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PRODUCT SHOWCASE ElectroneX rescheduled to April 2022 Following the ongoing situation with COVID-19 in NSW and other states, a decision has been made to reschedule ElectroneX – the Electronics Design & Assembly Expo at Rosehill Gardens from 5-6 April 2022. Noel Gray, Managing Director of show organiser AEE said: We were hopeful that we would be able to stage the show in November but it has become apparent that until the vaccination rates reach a high level and states and business can open up again, we had no choice but to move the event to 2022. Whilst there may be a relaxing of restrictions and travel by November, for the safety and wellbeing of our exhibitors, visitors and staff we consider it was better to take a cautious approach and move the Expo and SMCBA conference to next year. The majority of other Expos in NSW have also had to reschedule to 2022 and it has been a challenging time for the exhibition and event Industry. Last held in Sydney in 2018, the Expo was almost sold out and exhibitors have been very supportive of the move to April next year. ElectroneX is Australia’s major dedicated high-tech event that showcases new technologies, components, contract manufacturing services, manufacturing equipment and supplies and solutions for the electronics and manufacturing industries. Alternating between Melbourne and Sydney, over 1000 senior decision makers attend including design engineers, electronic and general engineers, technical engineers and management that are involved in design, service or utilise electronics in manufacturing. Visitors can register for free to attend the Expo in April next year at www. electronex.com.au Australasian Exhibitions and Events Pty Ltd Suite 11, Pier 35-263 Lorimer St Port Melbourne VIC 3207 Tel: (03) 9676 2133 mail: ngray<at>auexhibitions.com.au Web: www.auexhibitions.com.au Easy-PC PCB design suite version 25 released Number One Systems has announced the release of Easy-PC version 25, with over 25 new technology features based on user requests from professional PCB designers. Easy-PC is packed with time saving features providing everything required to easily create schematics, PCB layout, and manufacturing outputs, making the task of PCB design much quicker. A set of libraries is also included, as is a component search engine with over 15 million parts available to download and use for free. A few of the new enhancements found in version 25 of Easy-PC include: • Differential Pairs with length matching are now supported in Easy-PC. • Vias can be specified as ‘tented’. A tented via is one that is covered with solder resist during the manufacturing stage. • New Design Rule Checks have been added to enhance the checking of the design so that errors can be rectified at an earlier stage. • Resize Shape enables shapes to be replicated and resized. The resizing can be both larger and smaller than the original shape selected. For the additional 25+ Easy-PC enhancements found in version 25, go to https://www.numberone.com/ latest-version Easy-PC with integrated schematic capture and PCB Layout starts at $457. Number One Systems https://numberone.com/ sales<at>numberone.com Rugged silicon carbide power solutions now available at 1700V Microchip has expanded its silicon carbide portfolio with a family of high-efficiency, high-reliability 1700V silicon carbide Mosfets and power modules. Microchip’s 1700V silicon carbide technology is an alternative to silicon IGBTs. This new silicon carbide product family allows engineers to move beyond IGBTs. It uses twolevel topologies with reduced part counts, greater efficiency and simpler control schemes. Without switching limitations, power converters can be significantly reduced in size and siliconchip.com.au weight, freeing up space, or extending the range and operating time of battery-powered commercial vehicles – all at reduced overall system cost. Features include gate oxide stability, excellent avalanche ruggedness and parametric stability. A degradationfree body diode eliminates the need for an external diode with the silicon carbide Mosfet. A short-circuit withstand capability comparable to IGBTs allows them to survive harmful electrical transients. A flatter RDSon curve over junction temperature from 0 to 175°C enables the power system to operate Australia’s electronics magazine at greater stability than other silicon carbide Mosfets that exhibit more sensitivity to temperature. Other Microchip silicon carbide products include schottky barrier diodes at 700V and 1200V, available in bare die and a variety of discrete and power module packages. Microchip Technology Inc. Unit 32, 41 Rawson Street Epping 2121 NSW www.microchip.com October 2021  29