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January 2026 – A collection of Design & Tech trends from the CAD world selected by TraceParts

  • STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. | RUD
  • Compact Tactile Control | GCT
  • Miniature High-Reliability | Mouser Electronics
  • Powering Europeโ€™s Digital Future| Murata
  • High-Power Chip Resistors | TTI
  • Ethernet Gateway for Zone 1 | Hans Turck
Design & Tech Trends selected by TraceParts

A collection of

Design & Tech Trends selected by TraceParts

January 2026

โ€ข STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. | RUD

โ€ข Compact Tactile Control | GCT

โ€ข Miniature High-Reliability | Mouser Electronics

โ€ข Powering Europeโ€™s Digital Future| Murata

โ€ข High-Power Chip Resistors | TTI

โ€ข Ethernet Gateway for Zone 1 | Hans Turck

STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.

STRAIGHT TO THE POINT.

New RUD Lifting Point Configurator.

Simple, convenient, safe: RUD’s new lifting point configurator is the quickest way to find the right lifting point for your lifting application. Thanks to the filter function, you can be sure that you won’t overlook any options. Use interactive 3D views of RUD lifting points and benefit from lots of practical additional information and data.

Compact Tactile Control

Compact Tactile Control

Precision feedback in low-profile designs

Reliability and precision – two essential criteria for tactile switches, and you can count on GCT to deliver both. With profiles from 0.35mm to 13mm GCTโ€™s Tactile Switch range has the common base profiles covered. IP6K7 rated variants are available for applications requiring ingress protection. Operating forces between 100gf and 400gf, and a cycle rating of up to 500,000.

Miniature High-Reliability

Miniature High-Reliability

Gecko 1.25mm pitch

Harwin Gecko connectors provide high-reliability interconnects with 1.25mm pitch, supporting 2A per signal contact and up to 10A for power. Features include 4-finger contact design for vibration resistance, -65ยฐC to +150ยฐC temperature range, 1000 mating cycles, and low outgassing. Ideal for aerospace and defense. Available at Mouser Electronics.

Powering Europeโ€™s Digital Future

Powering Europeโ€™s Digital Future

OCP Power for Next-Gen AI Data Centers

Discover Murataโ€™s Open Compute and data center centralized power solutions, designed to deliver high efficiency and reliability for scalable, next-generation AI infrastructure. Enhance connectivity and performance with advanced power innovation.

High-Power Chip Resistors

High-Power Chip Resistors

Enhanced Performance for Electronics

Discover KOA Corporation’s SG73P Series Thick Film Chip Resistors, designed for higher pulse voltages and power levels than the RK73B and RK73H series. With tolerances down to ยฑ0.5% and a temperature range of -55ยฐC to +155ยฐC, they are ideal for power supplies.

Ethernet Gateway for Zone 1

Ethernet Gateway for Zone 1

Intrinsically safe copper-based Ethernet

TURCK presents a new solution for Ethernet communication in hazardous areas. The GEN-2G multiprotocol gateway enables a continuous, intrinsically safe, copper-based Ethernet infrastructure in ATEX Zone 1 for the first time. The new solution expands the existing excom system with the GEN-3G Zone 2 gateway, now allowing easy conversion from Profibus DP to Ethernet communication in Zone 1 as well โ€“ without replacing the I/O and sensor level.

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