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Inertial Navigation Systems

SBG Systems, Carrières-sur-Seine, announces an expansion of its high-performance inertial navigation systems, Ekinox, Apogee, and Navsight, with new GNSS receiver options. This enhancement provides users with greater flexibility. Their three additional GNSS receiver variants, are designed to cater to specific regional and application-based requirements while ensuring core benefits such as triple-band RTK support and full compatibility with major GNSS constellations, including GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS, BEIDOU, and QZSS.

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High-Voltage Automotive Fuse

Littelfuse, Rosemont, IL, announced the 823A Series fuse, an AEC-Q200-qualified, high-voltage-rated surface-mount (SMD) fuse. Designed to meet the stringent requirements of modern automotive applications, it offers a compact 5 × 20 mm footprint while delivering exceptional overcurrent protection for 1000 Vdc systems. Its wire-in-air design provides temperature stability, high interrupting ratings (100 A at1 kV DC), and a high I²t value in a small form factor.

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2.4 GHz Radio Module

Würth Elektronik, Waldenburg, Germany, has released the Thyone-e radio module, a little sibling of the Thyone I, which takes up 30 percent less space and represents a cost-effective alternative for applications in which the long-range mode is not required. It can be used to set up mesh networks, radio-based maintenance interfaces, and sensor networks in IoT and M2M applications. The WE-ProWare firmware makes the chipsets extremely versatile as proprietary radio modules.

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Power Over Coax

Molex, Lisle, IL, announces its new compact MMCX Power over Coax (PoC) solution, which features a patent-pending mating technique to ensure secure and stable connections while maintaining electrical ground continuity. It is ideally suited for space-constrained applications where reliable RF connections and continuous power delivery are paramount, such as automotive liquid-crystal display (LCD) mirrors, driver monitoring systems, or industrial sensors. It is backward compatible with IEC 61169-52 MMCX jack receptacles.

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Easy Locking Connector

The Easy Locking Connector (ELC) of the 570 series from binder, Camarillo, CA, for homecare and medical applications, is now also available in black. This new color variant is the result of increased industry demand. The shock and vibration-resistant ELC remains available in a 12-pin version. It features a snap-in locking mechanism and an asymmetrical hexagonal contour in the plug section, high operational safety, and a long service life.

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PLC Software

Emerson, St. Louis, MO, announced the release of PAC Machine Edition (PME) 10.6, the integrated development environment software used to configure and manage control system devices, including PACSystems programmable logic controllers (PLCs), Quick-Panel human-machine interfaces (HMIs), and more. This update is the latest and most advanced version, elevating the user experience with a significant leap forward in capabilities, including simulation, data monitoring enhancements, optimized connectivity, and programming efficiency.

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Handheld Scanner

The new handheld scanner from FARO Technologies, Lake Mary, FL, expands the company’s product portfolio with its launch of FARO Leap ST^®. It features five powerful operating modes: ultra-fast scanning, hyperfine scanning, deep hole scanning, large area scanning, and photogrammetry. As a metrology-grade tool, it excels in measuring and verifying a variety of surfaces and parts. The design is compact, portable, and suitable for multiple industries and applications.

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Prismatic Supercapacitors

The new supercapacitors from SCHURTER, Santa Rosa, CA, are ideal for demanding applications that require high capacitance, up to 2400 mf, in the most compact dimensions. They are super-thin, with a thickness of just 0.4 mm. For example, they are ideal for use in in mobile devices, wearable electronics, sensor technology, small power supplies, or devices with mobile energy generation and uninterruptible power supplies.

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Subminiature Photoelectric Sensors

IDEC Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, is adding the SA1N series of space-saving subminiature PE sensors to its portfolio. They provide high accuracy and performance and are available in compact barrel and block form factors. Both are all-in-one devices with built-in amplifiers and sensitivity adjustment control. The barrel-mount version has a 3 to 50 mm sensing range, while the block-type can detect over a 5 to 30 mm sensing range.

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Compression Contacts

KYOCERA AVX, Fountain Inn, SC, released the 9258-100 Series spring-finger board-to-board compression contacts. These copper alloy contacts are available with three deflected height profiles spanning 1.00 mm to 3.75 mm to maximize application suitability and with up to 0.4 μm of gold plating to maximize signal integrity, reliability, and durability. The series is rated for up to 6 A, 600 VACrms or the DC equivalent, and operating temperatures extending from -40 °C to +125 °C.

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Five-Axis Skiving Machine

GROB Systems, Bluffton, OH, is offering the GROB G550T 5-axis mill-turn universal machining center with power skiving capabilities as well as innovative fir tree mill finishing. It offers the greatest possible positioning flexibility due to the axes’ large swivel range (230° in the A-axis and 360° in the B-axis). A horizontal spindle position permits the longest possible Z-travel path and optimum chip fall.

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Wireless MCU

STMicroelectronics, Burlington, MA, has announced two new generations of microcontrollers (MCU) for use in IoT devices — STM32WBA6, a short-range wireless MCU that can connect industrial devices to the internet, and STM32U3, an ultra-low power MCU designed to operate for extended periods without maintenance. The STM32WBA6 is equipped with a wireless subsystem that supports Bluetooth, Zigbee, and other protocols operating at 2.4 GHz.

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High-Power External Cavity Laser

Seminex, Danver, MA, announces the launch of a narrow-linewidth high-power External Cavity Laser (ECL) with single frequency that can achieve >200 mW output power and 10 kHz Lorentzian linewidth in C- or O-band. Such high performance is essential to optical networks, FMCW Li-DAR, aerospace, and industrial sensing applications. It provides superior wavelength stability, low relative intensity noise (RIN), and excellent side mode suppression ratio (SMSR).

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