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PRODUCT SHOWCASE Emona’s “Markforged” 3D printed prototypes for electronics industry The Markforged range of 3D printers are capable of printing carbon fibre, composites, stainless steel, titanium and more. The Markforged range is available from Emona, who have more experience than anyone else in Australia in the 3D printing of carbon fibre and composites. They are particularly suited to printing functional prototypes. These are often incredibly expensive to manufacture and suffer from long lead times. Cosmetic prototypes, while useful for verifying fit and look, lack the strength to properly evaluate functionality of a design in application. Functional prototypes should withstand the same rigors that the final part would, including loading and exposure to chemicals. Machining low volume prototypes out of materials that are both strong and chemically resistant takes time and money, stretching development cycles and unnecessarily straining R&D budgets. Strong parts prototyping is just not available from generic 3D printers utilising thermoplastics such as ABS or PLA. Apart from high strength, Markforged printed parts also have an ultra-smooth surface finish that is equivalent to injection molded plastics, allowing you to print high quality end use parts as well. Effective functional prototyping will allow you to bring products to market faster, beat the competition and drive increased revenue for your organisation. Emona are so confident that their Markforged 3D printers will find a place in your organisation that they are offering to 3D-print a sample part for you. Contact: More details at Emona Instruments Pty Ltd www.emona.com.au/ PO Box 15, Camperdown NSW 1450 markforged Tel: (02) 9519 3933 Fax: (02) 9550 1378 Web: www.emona.com.au Program this IR remote control with a smartphone! This programmable universal remote control from WES allows you to replace up to 4 remote controls. You can download the free Conexum Android or iOS smartphone app to access the always up-to-date, massive cloud-based IR code library for easy setup by pairing your smartphone with the remote. You can also use the App to make your remote control function as an IR extender. (This requires an optional app upgrade). With this function, you can use your smartphone or tablet to talk to your remote control in order to control your devices. Features: • Cloud based code library with new updated models. • Easy to program via free Connexum app. • Find my remote button; The app can make the remote beep in order to locate. • Requires 2x AA batteries for power (sold separately). Contact: WES 84-90 Parramatta Rd, Summer Hill 2130 Tel: [Sydney] (02) 97979866 Web: www.wes.net.au Microchip introduces industry’s lowest-power LoRa® SiP Microchip Technology Inc has introduced a highly integrated LoRa SiP family with an ultra-low-power 32-bit MCU, subGHz RF LoRa transceiver and software stack. The SAM R34/35 SiPs come with certified reference designs and proven interoperability with major LoRaWAN gateway and network providers, significantly simplifying the entire development process across hardware, software and support. Powered by the ultra-low-power SAM L21 Arm Cortex-M0+ based MCU, the SAM R34 devices also provide the industry’s lowest power consumption in sleep modes (790nA), offering extended battery life in remote IoT nodes. Highly integrated in a compact 6 x 6 mm package, the SAM R34/35 family is 52 Silicon Chip ideal for a broad array of long-range, lowpower IoT applications that require small form factor designs and multiple years of battery life. Developers can accelerate their designs by combining their application code with Microchip’s LoRaWAN stack and quickly prototype with the ATSAMR34XPRO development board (DM320111), which is supported by the Atmel Studio 7 Software Development Kit (SDK). Sweden’s ETM Group buys out ETM Pacific Australia’s ETM Pacific has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of ETM Group (Sweden) with the acquisition of the shares held by departing co-founder, Erik Stark. They’ve appointed Manny Romero as the new Managing Director. ETM Pacific, based in North Sydney (NSW) specialise in cellular 3G & 4G-LTE for IoT applications. Their slogan is “connecting things” using cellular and other wireless technologies, with products ranging from embedded modules for OEMs to modems, routers, loggers & SMS alarm diallers. They also do custom solutions. SC Contact: Contact: Unit 32, 41 Rawson St Epping NSW 2121 Tel: (02) 9868 6733 Website: www.microchip.com Suite 6, 273 Alfred St, North Sydney NSW 2060 Tel: (02) 9956 7377 Web: www.etmpacific.com.au Microchip Technology Inc Australia’s electronics magazine ETM Pacific siliconchip.com.au