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Design, Develop, Manufacture with the latest Solutions! Showcasing new innovations and technology in electronics Visit Australia’s largest Electronics Expo and see, test and compare the latest equipment, products and solutions in manufacture and systems development. Make New Connections • Over 90 companies with the latest ideas and innovations • New product, system & component technology releases at the show • Australia’s largest dedicated electronics industry event • New technologies to improve design and manufacturing performance • Meet all the experts with local supply solutions • Attend FREE Seminars Knowledge is Power SMCBA CONFERENCE The Electronics Design and Manufacturing Conference delivers the latest critical information for design and assembly. Local and International presenters will present the latest innovations and solutions at this year’s conference. Details at www.smcba.com.au In Association with Supporting Publication Organised by Free Registration online! www.electronex.com.au Rosehill Gardens - Sydney 5 - 6 September 2018 ADM Instrument Engineering Altronic Distributors Ampec Technologies ANRITSU Amphenol* APM* ASSCON* Atten* Autotronik* Cleverscope Chemtools* Congatec Australia Control Devices Australia Curiosity Technology* Deutsch* Digilent* Dinkle* DLPC Electro Harmonix* Electrolube Element 14 Embedded Logic Solutions Emona Instruments ESI Technology Ltd* Europlacer Eurotherm* ExtraEye FAI* Fairmont Marketing Fluke* FS Bondtech* Fuseco GLW* Glyn Ltd GPC Electronics Hakko Australia* Hammond Electronics Hawker Richardson Helios Power Solutions Henchman Products Hetech HK Wentworth HW Technologies IMP Electronic Solutions JBC* JS Electronics Juki* Karatec Keysight Technologies Kobot Systems Kolb* Komax WIRE* Kulicke & Soffa* Leach (SZ) Co Ltd Leap Australia Lelon* Lektronics Lintek LPKF Laser & Electronics* A14 A2 A10 B1 A2 C12 A11 A2 A11 A13 A2 B8 A15 A14 A2 D25 A2 B22 A2 A16 D26 D22 B1 A14 B21 A14 C16 B22 B14 C16 C9 D18 D13 B33 A16 B26 C14 C2 D21 C10 A16 C8 D1 B21 C28 D18 D2 B27 B10 D18 D18 C16 D29 C20 A2 D28 D6 C30 Rosehill Gardens – Sydney 5–6 September 2018 Showcasing New Technology in Electronics Australia’s only dedicated trade event for the electronics industry will this year be held in Sydney in September. ElectroneX – The Electronics Design and Assembly Expo will be staged from 5 – 6 September at Rosehill Gardens Event Centre. The expo is now in its 9th year and alternates annually between Sydney and Melbourne. With over 90 exhibitors and a technical conference plus free seminars featuring leading international and local industry experts, this is a must see event for decision makers, enthusiasts and engineers designing or working with electronics. Attendees can pre-register for free at www.electronex.com.au This year’s event will feature a host of new product releases as well as advanced manufacturing solutions as Australian companies embrace the move towards niche and specialised manufacturing applications. In recent years there has been a resurgence of companies sourcing products and solutions from Australian based suppliers as local manufacturers seek out specialist applications and recognise their expertise and quality control. The last event in Sydney in 2016 attracted over 1200 electronics design professionals including electronic and electrical engineers, technicians and management, along with OEM, scientific, IT and communications professionals, defence, government and service technicians. SMCBA Conference Since 1988 the SMCBA has conducted Australia’s only conference dedicated to electronics design and manufacture. The 2018 conference, an initiative of the SMCBA, will again be held as part of ElectroneX, which gives the electronics industry a dedicated exhibition and conference in one place. Since the first staging of the ElectroneX event in 2010 the number of exhibitors has increased threefold. Andrew Pollock, Executive Officer of the SMCBA since 1996 said “We are delighted that Susy Webb and Jasbir Bath, both from the US, have accepted our invitations to present workshops at the conference in 2018. They bring a wealth of electronics design and manufacturing knowledge which they will generously share with attendees.” In addition, the most popular IPC training and certification program, the IPC-A-610 Acceptability of Electronics Assembly course *Denotes - Co-Exhibitor Company/Brand Represented by Exhibitor electronex.com.au 42 Australia’s electronics magazine Silicon Chip Electronex-SiliconChipAd 2018.indd 1 2/08/2018 11:47:47 AM siliconchip.com.au will be conducted by one of the SMCBA’s Master IPC Trainers. The IPC-A-610 is the