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Harwin Extends Kona Range of High-Reliability SIL Connectors with Right-Angled Thru-Board Power/Signal Options and EMI Shielding

The new Kona Horizontal lineup includes nine new right-angled 4-, 3- and 2-pin SIL (single-in-line) connectors for board or board-and-panel mounting. EMI shielding and housing rear-caps for each connector has also been created. Single pin right-angle cable female and 90o male connectors have also been added.

They feature individually shrouded recess contacts, polarized connections to prevent incorrect mating, and beryllium copper contacts with gold plating for reliable, durable, and corrosion-resistant electrical connections that gives a 60 A current rating per contact. 

Leankon’s Advanced WiFi 6E & WiFi 7 Dipole Antenna Solutions Redefine Wireless Connectivity

The compact dipole antennas offer unparalleled performance, designed for seamless integration across Bluetooth 2.4GHz and WiFi 6E/WiFi 7 triple-bands (2.4/5/6GHz). With versatile cable routing solutions, they empower product designers to effortlessly implement them into diverse applications.

The LK1810401: Features a cable center feed design, ideal for maximizing performance in compact setups.

The LK1810501: Offers a cable side feed design, catering to alternative device configurations.

Bourns Releases Two Compact NTC Thermistor Series Offering High-Precision Temperature Sensing and Compensation

These new thermistors feature resistance that is inversely proportional to the temperature, enabling accurate temperature measurement. The advanced and high reliability design of the BTN02G and BTN04G series combines semiconducting ceramics and internal electrodes, providing the capability to uniformly and smoothly change resistance values over a wide temperature range. In addition to the standard ±3 percent and ±5 percent high-precision resistance tolerances, Bourns’ latest NTC thermistors are also available in ±1 percent and ±2 percent resistance tolerances. The series’ B-Value tolerance is highly accurate at ±1 percent, making them superior temperature sensing solutions.

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As a 'Matter' of Fact

Inside Latest Home Control Consolidation Attempt via Google Home and Matter-over-Thread

Editor's Desk by Kirsten Campbell



The Smartest Room in the House

The room woke up before the people did.


At exactly 5:57 a.m., the NTC thermistor embedded in the smart thermostat sensed a subtle change—0.04°C above baseline. A whisper of heat from the sunrise. That was the signal.


In response, a precisely calculated voltage traveled along a high-reliability SIL connector, right-angled and thru-board mounted, tucked away inside the system’s microcontroller board. Its EMI shielding kept the signal clean, undisturbed by the refrigerator’s startup hum next door.



Up on the wall, a next-gen Wi-Fi 7 dipole antenna, sleek and barely visible, blinked to life. It swept the spectrum with the confidence of a signal in a 6 GHz utopia. Congestion? Interference? Please. This was Wi-Fi 6E's elegant younger sibling—born for bandwidth and latency that didn’t just impress, but obeyed.



Data from the IoT temperature nodes flowed like warm coffee—swift, reliable, jitter-free. The mesh system rebalanced itself, and the home’s energy profile was already syncing with the utility provider’s off-peak incentive model. The smart blinds adjusted, dimming light based on ambient thermal gain predicted by yesterday’s machine learning training loop.


Meanwhile, down in the server cabinet, a secondary dipole antenna tuned into a quieter channel, rerouting firmware updates to the EV charger. No fuss. No packet loss.


The house was in full harmony, its components orchestrated not just by code, but by the physical reliability of every connection—each SIL connector ensuring stability through every surge and signal, each thermistor offering silent, unshakable truth, and every antenna dancing through airwaves like a whisper in a cathedral.


By the time the humans entered the room, the temperature was perfect, their devices synced, and their environment already adjusted to their habits—before their second blink.


“Smart home,” they said with a yawn.


The room, in its quiet, shielded language of EMI-free pulses and perfect impedance, thought: “You have no idea.”


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