Written by Duncan Nicol, Market Segment Manager – Device Connections
Solutions for a Connected World
Top 10 trend predictions for 2018
In the world of device connections 2017 was a very busy year and we expect 2018 to continue the trend. Here are our top 10 predicted trends for 2018 and we invite you to watch this space for new and exciting product developments throughout the year. Continue reading
Welcome to a brand new year of blogging. As always, our marketing department has a busy year of exhibitions and seminars planned. Why not join us at one of our events? Meet our industry specialists and discover more about new products that will be launched this year.After an incredibly exciting 2017, we are raring to go into 2018 and here’s what we have in store for you this year. We have waved goodbye to 2017 and 2018 is going to be an event filled year!
Written by Karl Fazakerley, Product Manager- Device Connections.
Phoenix Contact manufactures 1000s of different PCB terminal blocks and connectors. Having a large number of options to select the ideal part for your application is great and shows the capability of phoenix Contact, but to find the part you require can be a minefield.
Phoenix Contact has made this task a whole lot easier with our new and improved Combicon product configurator with 3D visualisation!
Written by Karl Fazakerley, Product Manager- Device Connections
Firstly and fore-mostly hello to you all! This is my first blog …ever! So please bear with me! I have been on board at Phoenix Contact as their new product manager for the Combicon product range (PCB terminal blocks and connectors) in the UK for couple months now, so I am also on a journey myself and I look forward to sharing this with you all.
In my future blogs, I would love to talk about all the products that Phoenix Contact manufacture. There will also be blogs on certain key products, but I would initially like to engage with you from an educational point of view. Continue reading
Written by Gary Nelson, Senior Product Manager- Device Connections
When designing electronic devices the choice of available enclosures can be overwhelming and consist of numerous decisions you have to make, resulting in a long list of component parts you have to order. With the new UCS enclosure range from Phoenix Contact you have 4 sizes to choose from and the option to increase the standard height of 47mm with innovative corner height adaptors to 67mm. The UCS enclosure meets the standard form factors of embedded system printed circuit boards (PCBs) so is an ideal way of building your electronic systems using these products or for creating your own design using similar sized PCBs.
Written by Duncan Nicol, Market Segment Manager- Device Connections
The other week I went to visit the Abraham Darby Academy Raspberry Pi Robot Club which is not far from our UK headquarters in Telford. The club has been set up by their ICT Fellow Kevin Brace to build projects using the Raspberry Pi single board computer, and Phoenix Contact is proud to sponsor the club by donating some RPI-BC enclosure kits and provide an insight into our world of engineering.
Written by Duncan Nicol, Market Segment Manager- Device Connections
With over 50,000 products in our Device Connections (DC) portfolio there is a lot to choose from. But with so much choice comes the challenge of finding the right solution for your application.
Well, we have several tools and resources designed to help you navigate to the product and information you need.
Written by Duncan Nicol, Market Segment Manager – Device Connections
High current PCB terminal blocks from Phoenix Contact.
232 amps transmitted directly onto the PCB seems unlikely but with the MKDSP 95 PCB terminal block it is now possible. Traditionally high current applications use current bars to transmit the power into the device. This method is expensive, requires a lots of parts, and makes for time consuming assembly. It can also make the design of the device bulky and heavy.
Although most applications do not require such high currents on a permanent basis, the ability to handle peak currents of up to 232 amps directly on the PCB is a big advantage for devices such as drives and inverters.
Written by Duncan Nicol – Market Segment Manager – Device Connections
The Raspberry Pi single board computer has just celebrated its 4th birthday and in its short life has reinvigorated the world of computing and, more specifically, computer programming for a new generation of school children, hobbyist and application engineers. The latter have come to realise that for around £30 you have a tried and tested core ingredient for an industrial IO system with a world of possibilities, without the need for expensive industrial controllers (just don’t tell the industrial controller bods).
Of course this is great news. However the Raspberry Pi was not originally intended for industrial applications and as such is not packaged for the control cabinet or industrial environment.
Not, that is, until now.
Written by Gary Nelson, Product Manager- Device Connections
The M23 Hybrid range of circular interconnect products from Phoenix Contact is an all-in-one connection solution comprising of signal, data and power contacts in one M23 connector housing. The compact M23 Hybrid plug-in connection solution can handle currents up to 30 A, voltages up to 850 V DC or 630 V AC and is IP65/67 compliant.