Products of the Week: August 17, 2026

Here's this week's selection of some of the most interesting new products that have been launched of late.

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Check out this week's selection of some of the most interesting new products that have been launched of late.

At the heart of our mission here at Microwaves & RF is to regularly feature collections of some of the most interesting new product announcements of the recent past. It's our hope that products such as these will inspire you to create your own new offerings.

Here are the products we featured this week:

Silicon Labs Unveils BG2B, Its Lowest-Power Bluetooth LE SoC with Industry-Leading Power Efficiency, Security, and Integration.

Bluetooth LE SoC Touts Efficiency, Security, and Integration

The BG2B is Silicon Labs' lowest-power Bluetooth LE chip, combining channel sounding, Secure Vault high security, and integrated CAN-FD and peripherals.

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1,100-W PFC Module Touts Highest Power Density in a Half-Brick Form Factor

The module integrates inrush control and digital PMBus control in a device with up to 97.3% peak efficiency.

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Panasonic Industry and INSYS icom are combining their expertise to support operators in the water and environmental sectors.

Comm Solution Tackles Water and Environmental Sector 2G Migration

Numerous applications in the water industry, as well as in M2M and IoT environments, still rely on GSM technology, and therefore face an urgent need for modernization.

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Jam-Resistant Communications Module Targets Defense, UAV Markets

Command-and-control links, high-definition video transmission, ISR data transport, and more fall within the capabilities of the 60-GHz module.

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Development Kit Speeds IoT Solutions

The Iridium 9604 packs three major communications functions into a module measuring 16.0 × 26.0 × 2.4 mm.

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More New Products

2.7-GHz Spectrum Analyzers Travel Readily to Field Operations

Built for rugged conditions, the PSA Series 4 provides comfortable one-handed operation in a compact and ultra-lightweight instrument.

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Network Synchronizers Serve AI Data Centers and Time-Sensitive Infrastructure

The devices combine network synchronization, ultra-low-jitter clocking, and software to help simplify time-sensitive network designs.

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About the Author

Alix Paultre

Editor-at-Large, Microwaves & RF

Alix is Editor-at-Large for Microwaves & RF.

An Army veteran, Alix Paultre was a signals intelligence soldier on the East/West German border in the early ‘80s, and eventually wound up helping launch and run a publication on consumer electronics for the U.S. military stationed in Europe. Alix first began in this industry in 1998 at Electronic Products magazine, and since then has worked for a variety of publications, most recently as Editor-in-Chief of Power Systems Design.

Alix currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.