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Tag-Connect cables provide a simple, secure way to connect debuggers, programmers and test equipment to your PCBs while saving space and cost on every board.

Our patented connectors connect directly to a tiny footprint of pads and holes in your PCB – No mating connector or component is required, the PCB itself is the mating connector. The footprint can be about the size of an 0805 resistor, and being just a footprint (no special PCB finish required), it also has no height which means Tag-Connect footprints can often be placed on the back of a PCB or somewhere where physical space is otherwise constrained.

Tag-Connect thus eliminates the need for a programming / test header or JTAG connector on your PCB, saving you both the cost of the connector and potentially a most of PCB real-estate traditionally required.

Our connectors use tried and tested pogo-pins (spring-pins) to make a reliable electrical connection – a connection you can trust – for as long as is required.

When you’re done, the Tag-Connector is disconnected and is suitable for repeated use just like a conventional connector, in fact the spring-pins in our cycle testing easily last for well over 100,000 operations. Typically, it’s the ribbon cable that is the part that fails first.

Traditional Tag-Connect cables are currently available in two versions: ‘Legged’ and “No Legs”. Both have a Tag-Connect connector on one end, and a traditional connector on the other. We have solutions for just about every family of popular MCU, DSP, PSoC and programmable devices. We also have an exciting new family called Edge-Connect™ that save

Tag-Connect footprints are found everywhere, there’s very likely several products in your home and office and garage that use them such as coffee machines, appliances, garage door openers, medical devices, blenders, in fact if it uses an MCU or an FPGA, there’s a fair chance it uses Tag-Connect. Our footprints are frequently found on popular eval boards from big-name semiconductor companies such as TI (launchpads), Microchip (Atmel), Renesas, Nordic, Maxim, Analog, Silicon Labs, Intel, etc.

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