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Bluetooth-Enabled Connectors Facilitate Predictive Maintenance

May 31, 2023

When combined with a tablet or smartphone, IMS Connector Systems' SmartMod-based connectors offer continuous measurement of temperature, humidity, voltage, and other parameters.

David Maliniak

Related To: Microwaves & RF

This article is part of our IMS 2023 coverage.

In its Booth 2318 at IMS 2023, IMS Connector Systems will debut its SmartMod technology, which brings intelligent networking with individualized data provision to predictive-maintenance applications. In combination with a smartphone or tablet, this standard M12-based connector is a suitable service tool for troubleshooting and machine maintenance.

SmartMod-equipped connectors enable continuous measurement of functions such as temperature, humidity, air pressure, voltage, current, and power. They can communicate with smartphones or tablets via a Bluetooth Low Energy 5.0 link at a range of 40 meters indoors and 100 meters outdoors.

SmartMod connectors can be retrofitted to plants or machines with applications in robotics, factory automation, mobile machinery, storage and temperature logistics, and more. These devices are able to measure an absolute air-pressure range of 300 to 1,100 mbar, provide a high current capacity of ±15 A, and offer absolute humidity accuracy of 5% to 95%. They operate from –40 to +85°C and from a wide voltage range of 4 to 36 V.

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David Maliniak | Executive Editor, Microwaves & RF

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In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy, leaving to rejoin the EOEM B2B publishing world in January 2020. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.