Packaging & Interconnects: NEMA 4X Aluminum Boxes With External Flanges Simplify Mountings

Sept. 20, 2004

Install and mount electronic circuits on a wall or panel without removing the cover (and exposing internal components to the environment) with the AN series of NEMA 4X-rated aluminum boxes. Equipped with a permanently fastened 0.09-in. mounting bracket that accepts #10 mounting screws (not included), the boxes come in natural aluminum or smooth black powder coat finishes and feature a gasketed cover attached with screws. Boxes range from 1.95 in. long by 1.77 in. wide by 1.12 in. deep to 8.75 in. long by 5.75 in. wide by 3.25 in. deep. Prices range from $12.50 to $37.50 each in single units. Availability is from stock.

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About the Author

Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.