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New eBook from Mouser and Phoenix Contact Highlights Secure Connections in Industrial IoT

July 17, 2019 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., the New Product Introduction (NPI) leader empowering innovation, announces a new eBook in collaboration with Phoenix Contact, offering an in-depth look at connector designs and their importance in the rapidly involving Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). In Trusted Connection, Trusted Design, experts from Phoenix Contact provide useful guides on PCB design, locking systems, and new connecting technologies, offering readers valuable insights on how to leverage connectors for more reliable performance.

As more devices are folded into IIoT, strong connections will take on additional importance to support the intelligence of smart devices. The demanding requirements of IoT include both time-tested features and new innovations, from effective latching mechanisms to active circuit indication and shielding to facilitate faster data rates.

The new eBook from Mouser and Phoenix Contact features multiple detailed guides on specific connectors as well as their applications in PCBs and industrial design. Phoenix Contact’s experts offer useful instructions on how to choose the best PCB terminal block, in addition to what common mistakes and design flaws to avoid. The eBook also provides a valuable guide on the use of M12 connectors in industrial facilities, as well as SKEDD direct connection technology.

The Trusted Connection, Trusted Design eBook also highlights relevant products from Phoenix Contact, including the company’s MKDSP95 Series terminal blocks and reliable M12 connectors, industry-leading RF modules and switches. The company’s products, available from Mouser, include UT terminal blocks, board-to-board connectors, and PCB connectors, each offering trusted support for industrial design and IoT applications.

To learn more about Phoenix Contact, visit www.mouser.com/phoenix-contact. To read the new e-book, go to www.mouser.com/news/phoenixcontact-ebook/mobile/index.html.

With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser strives to empower innovation among design engineers and buyers by delivering advanced technologies. Mouser stocks the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects. Mouser Electronics’ website is continually updated and offers advanced search methods to help customers quickly locate inventory. Mouser.com also houses data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.

About Mouser Electronics

Mouser Electronics, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is an award-winning, authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor focused on rapid New Product Introductions from its manufacturing partners for electronic design engineers and buyers. The global distributor’s website, Mouser.com, is available in multiple languages and currencies and features more than 5 million products from over 750 manufacturers. Mouser offers 25 support locations around the world to provide best-in-class customer service and ships globally to over 600,000 customers in more than 220 countries/territories from its 750,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit www.mouser.com.

About Phoenix Contact

Phoenix Contact is a global market leader and innovator in the electrical engineering and automation sectors. Founded in 1923 the family-owned company from Bloomberg, Germany, now owns an international distribution network providing guaranteed proximity to its customers. Phoenix Contact offers innovative products and solutions around industrial connection technology, automation, interface-systems and surge protection. The product range includes sensors, controllers, modular terminal blocks, splash-proof machinery connectors, wireless Ethernet products for up-to-date control cabinets, and custom solutions for various applications.

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