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Taoglas launches the Thunder series of integrated antenna enclosures

Fri, May 30, 2025

Taoglas has launched its new Thunder Series – a high-performance outdoor antenna enclosure platform engineered to support direct integration and installation of the leading industrial routers within the antenna package. Designed for demanding outdoor environments, the series helps engineers optimise installations, reduce signal loss, and significantly lower deployment costs.

Purpose-built for widely deployed routers from Digi, Ericsson, and Semtech, the Thunder Series combines Taoglas’ wideband antenna technology with a rugged enclosure that allows the router to be installed directly inside the housing. This significantly reduces the need for long RF cables – cutting tens of meters per deployment – while minimising signal loss, installation time, and the material and labor costs typically associated with separate device installations.

Operating across a broad 600–6000 MHz frequency range, the Thunder Series supports 5G/4G, Wi-Fi, GNSS, and Bluetooth®. This wide coverage enables support for low-band cellular, mid-band 5G, and Wi-Fi 6/6E frequencies. This solution provides best-in-class communication by locating the router and the antenna in the same enclosure to minimise cable loss and reduce installation costs while simplifying implementation and deployment. This ensures long-range performance and reliable high- or low-speed data connectivity. The addition of the POE splitter makes powering the router less complicated.

The Thunder Series is available in directional and omnidirectional versions, with IP67-rated ABS enclosures protecting against water ingress, dust, and vibration. This makes it well-suited for harsh outdoor conditions and mission-critical deployments across transportation, mining, agriculture, smart cities, and industrial automation. In one such application, Thunder is being deployed in number plate recognition systems, powered directly from streetlight DC infrastructure – reducing cabling requirements and enabling discreet, efficient installation in urban environments.

To support flexible deployment, the Thunder Series can be powered in several ways depending on the router in use. These include dedicated power inputs or Power over Ethernet (PoE), with Taoglas providing detailed guidance to ensure safe, standards-compliant installation.

https://www.taoglas.com

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Yokogawa releases high-speed data acquisition unit

Wed, May 28, 2025

Yokogawa Test & Measurement has announced the release of the SL2000 High-Speed Data Acquisition Unit, a ScopeCorder series product with a wide range of data logging functionalities for evaluation and test applications, including high-speed sampling and analysis. The SL2000 is a modular platform that combines the functions of a mixed signal oscilloscope and a data acquisition recorder, and is designed to capture fast signal transients and long-term trends. It is suitable for applications such as R&D, validation, and troubleshooting.

The SL2000 can be used separately or in combination with the DL950 ScopeCorder, depending on the application. With the ScopeCorder product family, Yokogawa provides a multifaceted, total solution for the high-precision mechatronics and electric power markets that is contributing to the advancement and development of new technologies and applications.

In the four years since the DL950 ScopeCorder was first brought to the market by Yokogawa, there have been many technical advances in the electric vehicle (EV), renewable energy, and other industrial fields. Today, there is an ever-greater requirement for the capability to simultaneously measure multiple parameters and for the systemisation of mechatronic measurements in product development. For example, in the development of motors for industrial and EV systems, one essential test for checking and improving a product is the durability test. This test takes a long time to complete and requires a highly reliable measuring instrument and high sampling rates.

The SL2000 performs long-duration multi-channel measurements while precisely analysing even the most detailed aspects of waveforms. With its dual capture function, the SL2000 can perform measurements over long periods of time at speeds of up to 200 MS/s. And in situations where post-processing is required on a PC following measurement, the main unit can continue to perform measurements and has a function that allows calculations to be performed in real time. This shrinks takt time – the calculated pace at which completed units must come off the production line.

By using the integrated measurement software IS8000, it is easier to perform the long-term measurements required for durability testing, helping to improve the efficiency of product design and evaluation work. In addition, isolation measurement technology ensures the noise resistance required for durability testing in harsh environments.

The SL2000 has eight available slots (with up to 32 channels), for which over 20 types of input modules are available to enable measurements of electrical signals, mechanical performance parameters indicated by sensors, and decoded vehicle serial bus signals. To increase the number of measurement channels, up to five SL2000 and DL950 units can be synchronised.

