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name: connector description: Use when working with connector components - headers, sockets, wire-to-board, board-to-board connectors. Includes adding patterns, parsing connector MPNs, extracting pin count, pitch, and series information.

Connector Component Skill

Guidance for working with connector components in the lib-electronic-components library.

Supported Manufacturers & Patterns

ComponentTypes

Copy// Base type
ComponentType.CONNECTOR

// Manufacturer-specific types
ComponentType.CONNECTOR_WURTH
ComponentType.CONNECTOR_MOLEX
ComponentType.CONNECTOR_TE
ComponentType.CONNECTOR_JST
ComponentType.CONNECTOR_HIROSE
ComponentType.CONNECTOR_AMPHENOL
ComponentType.CONNECTOR_HARWIN

Wurth Connectors

MPN Structure

Copy61 300 14 021 1
│  │   │  │   │
│  │   │  │   └── Variant (plating, orientation)
│  │   │  └────── Pitch code (021=2.00mm, 254=2.54mm)
│  │   └───────── Pin count (14 pins)
│  └───────────── Series (300=WR-PHD)
└──────────────── Product family (61=Headers)

Series Codes

Molex Connectors

Series & Families

MPN Structure

Copy43045 - 0212
│       │
│       └── Position/variant (02=2 circuits, 12=vertical)
└────────── Series (Micro-Fit 3.0)

JST Connectors

Series

MPN Pattern

CopyPHR-2
│  │
│  └── Pin count
└───── Series (PH = 2.0mm pitch)
       R = Receptacle housing

TE Connectivity Connectors

MPN Patterns

Adding New Connector Patterns

1. In the manufacturer handler's initializePatterns():

Copyregistry.addPattern(ComponentType.CONNECTOR, "^NEWCON[0-9].*");
registry.addPattern(ComponentType.CONNECTOR_MANUFACTURER, "^NEWCON[0-9].*");

1. Add to getSupportedTypes():

Copytypes.add(ComponentType.CONNECTOR);
types.add(ComponentType.CONNECTOR_MANUFACTURER);

Similarity Calculation

ConnectorSimilarityCalculator compares:

• Pin count
• Pitch
• Connector type (header, socket, wire-to-board)
• Current rating
• Series family

Key Handler Methods

Extract Series

Copy// Returns "61300" from Wurth header
handler.extractSeries("6130014021");

// Returns "43045" from Molex
handler.extractSeries("43045-0212");

Extract Pin Count

Most handlers can extract pin count from MPN for matching purposes.

Connector Handler Registry

There's also a specialized connector handler system in connectors/ package:

• ConnectorHandler - Interface for connector-specific parsing
• ConnectorHandlerRegistry - Registry of connector handlers
• TEConnectorHandler - TE-specific parsing
• WurthHeaderHandler - Wurth header parsing

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