Advertorials Harwin’s new reverse fix Gecko-SL


and cable assemblies Further extending its award-winning Gecko-SL product family, Harwin has now introduced a reverse fix version. Here, the male connectors act as the floating fixings and screw into the female connectors (the opposite of the conventional arrangement). Boosting design flexibility while still ensuring the highest degrees of mating integrity in even the most uncompromising environments, the Gecko-SL Reverse Fix comes in both male and female cable housings. Female connectors can be board or panel mounted, with surface-mount and through-board PCB versions of both male and female connectors also available. In addition to this, Gecko-SL connectors are now also supported by an expansive range of ready-to-use cable assemblies. These are capable of addressing a multitude of potential customer requirements, with different pin counts and cable lengths offered. Both male and female single-ended versions are supplied, along with double-ended male-to-male, male-to-female and female-to-female options.


Harwin plc, Tel: 023 9231 4545 www.harwin.co.uk/contact


Leading value added group Solid State plc adds optoelectronics expertise and enhances value added operations with the acquisition of Pacer Technologies Ltd


Solid State plc is pleased to announce the acquisition of Pacer Technologies Limited and its subsidiaries, Pacer Components Limited and Pacer USA LLC.


Solid State is an AIM listed manufacturer of computing, power and


communications products, and value added distributor of electronic components.


As a well-established specialist distributor of optoelectronic components, lasers and displays, Pacer’s business complements and enhances that of the Solid State group.


Pacer focuses on value added component distribution and custom design, and the acquisition will enable the enlarged group to further design and manufacture own brand products for distribution utilising Pacer’s recent investment in a new value added production facility in Weymouth.


For further information please contact: www.pacer.co.uk


Smiths Interconnect launches Lab-Flex®


T Series of coaxial cable assemblies Flexible cables with superior phase performance for Radar, Satellite and Test applications.


Smiths Interconnect announces the release of its Lab-Flex T Series of flexible coaxial cable assemblies. The T cable assemblies are mechanically robust and specifically designed to minimise phase change when subjected to a wide range of operational temperatures.


This makes them an ideal choice for system applications under extreme temperature and environmental conditions such as radar, test and measurement, and space applications.


“The Lab-Flex T cable assemblies provide yet another example of Smiths Interconnect’s extensive heritage in high reliability technology with superior performance for aerospace & defence applications,” says Paul Harris, VP of Sales & Marketing. “Customers have asked for a


supplier capable of producing cable assemblies with more consistent electrical performance over higher frequencies, larger temperature extremes, and across higher volumes. Our experience with both high-reliability environments and on large- scale commercial programmes as well as the unique attributes of this product range allows the Lab-Flex T Series to meet these needs. They are rugged and phase stable, and are the ideal fit for high volume platform programmes”.


www.smithsinterconnect.com ROLEC’s new technoDISC is available in four sizes


ROLEC has launched technoDISC – a unique round plastic enclosure for industrial electronics. It is based on the firm’s successful aluDISC diecast aluminium housings.


The new technoDISC cases are UV-stable and sealed to IP 66 (IP 67 optional), making them ideal for Industry 4.0 and IoT applications both indoors and outside. The round design integrates visually when used in applications such as industrial pipework, shipboard equipment, vehicles etc.


These ‘go anywhere’ enclosures can be fitted to walls, bulkheads, machines – even when closed (protecting the seal and electronics during installation). Clip-on POM (polyoxymethylene) trims cover all the fixing and mounting screws.


New technoDISC’s smart design was inspired by the shape of a wristwatch, combining round aesthetics with flat surfaces to enable the mounting of cable glands and controls. The lid is recessed to accommodate a round membrane keypad or product label.


Inside the lid and base, there are fastening domes for self-tapping screws for the installation of PCBs and mounting plates.


The enclosures are available in four highly useful sizes from 110 x 97 x 55 mm to 190 x 179 x 90 mm, delivering optimum internal space for mounting a wide variety of electronic and electrical components. The top and base are moulded in UV-stable and flame-retardant Luran ASA (UL 94 V-0). The standard colour is light grey, similar to RAL 7035. The POM clip-on covers are anthracite grey, RAL 7016.


Prices for technoDISC start at £36. Options and accessories include EMC shielding, mounting plates and supporting rails for terminals.


ROLEC also offers a full customising service with CNC machining, bespoke colours, printing and engraving of legends and logos, membrane keypads and full assembly.


www.rolec-enclosures.co.uk/en Low-cost peak inrush current limiter


Powersolve’s ESB-101 is a low-cost peak inrush current limiter designed for capacitive loads in a variety of applications. These include installations across complex automation systems and machinery as well as LED lighting.


It is fitted with an internal temperature fuse to prevent overheating should the bypass circuit fail and is designed to provide high reliability and maintenance-free operation.


The ESB-101 is available in either 115VAC or 230VAC versions and limits power-up currents and provides continuous operation up to 48A depending on the model selected. The ESB- 101 has an inrush limiting time as low as 300ms, a capacitive load range of 1000µF to 10,000µF and an operating temperature range of -40 to +70ºC. It can be wall or 35mm DIN Rail mounted, accepts 26 to 10 AWG wire with screw terminals and is comes in an IP20 rated housing. The limiter is also designed to be integrated into capacitive loads such as AC-DC power supplies running in parallel operation.


https://powersolve.co.uk/ 8th Gen Coffee Lake CPU packs a punch in


4K video The latest addition to BVM Limited¹s comprehensive portfolio of industrial grade Mini-ITX embedded SBCs is the extremely powerful and fully-featured LV-67W, which is based on Intel¹s latest 8th Generation 14 nm Coffee Lake H Series Core i7/i5/i3 processors in the FCBGA1440 socket. The i5 and i7 versions feature 6-core processors, offering 12 threads for applications such as digital signage, retail transaction terminals kiosks, smart cities and health care where high performance processing and graphics are required. Based on the QM70 chipset, the Coffee Lake processors offer higher CPU and graphics performance than the previous 7th generation with a thermal design power (TDP) rating of just 45W.


• Up to 32GB of DDR4 memory can be fitted.


• The integrated UHD Graphics supports three independent displays with 4k resolution each, and comes with hardware-based video encoding and decoding up to 4k. It features VGA, LVDS, DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs to provide advanced solutions for imaging, machine vision, infotainment, medical and gaming machines.


High speed data transfers are key attributes with six native USB 3.1 Gen2 (10Gb/s) ports, three SATAIII mass storage interfaces, two Gigabit LAN ports and six serial ports.


• Also provided are Realtek High Definition Audio, two 8bit GPIO ports, 2 x Mini PCIe, one supporting mSATA, a SIM slot and a PCIe X16 port. The LV-67W operates from 9V to 35VDC or an external ATX power supply.


www.bvm.co.uk


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