# ARINC Inserts

**URL:** <https://forum.digikey.com/t/arinc-inserts/31828>\
**Category:** Product Selection Guide\
**Tags:** backplane-connectors, interconnect, connectors-interconnects\
**Created:** [June 14, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.digikey.com/t/arinc-inserts/31828 "2023-06-14T20:08:01Z")\
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This Product Selection Guide contains information to help select products in the [ARINC Inserts](https://www.digikey.com/en/products/filter/backplane-connectors/arinc-inserts/430) category on [DigiKey.com](http://DigiKey.com)

> ARINC connectors are based on standards developed by Aeronautical Radio Incorporated for aviation electronics and similar applications requiring high-reliability, blind-mating interconnect systems to enable rapid in-field replacement of faulty equipment. They are modular or configurable in character, allowing various configurations of electrical and fiber optic contact inserts to be assembled into standardized frames in order to construct a connector suited to a particular need.

  

**Selection**** Characteristics**

> **Type:** Indicates the type of ARINC insert.

> **Contact Layout, Typical:** Indicates number and type of contacts accommodated by an insert.

> **Class Code:** Designates connector attributes such as environmental tolerance and contact style.

**Product**** Examples**

[![Image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/digikey/original/3X/6/f/6f84d74d53f53b93f68fdade69a355849a22b042.png)](https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/souriau-sunbank-by-eaton/8MQ2M1220BA/15819575)

| MFR PART # | 8MQ2M1220BA |
| --- | --- |
| DIGIKEY PART # | [1539-8MQ2M1220BA-ND](https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/souriau-sunbank-by-eaton/8MQ2M1220BA/15819575) |
| MANUFACTURER | Souriau-Sunbank by Eaton |
| DESCRIPTION | Backplane Connectors - ARINC Inserts Socket Assembly 20 |
| DATASHEET | [Click Here](https://usa.souriau.com/en-en/system/files/feeds/media/multimedia/MQUICK/Customer%20Drawing/c0128mqa.pdf) |

[![Image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/digikey/original/3X/a/b/abbfd3119c1e363706caa6e7bf5d4262fc3c4c3d.png)](https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/souriau-sunbank-by-eaton/8MQ2M1220AA/15819253)

| MFR PART # | 8MQ2M1220AA |
| --- | --- |
| DIGIKEY PART # | [1539-8MQ2M1220AA-ND](https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/souriau-sunbank-by-eaton/8MQ2M1220AA/15819253) |
| MANUFACTURER | Souriau-Sunbank by Eaton |
| DESCRIPTION | Backplane Connectors - ARINC Inserts Pin Assembly 20 |
| DATASHEET | [Click Here](https://usa.souriau.com/en-en/system/files/feeds/media/multimedia/MQUICK/Customer%20Drawing/c0018mqa.pdf) |

[![Image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/digikey/original/3X/8/b/8bcd4b97819dc0ef029e8c965a8fab4929e5ce62.jpeg)](https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/cinch-connectivity-solutions/C-ENXBE34PB/13681920)

| MFR PART # | C-ENXBE34PB |
| --- | --- |
| DIGIKEY PART # | [116-C-ENXBE34PB-ND](https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/cinch-connectivity-solutions/C-ENXBE34PB/13681920) |
| MANUFACTURER | Cinch Connectivity Solutions |
| DESCRIPTION | Backplane Connectors - ARINC Inserts Pin Assembly 34 |
| DATASHEET | [Click Here](https://www.belfuse.com/resources/catalogs/cinchconnectivitysolutions/cenx/ca-ccs-c-enx-product-catalog.pdf) |

**Media**** Links**

Videos  
[C-ENX™ EN4644 Modular Rectangular Connectors | Datasheet Preview](https://www.digikey.com/en/videos/b/bel-fuse/c-enx-en4644-modular-rectangular-connectors-datasheet-preview?_ga=2.144219255.399863239.1686596484-1200148179.1671130512)

### If you have any general questions on the specifications for selecting [ARINC Inserts](https://www.digikey.com/en/products/filter/backplane-connectors/arinc-inserts/430), please reply using the button below. If you have questions on specific ARINC Inserts please post those questions in the [Connectors, Interconnects](https://forum.digikey.com/c/interconnect/97) category.