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PRODUCT SHOWCASE Who is Weller? Weller is a German manufacturer of quality soldering equipment distributed across the globe. The origins of Weller go back to 1945 where they have built a strong and trusted brand ever since. They have a major manufacturing facility in Besigheim Germany consisting of state of the art manufacturing and a strong research and development team constantly creating innovative products with features and benefits that the end user wants. Weller are owned by the USA-based Apex Tool Group. Two years ago Danaher Tools and Cooper Tools entered into a 50/50 joint venture and formed the Apex Tool Group. With that joint venture came powerful brands like Weller, Crescent, GearWrench, Jacobs Chuck and Allen keys. It is worth mentioning that Xcelite and Erem specialist electronics tools also form part of the product offering in Australia. Weller Australia is well placed to service your soldering needs, with a 7,500 square metre warehouse and repair workshop located in the NSW town of Albury. Weller has sales people in every state and Australian technical support. One big advantage of being a Weller user is that you have access to the manufacturer for technical issues. The German Weller team is extremely proud of their product and if chipKIT uC32 & WiFi Shield Boards Microchip Technology Inc. and Digilent, Inc. have announced two new pre-assembled boards which enable hobbyists and academics to easily and inexpensively add a 32-bit microcontroller and Wi-Fi connectivity to their projects, even if they don’t have an engineering background. The first of these boards, the chipKIT uC32, provides a development platform for users to create a wide range of 32-bit microcontrollerbased applications using a free, Arduino-compatible development environment. This open-source development platform includes Microchip’s 32-bit PIC32MX340F512H microcontroller, with 105 DMIPS (Dhrystone million instructions per second) performance, 512KB Flash program memory, 32KB SRAM and 42 I/O pins that support a number of peripheral functions such as UART, SPI and I2C serial ports and pulse-width-modulated (PWM) outputs. The second board is the chipKIT Wi-Fi Shield which enables users to implement wireless projects when used with the chipKIT line of microcontroller boards such as the new uC32, or existing Uno32 and Max32 boards. The chipKIT Wi-Fi Shield uses Microchip’s MRF24WB0MA Wi-Fi module, and provides chipKIT microcontroller boards with the ability to communicate via IEEE 802.11-compatible wireless networks. The Wi-Fi Shield also has a microSD card connector for use with microSD Flash memory cards, giving additional persistent storage for the connected microcontroller. Both of these new boards can both be purchased today, at microchipDIRECT or Digilent’s e-Commerce site. For more information, please visit the Digilent website at www.microchip.com/get/T23G More information is also available on Microchip’s website at www. microchip.com/get/9AAD, as well as the online chipKIT forum and Wiki. siliconchip.com.au something is not working as it should they want to know about it and will offer a solution. As Apex Tools is the manufacturer, distribution is handled by a number of trusted suppliers as listed below: RS Components, element14, Radio Parts and Oritech in Melbourne, Bondline, WES Components and Mektronics in Sydney and Ron Enright in New Zealand. JBL smashes the portable sound barrier The JBL Micro II delivers outstanding sound from a speaker that fits neatly into the palm of your hand. The ultra-portable speaker can also be clipped to clothing or bags and can easily slipped into a handbag. They are ideal for business travel, holidays and the beach – in fact, anywhere you need to amplify the sound from your portable music player. The Micro II is available in black, white and orange. The pocket-sized JBL Micro Wireless easily pairs with any Bluetooth-compatible device – including iPhone, iPad, Android phone, tablet or BlackBerry – and provides great sound. It can be daisy-chained to other JBL Micro speakers for a bigger impact. The range now comes in several colours, including green, red and blue as well as black. Both the Micro II and Micro Wireless can be daisychained to deliver an even bigger, fuller sound. They have inbuilt rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for maximum convenience and versatility and Contact: will deliver up to Convoy International five hours of un- Locked Bag 970, Botany NSW 1455 interrupted music Tel: (02) 9700 0111 Fax: (02) 9700 0000 Website: www.ehifi.com.au playback. May 2013  77