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Discover what you can achieve when creating solutions with our custom connectors and enclosures…

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Written by Gary Nelson – Senior Product Manager – Device Connections

Will your new design need a component or enclosure that you’d ideally like to be customised in some way?

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It can be a conscious trade off you end up making between using components and enclosures that exist in the general marketplace over having something that meets your specific needs. You may be looking for something as simple as a colour change or having characters marked onto the product or perhaps your needs are greater and you wish to have poles removed or holes milled into an enclosure. The more you modify the product the better the chance it has of meeting your exact needs and ensuring that your customers know the best way to handle your design especially where safety critical applications are concerned.

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IoT – What does this mean for the PCB Design Engineer? Everything!

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Written by Karl Fazakerley

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is here, and it is the game changer.  IoT has been described as the fourth Industrial Revolution. And if all the research and speculation is accurate, we’re going to be seeing at least 26 billion devices connected to the internet by 2020.  This is all great, but it’s easy to feel disconnected from the future-looking talk from a PCB Design Engineer viewpoint. After all, how much of a role are you really going to be playing in those fancy marketing words like Smart Homes, Smart Cars, and Smart Cities? Continue reading

It’s all about the power

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Written by Duncan Nicol, Market Segment Manager – Device Connections

High current PCB terminal blocks from Phoenix Contact.

MKDSP232 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. 

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