Lifecycle and Sourcing Reality
The 68021-210: Marked obsolete by the manufacturer. No official successor or pin-compatible replacement is documented under the BERGSTIK® II series. Available through independent surplus channels—quantities are lot-specific and confirmed against an RFQ. For a BOM line that needs a drop-in, the 10-position, 0.100" pitch, unshrouded, right-angle footprint is common across the BERGSTIK II family; a cross-check against active 68021 base-number variants is the practical next step.
Material and Compliance Baseline
Operating temperature range from -65°C to 125°C covers most industrial and telecom environments without derating the current at the low end.
