Connectors

Connectors act as interfaces between devices and conductors. There are four main types of connector: plug, jack (receptacle), inline and ring terminal.

Connectors can also be classified as device connectors or harness connectors, depending on whether they are to be attached/fixed to a device or are to be attached/fixed to wires that form part of a harness. Jacks are often, but not always, device connectors; plugs and ring terminals are often, but not always, harness connectors.

Note

Device connectors are sometimes referred to as “device-side connectors” and harness connectors are sometimes referred to as “harness-side connectors”.

Terminal Blocks and stud pins are also used to form connections. In Capital, terminal blocks are represented as devices and are represented in the Design Browser using the device icon. Stud pins are represented in the Design Browser using the stud pin icon. See Design Browser Icons.

Tip

When a footprint is defined for a device in Capital Component Manager, you can specify whether the connector type for the footprint is a device connector or a harness connector. See “Footprint” in the Capital Component Manager User Guide to define footprints.

The following sections describe how to create, add, and manage connectors, including shared connectors, in designs.

• Adding a Plug, Jack, Inline, or Ring Terminal Manually

• Device Connectors

• Harness Connectors

• Moving Mated Plugs

• Modular Connectors

• Converting Plugs to Ring Terminals

• Backshells

• Stud Pins

Parent Topic:

Devices and Connectors

Capital Logic Designer User Guide, 2512

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