most widely used document in the electronics industry worldwide and the SMCBA has been conducting these programs for over 20 years. Susy Webb is a senior PCB designer with 37 years of experience. Her career includes experience in coastal and oceanographic oil exploration and monitoring equipment, point-to-point microwave network systems, and CPCI and ATX computer motherboards. She has set up standards, documentation, procedures, and library conventions for several companies. Webb is a regular speaker at the PCB, IPC and international Design conferences, and consults for individual companies as well. Her presentations discuss practical implementation of complex engineering concepts into board layout, and methods to improve the overall design and flow of printed circuit boards. She is CID certified and a former writer/ columnist for Printed Circuit Design and Fab magazine. Webb is also an active member of the IPC Designer’s Council Executive Board and Education Committee, and is a member and past president of the Houston Chapter of the IPC Designer’s Council. Susy’s workshops will be: • Designing Beyond Simulation • Building a Bridge from Design to Manufacturing • The Complexities of Designing with Fine Pitch BGAs • Part Placement Choices and Consequences Jasbir Bath has over 20 years of experience in research, design, development and implementation in the areas of soldering, surface mount and packaging technologies. He has extensive knowledge of soldering technologies and in 2012 was appointed as principal engineer within IPC’s assembly technology area. He began his engineering career as a technical office at the International Tin Research Institute (ITRI) in the UK. In 1998 he joined Flextronics/Solectron as a lead engineer specialising in soldering materials, processes and components. In 2008 he formed his own company providing process consulting and training services to he electronics manufacturing industry. Jasbir has contributed to four books on lead-free manufacturing and has worked closely with IPC’s Solder Products Value Council (SPVC) to develop process and reliability data and he served on an IPC Blue Ribbon Committee to develop the IPC Leadfree Process Certification Site Audit Program. He holds BS and MS degrees in materials science from the University of Manchester England. Jasbir’s workshops will cover: • Design for manufacturability and reliability • Printing and Its effect on manufacturing yield • Reflow, wave and rework soldering process optimisation in electronics manufacturing It would not be possible to bring international experts to Australia for the conference without the support of the ElectroneX sponsors: Embedded Logic Solutions GPC Electronics Hawker Richardson HETECH Machinery Forum Mornsun Mouser Electronics OnBoard Solutions QualiEco and Re-Surface Technologies For full details please visit www.smcba.asn.au/conference Lutron* Machinery Forum Marque Magnetics Ltd Mastercut Technologies Mean Well* Mektronics Micron* Midori* Mornsun Mouser Electronics National Instruments Ningbo Degson Electrical Co. Neutrik* OKW* ONboard Solutions On-Track Technology Oritech Oupiin* Outerspace Design Pillarhouse Soldering* Powertran* Precision Electronic Technologies Pritchard Electronics Pros kit* QualiEco Circuits Radytronic* Reid Industrial Graphic Products Re-Surface Technologies Rigol Technologies* Ritec* Rohde & Schwarz (Australia) ROLEC OKW Australia New Zealand S C Manufacturing Salecom* Screen Process Circuits Silicon Chip Publications Simultech SJ Innotech* Suba Engineering Successful Endeavours Sunon* Surface Mount & Circuit Board Association Tagarno* Tarapath TecHome* Telit Wireless Solutions TJK Technologies Thermo Fisher* Trio Test & Measurement UniMeasure* Vicom Australia Wago Whats New in Electronics WURTH Elektronic B22 A1 C26 A27 A14 B14 A2 A14 B22 B29 D25 C27 B29 A26 B29 C23 B21 A2 A33 C16 A2 D14 A9 A2 A17 A2 B28 C14 B1 A2 A12 A26 D10 A2 A7 A5 C29 C16 D18 A3 A2 D35 D18 C4 C10 D13 C8 A14 A11 A14 B16 B20 C4 B28 *Denotes - Co-Exhibitor Company/Brand Represented by Exhibitor electronex.com.au siliconchip.com.au Australia’s electronics magazine electronex.com.au September 2018  43 Electronex-SiliconChipAd 2018.indd 2 2/08/2018 11:47:48 AM New Lead Free 100W Touchscreen Soldering Station Emona’s 3D Printed Electronics Altronic Distributors (Stand A2) is introducing the T 2460A high-power temperature controlled soldering station with touchscreen. This soldering station incorporates a special intelligent microchip control design. It has been developed to meet the present and future lead-free soldering needs of the electronic assembly industry and is suitable for work on SMD electronics. The ergonomic