Hirose Electric, founded in 1937, is an industry leader in the development and manufacturing of high quality electronic connectors, offering a broad range of products including: wire-to-board; board-to-board; board-to-cable; micro coax; circular; mini/micro USB; memory card; microwave; fiber optics; ribbon cable; HDMI; and flex circuit FPC/FFC type connectors.

Hirose Electric supports advancements in technologies of consumer electronics, medical, industrial, military, and automotive markets. They have established themselves as a technology leader working closely with customers to develop innovations in miniaturization, high speed data transmission, signal integrity and mechanical design.

Hirose has the interconnect solutions to solve your application demands:

• Hirose Interconnects for Medical Electronics: Hirose started to develop and manufacture a variety of medical instruments sold as sets in 1976. These products include electronic therapy devices for relieving pain and promoting blood flow, and measuring devices such as the pulse-oximeter used for measuring the oxygen concentration of the blood. In an effort to make medical technology available for practical use, Hirose has also focused attention on the development of health products for personal use. They have already won a highly favorable market response with a variety of electronic products, including electronic devices for slimming and muscle training, exercise counters for lifestyle monitors and warm water cleaning units for portable toilets.
• Hirose Interconnects for Flexible Circuits: Hirose's FH series connectors are designed for Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) or Flat Flex Cable (FFC) type connections. With contact pitches ranging from 1mm to 0.3mm. Most connectors in this series are available in a bottom contact point, but top contact points are also available in select products. Typical applications are to connect LCD's to printed circuit boards and Board-to-Board connections.
• Hirose Interconnects for Board-to-Wire Applications: Hirose's Board-to-Wire connectors offer innovative, cost effective solutions solving engineer problems getting signals from one point to another within a design. With contact pitches ranging from 1mm to 3.3mm, multiple pin counts, locking features, and various termination styles.
• Hirose Interconnects for Board-to-Board Applications: Hirose's Board-to-Board connectors offer innovative, cost effective solutions helping engineers get signals from one point to another within a design with contact pitches ranging from 0.4mm to 5mm, multiple pin counts, various termination styles and many height combinations.

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Waterproof Circular Connector with Overmold
HR30 Circular Connector Series is available in all shell sizes and enables customers to specify multiple over-mold strain relief designs including straight, right angle, and 45°. Overmold feature prevents damage caused by tampering or unauthorized assembly. Units in series have insulation resistance of 1,000 MW at 100 Vac, with maximum contact resistance of up to 30 mW at 1 ADC. They operate in temperature range of -25 to +85°C.  Learn More...

Miniature Waterproof Shielded Connector
The LF Series, Mini Waterproof Circular Connectors, are shielded, self-aligning components that are the next generation of medical equipment connectors. With an IP67 rating, the short turn bayonet lock assures secure vibration resistant mating. Learn More...

Miniature I/O Connectors for Portable Terminal Equipment
The Hirose Electric ST Series I/O Connectors were developed as external input/output connectors for the portable and mobile devices used in consumer markets. These miniature interface connectors are reliable under extreme and unpredictable conditions and have been used in medical applications that include transmitting power and/or data signals between devices. Learn More...

Low Profile FPC / FFC ZIF Connectors
The Hirose Electric FH28 Series 0.5mm FFC/FPC ZIF Connectors provide a 2.5mm board height. Featuring precise FFC / FPC positioning, a rotating actuator, strong retention force, and are used with 0.3mm thickness FFC / FPC . Available in 20, 40, 50, 55, 60, 68 & 80 contact positions. Ideal for LCD, PDP, notebook computers, HDD, video and audio equipment, OA equipment, and other devices requiring high reliability ZIF connection of FFC / FPC. Learn More...

1.25mm Pitch Miniature Crimping Connector
The Hirose DF13 series of board-to-wire miniature crimping connectors offer 1.25mm pitch, box-shaped pin header, discrete wire crimping connection, and discrete wire connectors. With through-hole and SMT mounting at heights of 3.6mm (right angle) they are available in contact positions of (single row) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 and (double row) 10, 20, 30, 40. Learn More...