SPE partnership HARTING – TE Connectivity – HIROSE, first series parts presented

On Jul 5, 2019

Looking forward to the partnership: Frank Welzel, Director Global Product Management, HARTING Electronics; Monika Kuklok, Director Communication & Power, TE Connectivity; Ralf Klein, Managing Director, HARTING Electronics; & Eric Leijtens, Global Product Manager of Industrial Communication, TE Connectivity (from left to right).

HARTING is looking back at a successful Hannover Messe. The field of Single Pair Ethernet in particular had a whole series of plenty exciting news to report, with two new partnerships and the first series parts.

Confirmed their cooperation at HANNOVER MESSE: Hiroshi Satoh, Division General Manager, International Business Division, HIROSE; Philip Harting, CEO HARTING Technologiegruppr; Kazunori Ishii, President HIROSE; and Ralf Klein, Managing Director HARTING Electronics (from left to right).

As well as the first series parts of the already internationally standardised single pair ethernet connection technology, HARTING Technology Group’s presentation at Hannover Messe 2019 also included an SPE live demonstration consisting of a video transmission via an SPE switch and media converter. Internationally standardised in accordance with IEC 63171-6, these SPE interfaces include both an IP20 version and M8 and M12 IP65/67 versions and have already been included in international selection processes for IEEE802.3, ISO/IEC and TIA. “Not only have we made an interface that was completely newly developed under HF properties the standardised market standard, we also have our eye on every aspect of the technology for our customers,” says Matthias Fritsche, Product Manager Device Connectivity at HARTING Electronics. “Single Pair Ethernet represents more than just a new interface – it is a totally new approach and provides new options for Ethernet communication. A huge new ecosystem of connectors, sockets, cables, Ethernet chips, transmitters, protocols, test devices, standards, target customers, markets and fields of application now has to be designed.”

That is why HARTING began work some time ago to ensure the necessary standards in all international standards committees, such as ISO/IEC, IEEE802.3 and TIA. Together with numerous supporters, the company succeeded in making its own proposal for an SPE interface the future standard for the industry. This standard for SPE interfaces will be published as IEC63171-6 by the end of 2019 and is also designed for rough industrial environments.

*Live video transmission with first T1 Industrial series parts and a HARTING SPE switch.*

Cabling standards for the use of SPE are currently being updated, in the form of amendments to the ISO/IEC11801 and EN50173 series. In the TIA42 papers, the update takes the form of an addendum: TIA-1005-A-3. All these supplements have largely identical content. These cabling standards give the user information about the structure of the cabling, the cabling components to use to achieve the performance specifications, and the thresholds for checking the cabling.

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