handle with a short distance between heating element and tip allows very fast heat up time and quick heat dispersion. The sensor and heat transfer technology employed ensures precise temperature regulation required for making consistent, reliable soldering connections. The temperature is maintained within ±3°C. Also on display will be their range of Australian-approved and certified “Powertran” toroidal transformers, which are available in various voltage and current ratings from 30VA to 500VA. For further information and assistance visit the Altronics stand at ElectroneX or call Altronic Distributors on 1300 780 999; email sydneywholesale<at>altronics.com.au or refer to their web site www.altronics.com.au Emona Instruments, stand B1, is bringing high-technology electronics 3D printing solutions to Australian industry for electronics R&D, manufacturing, research and education with the printing of multi-layer PCBs, as well as resistors, capacitors, antennas, sensors and thin film transistors. Emona’s multi-layer PCB 3D printing solution is provided by Nano-Dimension’s DragonFly 2020 Pro. This brings together an extremely precise inkjet deposition printer, high performance silver nano-particle conductive and dielectric inks as well as dedicated software, enabling companies to bring designs to the market more quickly, while keeping sensitive design information in-house. Emona’s 3D printing of electronics is provided by US based Optomec Inc’s Aerosol Jet technology. Electronic components such as resistors, capacitors, antennas, sensors and thin film transistors have all been printed with Aerosol Jet technology. The performance parameters of printed components, for example the ohm value of a resistor, can be controlled through printing parameters. Components can also be printed onto 3-dimensional surfaces eliminating the need for a separate substrate thereby reducing the size, thickness and weight of the end product. For example, Aerosol Jet is used to print antennas and sensors that conform to the shape of the underlying substrate such as a cell phone case. The Aerosol Jet process supports printing on a wide variety of substrates including plastics, ceramics and metallic structures. Visit us at ElectroneX Stand A27 44 Silicon Chip Australia’s electronics magazine siliconchip.com.au HK Wentworth Showcase New Hakko Soldering Products at Electronex Aust CS448 Power Oscilloscope The worlds only integrated fibre optic isolated channel oscilloscope 14 Bit 100mV resolution measuring ±800V. Great for EMC, Frequency Response Analysis, and high voltage measurements. HK Wentworth, sole authorised wholesale distributor for Hakko soldering solutions in Australia will be showcasing some new Hakko products alongside their Electrolube electro-chemical solutions at Electronex Australia later this year. Experts from both Hakko and Electrolube will be available on Stand A16 (Sydney, September 5-6 2018) to assist with customer application queries. The first of the new Hakko soldering solutions is the FX-801 Ultra Heavy Duty (UHD) Soldering Station, an ideal soldering station for extremely large mass components, such as high current inductor coils, heat sinks, large transformers, shields, and other difficult solder applications, where there is a significant amount of thermal inertia to overcome. The ESD safe FX-801 soldering station enables effortless soldering of the even the most challenging solder joints. This Ultra Heavy Duty Soldering Station provides the ultimate heating performance with a super power 300W composite heater for the highest level of soldering efficiency. The lightweight soldering iron is only 50g and the system has six user programmable preset 1000V Measure from anything to anything. Just isolation 10 pF to ground. Forget the ground! 100dB CMRR <at> 50 MHz Measure little signals such as current sensor resistors, or gate drives even though the common is slewing hundreds of volts in ns. 500V full bridge, 8ns tr and tf, probe high side gates. High side gate 1, with Miller step and Cgs/Cgd droop High side gate 2, with Cgs/Cgd pulse Vout 1, 500V 8ns tr Vout 2, 500V 8ns tf Stand A13, 5-6 Sep www.cleverscope.com 46 Silicon Chip temperatures, process control lockout with password protection and a large LED display. The second new product for Electronex is the FX-100 RF Induction Heating Soldering System. Designed for fast, reliable, accurate, efficient and ESD safe soldering, the FX-100 delivers RF induction heat technology at its best. For ease of use, calibration is not required, just power up and the system is ready for use. A boost control delivers an injection of extra power to the soldering iron tip when required. The compact