Board-edge power interconnect for 0.062" daughtercards
The TE Connectivity 2212078-1 is a 74-position female card edge connector from the MULTI-BEAM CE series, designed for dual-readout on a 0.062" (1.57mm) thick PCB. It uses a straddle-mount configuration — the connector sits astride the board edge rather than at a right angle — which keeps the daughtercard parallel to the backplane and saves vertical clearance in the enclosure. The 2-row, 74-contact arrangement gives you one contact per position on each side of the card, doubling the signal density through the edge interface.
Straddle-mount footprint and board fit
The straddle-mount termination means the solder tails land on both sides of the PCB edge, so the board must have plated-through holes or edge pads on a 0.062" nominal thickness. The dual-readout pattern implies the contact spacing matches the edge-finger layout on the daughtercard — verify the pad pitch against the connector's footprint drawing before committing the board layout.