Major Target Markets
• Transportation (automotive, rail, aviation, etc.)
• Power and energy (renewable energy, smart cities/homes, data centres, etc.)
• Mechatronics, including industrial robots and motors

https://tmi.yokogawa.com

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Rutronik offers USB Type-C connectors from Molex for industrial and consumer applications

Wed, May 28, 2025

With USB Type-C connectors from Molex, Rutronik offers future-proof interface solutions for industrial and consumer electronics applications. The connectors support data rates of up to 40 Gbit/s (USB4), currents of up to 5.0 A and power delivery of up to 100 W – ideal for applications with high power requirements and limited space, such as portable medical devices, industrial electronics, AR / VR systems and smart home appliances.

Thanks to their compact design, IPX8-certified variants and high mechanical robustness (up to 10,000 mating cycles), the components are particularly suitable for applications where reliability and continuous operation are key. Various mounting options – including vertical, top and mid-mount versions – offer maximum design flexibility in a small space.

Benefits at a glance:
• USB4-compatible: data transfer rates up to 40 Gbit / s
• Power delivery capable: Up to 100 W charging power (5.0 A / 20 V)
• Metal-reinforced mating area for high mating cycles (up to 10,000 mating cycles)
• Mating force on PCB: 0
• Mating force: 5 to 20 N
• Unmating force: 8 to 20 N (1 to 30 cycles); 6 to 20 N (after 10,000 cycles)
• Sockets with liquid protection according to IPX8, thanks to LSR moulding (liquid silicone rubber) ·
• Variants with 6, 14, 16 or 24 contacts available

Application examples:
• Portable medical devices (e.g. glucose meters, inhalers)
• Smart home and (I)IoT components
• AR/VR end devices and wearables
• Industrial electronics, measuring and testing devices
• Cash register systems and projectors

https://www.rutronik.com/

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Integrated matching filters from ST now available for long-range wireless MCUs

Tue, May 27, 2025

STMicroelectronics has released a set of antenna-matching companion chips for STM32WL33 wireless microcontrollers (MCUs) to simplify the development of IoT, smart-metering, and remote-monitoring applications.

The new MLPF-WL-01D3/02D3/04D3 ICs combine impedance matching and harmonic filtering on a single glass substrate to optimise the main radio’s RF performance, leveraging proprietary integrated passive device (IPD) technology. Precision engineered and housed in an ultra-compact package, the highly integrated devices ensure right-first-time design while saving development time, bill-of-materials costs, and board space.

Integrating antenna protection, the new devices substantially simplify the RF connection to the MCU. In addition to ensuring optimal performance, integrated matching and filtering also increases reliability and reduces overall cost by eliminating the need to combine multiple discrete components.

In total, there will be seven variants, letting designers optimise for radio operation in high-band (826-958MHz) or low-band (413-479MHz), high-power (16dBm/20dBm) or low-power (10dBm), and for 4-layer or 2-layer PCB designs. The non-conductive glass substrate ensures outstanding performance with minimal temperature drift, and the chip-scale package has extremely compact dimensions, measuring just 1.47mm x 1.87mm and 630µm high after reflow.

The long-range sub-GHz radio of ST’s STM32WL33 wireless MCUs can operate in either of the 413-479MHz and 826-958MHz license-free bands and with up to 20dBm output power where local regulations permit. With an Arm® Cortex®-M0+ core and selected peripherals also on-chip, the highly integrated wireless MCUs simplify the design of remote-monitoring equipment for smart city, smart agriculture, and smart industry. Applications include smart meters, and safety systems, asset-trackers, and proximity detection. A set of reference designs (STDES-WL3xxxx), pre-certified and fine-tuned for STM32WL33 MCUs, is also available.

https://www.st.com

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Taoglas launches the Thunder series of integrated antenna enclosures

Yokogawa releases high-speed data acquisition unit

Rutronik offers USB Type-C connectors from Molex for industrial and consumer applications

Integrated matching filters from ST now available for long-range wireless MCUs

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