, Digi-Key offers over 52,000 separate Amphenol military-spec product SKUs, in-stock and ready for immediate shipment to its North American customers. Digi-Key will be expanding this ...

For those of you with Asus CUSL2-C's and other motherboards that have extra on-board USB headers that you'd like to use, but have no idea what the pin-out of the connectors are... here's the USB 1 ...

Mil-Spec connectors are circular and seal with O-rings and retaining rings. They are small by comparison and only require a 1 or 2 inch hole to allow the wiring to pass through the firewall.

The two new varieties of products are designed either to meet the military specification MIL-C-83522 , or to be commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) ruggedized, and include connectors, couplers, and ...

Finally, the USB Type-C connector has been designed to scale with the USB spec as it gets faster, so as we move beyond USB 3.1 it should be possible to make future cables physically compatible ...