What part number should I use?!?

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I need a couple of cannon connector pairs to carry small amounts of current through a control box (i.e. need flanged components). One pair needs to have 3 pins and one pair needs to have 5 pins, preferably with solder cups. The current is no more than 1 amps and can be as small as 4ma. Can anyone give me some good part numbers to choose from? I tried using DK’s selector but it gave me a veritable mess. :frowning:

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Greetings,

What you’re after here would be found listed under “circular connectors.” I’d not recommend including “cannon” in your search query unless you’ve got an extreme brand loyalty.

Many of the connector product families are segmented into:
“Assemblies” (contacts included or built-in)
“Housings” (contacts sold separately) and
“Contacts” for use with the aforementioned housings.

Let’s start with the panel side of the connector pairs.

Solder cup contacts are most commonly built-in rather than separately sold, so beginning in the assemblies would make sense. From there, I’d suggest:

  • Selecting the desired pin count(s) under “Number of Positions” I’d suggest doing either the 3 or 5 position case separately, but one may consider joint selection for survey purposes.
  • Selecting the “Panel Mount” and “Chassis Mount” options under “Mounting Type” to select for a box-mount conformation, rather than something cable or PCB-mounted
  • Select solder-bearing options under “Termination”
  • Checking the “Normally Stocking” and “Exclude Marketplace” options to select for items most readily available.

Doing so would lead a person to this point with about 1800 results instead of >2 million, and it’s a good point at which to stop and look for patterns among those that remain. Perhaps shave off a few more things that you’re not interested in, either using the parametrics or (pro tip) using the tilde (~) character as a logical NOT to exclude matching terms using the “search within” box. Maybe sort by price ascending and see if any particular series show up more than others.

To me, the M(5/8/12) style options seem promising, with multi-source availability potential comparable to MIL-style offerings and a (much) lower cost basis.