design also minimises the workbench footprint and a tip sleep function reduces the tip temperature to preserve the life of the tip and reduce oxidization when the iron is not in use. There is also an activity monitor that provides cumulative data on tip heater loads and tip running time to aid in process control and manage operating costs. With over 60 years’ experience in soldering technology, Hakko has been producing superior quality soldering and desoldering tools, hot air rework stations, smoke and fume extraction systems, technical training classes, and a wide assortment of accessories and related equipment for the electronics, industrial and hobby industries. Mike Woods, HK Wentworth’s Australia and New Zealand Sales and Marketing Manager commented, “The new products from Hakko are welcome additions and are expected to create a lot of interest at the show. I’d like to extend an open invitation to visitors to come along to stand A16, where they will be assured of a warm welcome and lots of free advice on how to make best use of the company’s entire soldering product portfolio. For further information, please visit HK Wentworth’s website: www.hakkoaustralia.com/ to download brochures of Hakko products. Australia’s electronics magazine siliconchip.com.au siliconchip.com.au Australia’s electronics magazine September 2018  47 Streamline Series USB Platform offers advanced capabilities with zero compromises The new Keysight Streamline Series comprises compact USB instruments: vector network analysers (VNAs), oscilloscopes and an arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) that incorporate Keysight technologies, measurement algorithms, and application software. Controlled via PC through a USB connection, Keysight’s new instruments help customers save space on the test bench and are easily shared among members of a development team. The small rack size makes them ideal for manual or semi-automated testing in design-validation and lightmanufacturing applications. Keysight Streamline Series platform is available in three models: • The P937xA models are compact two-port VNAs with frequency coverage up to 26.5GHz. All are designed to test passive devices such as antennas, filters and duplexers. Running on a host PC, the context-sensitive user interface is identical to that of Keysight’s latest benchtop VNAs. • The P924xA high-performance oscilloscopes provide full measurement functionality along with advanced triggering, rapid waveform updates and popular features such as zone triggering. With the Keysight InfiniiVision interface running on the user’s PC, the look and feel is consistent with familiar benchtop oscilloscopes. • The P9336A three-channel AWG provides 16-bit resolution with maximum bandwidth of 540MHz and maximum onboard memory of 4 GB. Applications range from general-purpose testing to complex I/Q signal generation for characterization of transceivers and modulators. If you can’t get to ElectroneX (stand B27), more information about Keysight Streamline Series instruments is available at www.keysight.com/find/streamline 48 Silicon Chip 1 9 7 2 5 0 Looking for a reliable partner from concept to distribution? You need LEACH! EL_Silicon Chip_Thermal_87x127mm_032018_prepress 15 March 2018 10:04:32 to providing state-of-the-art solutions for LEACH is devoted your needs and looks forward to partnering with you. LEACH manufacturing services are well received by customers in the Americas, Europe, Oceania and Middle East. During the past 19 years, LEACH has accumulated knowledge, expertise and experience in providing electronic manufacturing services. From the concept of a new product to the delivery to customers around the globe, LEACH supports you. If you have a new idea for a new product, LEACH can work with you in the new electronic design. If you need to identify the right, cost-effective components, LEACH has the knowledge of the best suppliers in China/Asia. If you’re looking for efficient and reliable manufacturing, LEACH can provide a high-quality product at the right cost. Want to be assured that the product has zero defects? LEACH will test every item before shipment. Need someone to provide the required logistics for global distribution? LEACH will take on this task. LEACH has extensive experience in producing boards for customers in communications, transportation, instrumentation, networking, energy, Industrial equipment, medical devices and more: 1-14 layers mass production. 