On June 10th, live in the recently opened Panasonic Campus Munich, Panasonic Industry and Vogel Communications / Elektronik Praxis are inviting you to a dedicated hybrid event spotlighting on the relevance, challenges and opportunities of high power switching directly on the PCB.

Panasonic Industry has announced that with its latest 'Flat Square Type' it now offers an evolution of its successful PaPIRs (passive pyroelectric infrared) motion sensor, coming with an inconspicuous flat and square 9.6x9.6mm lens that hides the typical motion detector look.

Panasonic is consistently expanding its activities in Europe and at its Munich Ottobrunn site. Within the Panasonic Campus in Munich the new Customer Experience Center (CXC) has announced that it is about to open the doors. The building complex consists of over 6,000 square meters and invites B2B customers, trade partners, developers, start-ups, and universities to get valuable insights.

The seemingly endless quest in product design to simultaneously miniaturise devices while increasing functionality has rendered PCB-based engineering the silver bullet of contemporary applications efficiency.

The cars and machines of tomorrow will feature an increasing number of safety and comfort driver aids. Comprehensive sensing is crucial to support many purposes like motion detection, positioning, sensor fusion, inclination detection, and much more. For these purposes, Panasonic Industry Europe developed a six-axis inertial sensor series that provides installation freedom, additional functionalities to onboard systems with this one-chip-solution,...

The technological progress of industrial equipment has become almost dizzyingly fast - and so have the performance demands on the necessary components. Under these signs, the new Panasonic Industry 1FormA PhotoMOS relay AQV209G provides high power semiconductor switching – claiming a times higher switching capability than the previous generation.

Good performance features are only worth something if they last. Only then can there be any talk of reliability. So, the durability and life-cycle of electronical components and capacitors is vital for the reliability of an entire application – let it be a simple smart home device or an industrial application’s ower supply.

Active optical connectors suit all environments where electromagnetic interferences are prevalent but electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) needs to be assured. Panasonic Industry Europe has given its successful V-series of its AOC connector portfolio another boost in terms of the transmission speed.

At this week’s virtual Consumer Electronics Show 2021 (CES), Panasonic North America CEO Michael Moskowitz, announced the next generation innovations and emerging technologies that will be driving our society forward through these current challenging times and beyond.

It has been long time since Panasonic presented its first e-bike 1979 in Japan, that electrically assisted cycling has become a mass (and growth) market. Bicycles always enjoyed a particular attention within the global corporation, as company founder Konosuke Matsushita worked in a bicycle store in his youth, and have therefore been part of the product range since the 1950s. 

To ensure devices like smartphones, routers and many others meeting those data transmission stability requirements, Panasonic Industry now offers a specific Board to FPC Connector (Flexible Printed Circuit) for 5G, connecting the antenna module with the main board and thus contributing to an immaculate data flow for applications operating in the range of millimetre-waves.

When it comes to switching solutions, contemporary automotive application design resorts more and more to PCB mounted products. The primacy of miniaturisation and efficiency without compromises in terms of reliability and performance render THT or PiP mounted relays a perfect solution for multiple high current loads.

Panasonic Industry Europe has announced that it is continuously developing new series of surface mount Conductive Polymer Aluminum Solid OS-CON capacitors and has introduced the SVT series. This new series features low Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) characteristics – even at low temperatures, excellent noise reduction capabilities, and frequency characteristics.

Panasonic has expanded voltage range of AEC-Q200 qualified ECQUA (Safety Class X2, for automotive) series to 310VAC. This metallised polypropylene film capacitor series from Panasonic Industry Europe benefits from original in-house patterned metallisation process with fuse mechanism function by Panasonic.

Panasonic Industry Europe has announced its Gold partner status under NXP Semiconductor’s Ecosystem member program. With the Gold partner status NXP recognises what it considers to be market leaders and strengthens the bond for future product development. It also underlines a strong strategic positioning between the products of both companies and the shared mindset for offering solutions to customers which are one step ahead ...

Panasonic has released a new Metallised Polypropylene Film Capacitor ECQUB series (Safety Class Y2/X1). This series features an operating temperature range of -40 up to 110°C and a rated voltage of 300VAC. 

Panasonic Industry Europe introduces the new TPS series, a surface mount Conductive Polymer Tantalum Solid capacitor series. The POSCAP TPS series capacitors feature sintered tantalum as an anode and highly conductive polymer as the cathode.

Panasonic further strengthened its popular Android line-up today with the launch of the TOUGHBOOK A3, a fully rugged tablet with a 10.1” display. With businesses increasingly turning to Android for their rugged mobile tablet and handheld needs, the TOUGHBOOK A3 is ideal for emergency services personnel, utilities and field service agents, as well as transport and logistics operators, and those working in automotive.

Panasonic Industry Europe has introduced the new surface-mount type ZF series of Conductive Polymer Hybrid Aluminium Electrolytic Capacitors. Being able to endure high temperatures of 150°C for up to 1.000 hours, the new capacitors benefit from a high withstand voltage of 25 to 63V and a low leakage current of (0.01 CV or 3µA). The nominal capacitance range is 33 to 270µF.

Even though applications are getting more digital with every device generation and a lot of functions are defined by the implemented software, nothing in the world would work without precise high-quality passive components like robust resistors – neither in the automotive, nor in the industrial or housing sector.