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PRODUCT SHOWCASE Anderson Connectors now available at Digi-Key Popular Anderson Connectors are widely used in the Solar Power, Electric Vehicle, UPS and many other industries. Now they’ll be much more readily available, with Digi-Key Electronics signing a global distribution partnership with Anderson Power Products (APP). The new partnership will provide Digi-Key customers with worldwide, 24-hour availability of APP’s high-quality interconnect solutions. APP is a leader in developing high-quality, lowcost, power interconnect solutions. They have a substantial number of power interconnect products that will allow Digi-Key to offer new solutions to high power designs that they have not been able to in the past. Contact: Digi-Key Australia/New Zealand Tel: (Aust) 1800 285 719 (New Zealand) 800 449 837 Web: digikey.com.au Laird Connectivity Sentrius IG60-BL654 Starter Kit with Three Bluetooth 5 Sensors The Laird Connectivity Sentrius IG60-BL654 and BT510 Starter Kit, available from Mouser Electronics, includes the Sentrius IG60-BL654 gateway with Amazon Web Services (AWS), plus three BT510 Bluetooth 5 sensors. Engineers can gather data from the BT510 sensors and collect the data with the IG60-BL654 gateway before sending it to the cloud via AWS IoT Greengrass, while available iOS and Android mobile apps enable fast, in-field provisioning. Based on Laird Connectivity’s 60 Series systemon-module (SoM) and BL654 embedded Bluetooth module with Nordic Semiconductor nRF52840 system-on-chip (SoC), the IG60-BL654 provides a powerful platform for Bluetooth 5 long-range sensor-to-cloud applications. The combination of Bluetooth and WiFi allows customers to capture data from Bluetooth 5 sensors, add edge intelligence, and send that data to the cloud over highperformance 802.11ac Contact: Wi-Fi. Unit 701-3, 7F, LU Plaza, 2 Wing Yip St Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Web: www.au.mouser.com APEM PBA series Piezo switches Wearable Electronics and the Healthcare Market While traditional electronic systems have an inherently rigid form factor, developments in manufacturing processes and materials are enabling a new world of flexible electronics. Just last year several foldable smartphones were revealed to the market. In a new research report titled “Flexible Electronics in Healthcare 2020–2030”, IDTechEx analysts find significant opportunities for flexible electronics to be applied to healthcare. In this report, IDTechEx forecasts the market for healthcare products containing flexible electronics to be worth over $8.3 billion by the year 2030. One way to address patient adherence to monitoring is to make the device unobtrusive to the point of invisibility. Electronic skin patches, wearable devices that are electronic components adhered to the skin, are one such way to address this. Read the detailed Contact: report at www. IDTechEx siliconchip.com. Tel: (0011) +1 617 577 7890 Website: www.IDTechEx.com/FlexElec au/link/ab2f siliconchip.com.au Mouser Electronics Control Devices is the official APEM distributor for Australia and New Zealand. APEM PBA Piezo switches are based on a solid-state output, allowing for a very long life expectancy – ideal for demanding applications where reliability is important. The flat actuation surface is completely closed, preventing the intrusion of liquids or other contaminants. This makes them ideal for surface cleaning, required in the medical and food-processing industries. High performance sealing (IP68 and IP69K) is achieved due to the one-piece construction of the switch. No external power supply is required. The screw-machined metal housing construction and APEM’s vertical integration allow for the manufacture of a variety of shapes. Contact the Control Devices sales team for Contact: more details. Control Devices Unit 17, 69 O’Riordan St Alexandria NSW 2015 Tel: (02) 9330 1700 Web: www.controldevices.com.au SC Australia’s electronics magazine June 2020  79