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Our most recent articles in each market.
Challenges of E-mobility Connectivity: Q&A
High power applications require innovative connectivity solutions that address battery performance, battery health, and safety. We asked Shakib Shaikh, product marketing manager-North America, and Swapnil Bhale, lead engineer-new product development at Amphenol Communications Solutions, how connectors contribute to the performance, health, and safety of battery management systems (BMS) in e-mobility applications. What do design engineersRead More
Connectivity Solutions Meet the Challenges of Miniaturization
Terminal devices such as sensors, edge controllers, and mobile devices continue to decrease in size, creating challenges in connectivity design. Electronic devices continue to get smaller and smaller. Industrial applications require machines to take up less space to accommodate more of them. Automotive, transportation, and aerospace applications have size and weight limitations tied toRead More
Meet the CEO: Weidmuller USA’s Randy Sadler
Weidmuller USA’s new CEO joined the company just in time to celebrate the company’s 50th year in North America. But Randy Sadler’s own history with the company goes back decades, too — he joined as a college student and moved all the way up through the ranks. From Richmond, Virginia, he brings German engineering toRead More
The Power of Electronics in Cybersecurity
Critical infrastructure and factory automation are among the most common targets of cyberattacks. Building cybersecurity into these systems is as necessary as any performance or safety measures. Cyber-attacks have become an increasingly complex, sophisticated, and high stakes threat. Industrial cybersecurity is evolving to meet the challenges of protecting systems and assets, ensuring safety, and preventingRead More
Miniaturization in Medical Devices: The Role of RF Connectors
The demand for smaller, wearable, and implantable devices is driving the use of compact RF connector solutions. The COVID-19 pandemic greatly accelerated the growth of telehealth and remote patient monitoring, with a new generation of portable and connected medical devices offering convenience, immediacy, and precision to patients and providers. This rapid transformation of the healthcareRead More
Connectivity Advances Naval Shipboard Electronics
Around the world, maritime vessel design is expanding to include new operational and battlefront technologies. These systems require compatible interconnects with high-speed performance, high-reliability, and the ruggedization features required to endure a military environment. Around the world, military vessels are undergoing rapid modernization as traditional naval shipboard systems expand to support recent developments in maritimeRead More
RTK Increases the Precision of GNSS and GPS
GNSS and GPS modules are smaller than ever, enabling them to be designed into moving assets, track individual people or animals, and identify precise locations. Yet these systems require coordination with real-time kinematic (RTK) corrections and other technologies to achieve centimeter-level precision. GPS (Global Positioning System) was the first satellite navigation system to be developedRead More
Marine Technology: Connectivity Under and Around Water
Connectors and cables are integral to many harsh environment applications, but marine technology requires considerations unique to underwater conditions. Nearly three-quarters of our planet is covered by water, and while the marine environment has always been vital for our survival, it has also become valuable to scientific, commercial, and military activities. According to From SeaRead More
Cable Backplanes Come of Age
Cable backplanes have been a longtime feature of high-performance computing, undergoing several evolutions to keep up with speed and bandwidth requirements. However, as next-generation AI computing systems take hold, the practical limits of copper have been reached, pushing connector suppliers to create products that include optical solutions. Traditional backplane and daughtercard design has been aRead More