0402, 0603, 0805, 1210, 2512, QFP (0.3mm spacing), BGA (0.5mm spacing), IC (0.3mm spacing). RoHS process as standard. You can discuss your requirements with the experts from LEACH at ElectroneX – you’ll find them on stand D29. Australia’s electronics magazine siliconchip.com.au Stand B27 siliconchip.com.au Australia’s electronics magazine September 2018  49 Come and see Cleverscope’s VERY clever “scope” – CS448 – at ElectroneX Cleverscope will be demonstrating their CS448 fourchannel PC-based isolated oscilloscope at ElectroneX 2018 in Sydney. The design work for this new product took more than five years. The result is a scope with outstanding performance. It’s designed for challenging applications such as probing high-voltage, high-frequency variable speed drives which involve very fast common mode voltage rise and fall rates. This sort of application requires a scope with multiple isolated channels, wide bandwidth, high precision and low capacitance. The high precision is especially important for accurately measuring current flowing through very low value shunts in high-power devices. The CS448 uses 14-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) with very low noise, which give a resolution of 0.1V on the 800V range. Its high precision means an error of less than 1% when measuring current in a sense resistor with a common mode voltage slewing 680V in 10ns. Channel capacitance is under 10pF to minimise common-mode capacitive current when probing highvoltage switching systems. The CS448 uses high-bandwidth digital fibre-optic isolators to provide 1000V isolation between channels, and between each channel and the controlling PC. It also uses a carefully crafted isolated power supply and shielded digital circuitry, to keep noise injection into the scope front end to a bare minimum. The common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR) exceeds 100dB up to 65MHz; an outstanding result. That means less than 2mV of common-mode signal injection for a common mode voltage swing of 680V in 10ns! That’s for a 1:1 probe; it’s still a modest 20mV when using a 10:1 probe. The CS448 also incorporates a low-jitter clock system to keep measurements synchronised. This also allows multiple scopes to be synchronised, as a way to expand the number of available channels. Extremely low jitter in the clocks allows full advantage to be taken of the 14bit ADC resolution. Come see us and have a chat to the designer, Bart Schroder, at stand A13 at the ElectroneX show. 50 Silicon Chip New Electrolube resins on display at the HK Wentworth Stand (A16) Electrolube, distributed in Australia by HK Wentworth, will showcase some specialist encapsulation resin systems and thermal management materials for Australia’s LED manufacturers at this year’s ElectroneX. New products on show will include ER2224, which provides high thermal conductivity and excellent thermal cycling performance, making it ideal for use in LED lighting units where it helps to promote heat dissipation and prolong unit service life. The thermally conductive epoxy resin system offers an improved method of cure and subsequent health and safety benefits for the user. The tough new UR5638 polyurethane resin provides a clear, transparent finish and is a low exothermic resin, making it ideal for LED applications involving the encapsulation of larger LED lighting units. As an aliphatic polymer, the resin also offers superior UV stability as well as excellent transmission of visible light, making it an excellent resin for white light LEDs. Mastercut Stencils using Datum Tension shim Technologies ElectroneX Sydney Stand A27 Mastercut Technologies are pleased to announce the availability of solder paste stencils made from the revolutionary Datum Tension shim material. Datum claim their new material provides equivalent or better stencil cutting and print yield results than Fine Grain stainless steel but at a significantly lower cost. The higher tensile strength improves registration in fine pitch stencils while offering better release characteristics for fewer cleaning cycles and downtime. Mastercut’s Director of Marketing, Bill Dennis says “Trials with existing customers have proven the benefits of Datum Tension and we are happy to offer it alongside our conventional 304 shim.” “It costs a little more but the quality and performance far outweigh the price difference” he goes on to say that “experience has shown that the perfect end-product starts with a high quality stencil” Mastercut will be exhibiting again at Electronex in Sydney. Australia’s electronics magazine siliconchip.com.au Oscilloscope innovation. Measurement confidence. Find the ideal Rohde & Schwarz tool for your application: www.rohde-schwarz.com/oscilloscopes sales.australia<at>rohde-schwarz.com Visit us at Electronex Sydney Stand A12 5 - 6 September 2018 siliconchip.com.au Australia’s electronics magazine September 2018  51