March 2025 New Connectivity Products

New-to-market connectivity products, including interconnects, wire, cable, and cable assemblies, sensors, antennas, materials, accessories, tools, and development kits.

March 2025 New Connectivity Products

March 2025 New Connectivity Products > Interconnects, etc.

binder is enhancing its M12-X-coded connectors to meet the rigorous requirements of rail, transportation, and agriculture. These advancements aim to deliver cutting-edge solutions for applications such as Ethernet-based communication infrastructures, camera-based monitoring systems, and passenger infotainment services. binder ensures reliable data transmission in line with the Cat6A standard, even under challenging conditions such as intense vibrations and shock loads. The DIN EN 61076-2-109 standard defines essential requirements, including mechanical durability, vibration resistance, and effective sealing for connectors used in industrial and harsh environments. Emerging applications impose even stricter standards. Connectors for railway systems must undergo additional shock and vibration tests in accordance with DIN EN 61373. Passing these tests ensures that the connectors remain fully functional, even during short-term stresses like those encountered in shunting or coupling operations. Highly complex agricultural machinery requires reliable, robust functionality to prevent downtime. Data-intensive real-time monitoring systems are being integrated into this sector, for example, in combine harvesters, where camera-based systems help to avoid collisions with wildlife.

Hirose’s expanded SignalBee connector platform now includes the DF53 Series connector. With a height of 1.45 mm and a depth of 3.55 mm, it is the industry’s smallest 0.6 mm crimp connector available on the market. The DF53 Series is commonly used to bring power to wearable battery connections and supports up to 1.3 A max when using two positions for power. With a unique lance design, the highly reliable DF53 Series combines a miniature footprint with high lance strength to prevent cable disconnect during wiring. A double lock design, friction, and contact ensures high retention force. The box-shaped contact design ensures contact stability from above and below and, on the cable side, prevents deformation when handling the cable assembly. Available in a 14-position version, the DF53 Series single row crimp connector allows mating conditions to be checked.

Molex launched its new family of EMI-Filtered D-Sub Pi Adapters and Connectors, EMI Filter Plates, and Fixed RF Coaxial Attenuators and RF Coaxial Terminations engineered to enhance the overall reliability and efficiency of crucial electronic systems. This launch reinforces Molex’s commitment to innovation and product development in Aerospace and Defense, following its recent AirBorn acquisition. Engineered to comply with rigorous regulatory standards, these solutions integrate seamlessly into a diverse range of aerospace and defense applications. These include radar systems, airborne radios, night-vision sensors, flight controls, engine controls, navigation systems, tactical weapons, and military global positioning systems. Advanced materials and flexible designs address different size, weight, and power requirements, ensuring these innovations are also well-suited for other high-performance applications, including medical devices, telecommunications, and industrial automation.

Hirose introduced the HR22K Series as part of its high-speed I/O connector family. The robust connector utilizes a unique and user-friendly push-on bayonet lock with audible click that ensures a safe and secure connection. Simply push the plug in to complete mating, then rotate the sleeve to release the lock. Featuring a metal shell, the waterproof HR22K Series is IPX7 compliant when mated, offering excellent protection against water and oil ingress. This makes it ideal for applications in harsh conditions. The connector also has a spiral-type strain relief design, enhancing cable protection against bending and ensuring excellent durability. This makes the HR22K Series perfect for interface connections in small spaces. Supporting Cat.5e (1 Gb/s) high speed transmission, the HR22K Series I/O connector is commonly used in industrial automation and manufacturing applications including CNCs/PLCs, machine tools, robotics, semiconductor manufacturing, and more.

Amphenol RF’s BNC product portfolio now features flexible micro-miniature coaxial cables. These configurations have frequency ranges of up to 9 GHz and support Wi-Fi 7. A bayonetted interface gives BNC connectors a reliable and secure connection while allowing for easy mating and unmating. Featuring a corrosion-resistant, nickel-plated brass body and ferrule, BNC connectors are engineered to endure the harshest environments. Gold-plated contacts ensure constant signal integrity and a high-frequency capability. BNC connectors offer considerable performance contained in a compact and lightweight design.

March 2025 New Connectivity Products > Wire, Cable, and Cable Assemblies

CDM Inc. offers in-house absolute and relative phase matching capabilities for the design and manufacture of jumper cable assemblies. Critical in RF systems, the phase matching process ensures that each set of precision-tested cables meets the applications’ cable length, dielectric material, and temperature specifications — the primary factors affecting phase matching. CDM’s new phase matching program uniquely provides customers with a single resource for design, material requirements, testing and final assembly. With absolute phase matching, each cable in the assembly is matched to a specified phase value. With relative phase matching, cables in each set are matched to each other, but not necessarily set to a specified absolute phase. CDM identifies and sources the specified cable lengths, dielectric materials, and temperature parameters. CDM currently employs Rohde & Schwarz test equipment including a ZNL20 Vector Analyzer, frequency range 5kHz to 20 GHz, and Rohde & Schwarz ZNLE Vector Analyzer, frequency range 100kHz to 20 GHz. All assembly work and phase match testing take place at CDM’s Turnersville, New Jersey, manufacturing facility. CDM’s phase matched RF jumper cable assemblies are widely specified in aerospace and military, radar technology, healthcare equipment, and communications systems applications in which a set of cables support a consistent phase relationship to ensure signals reach the same point in the wave cycle. These assemblies are commonly engineered for employment in phased array antennas, high-speed digital interconnects, military and aerospace radar technology, healthcare equipment, and Test & Measurement equipment, along with satellite communications.

Amphenol RF introduced additional pre-configured 2.92 mm cable assembly configurations which feature a 2.92 mm connector and the option of an SMP or SMPM connector attached on the opposing end. Conformable cables provide ease of installation because they are more flexible than semi-rigid coaxial cable types and are preferred for applications that require low loss.  2.92 mm cable assemblies are ideal for communication, SATCOM, microwave and quantum computing applications. These assemblies offer reliable electrical performance up to 40 GHz while providing low VSWR. The 2.92 mm interface is engineered to mate with SMA and 3.5 mm interfaces and features a passivated stainless steel coupling nut for secure mating.

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