The TE Connectivity AMP-Latch 2-111623-0 is a 16-position, dual-row receptacle designed for mass-termination of 28 AWG ribbon cable via IDC contacts. Its 0.079" (2.00mm) pitch matches standard ribbon cable spacing and the corresponding AMP-Latch header footprint. The black housing carries a feed-through slot for daisy-chaining multiple connectors along the same cable, and a polarizing key prevents reverse insertion into the mating header. Gold plating on the female sockets (30.0 µ" thickness) gives this connector the cycle life needed for field-serviceable harnesses where repeated mate/unmate is expected.
IDC termination lets you gang-terminate all 16 conductors in one press operation — no stripping, no individual crimping. The free-hanging (in-line) mount means this receptacle lives at the end of a cable bundle, not on a board; the mating header takes the PCB side. For daisy-chain layouts, the feed-through feature passes the ribbon cable through the housing so a second receptacle can terminate further down the same cable.
Gold Plating and Contact Reliability
30.0 µ" gold on the socket contacts is a heavy plating grade — well above the 15 µ" flash common on commodity IDC connectors. That thickness resists fretting corrosion when the connector sees regular reconnection in a cabinet or test fixture. The tin-plated header pins (typical for the AMP-Latch series) mate against this gold surface; the gold side carries the wear, so the header pins don't need to be gold themselves.