Design World – August 2019

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Harting Technology Group is continuing to develop and enhance its partnerships with other connector

manufacturers as it works to develop, standardize products and market a connection technology system for Single Pair

Ethernet (SPE). All relevant standardization committees have now opted for the HARTING design of an SPE mating face.

For the protocol, this is IEEE802.3, and for cabling it is ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 25 and TIA 42.

Partnerships ensure the future of

Single Pair Ethernet

Edited by Mary Gannon • Senior Editor

The latest udpate, 802.3cg 10Base-T1, for distances up to 1 km, will

be released in 2019. SPE allows for a single open, scalable Ethernet-

based network within the automation system. This significantly reduces

complexity, costs and enables going beyond existing borders.

At Hannover Messe this past April, the company revealed further

updates to its partnership with Hirose Electric Co. Ltd. The two

companies partnered in the autumn of 2016 when they jointly launched

the ix Industrial interface on the market.

The two companies are inviting others to partner up in order to drive

Single Pair Ethernet as the infrastructure solution for the fast growing

IIoT market. The latter consists of offering a practicable portfolio of

connectors, sockets, cables and cable sets on the component side. Both

are working to successfully position the entire technology in user groups.

“In addition to establishing a uniform mating face, the standardization

of all other aspects is actively being pursued and is seen as the basis

for a comprehensive SPE ecosystem,” said Ralf Klein, Managing Director

Harting Electronics.

The goal of this alliance is a

consistent and reliable Single Pair

Ethernet infrastructure that brings the

IIoT to life. Whether in transportation,

robotics, energy or classical industrial

automation, T1 Industrial from Hirose

and Harting gives users a comprehensive

infrastructure to take a successful step

on the way to the Internet of Things.

At Hannover Messe, Harting revealed

the first IP20 interface consisting of a

plug connector and angled printed circuit

board socket.

Single Pair Ethernet helps to ensure

fast Ethernet speeds of 10/100Mbps,

which requires two-wire pair cabling;

Gigabit Ethernet requires four wire pairs.

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