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F R E EI O N SS ADMIor f HIP C N O C S I L I DERS REA Electronics Design & Assembly Expo Melbourne 9 – 10 Sept ElectroneX – The Electronics Design & Assembly Expo returns to Melbourne on 9 – 10 September, at Melbourne Park Function Centre. Alternating annually between Melbourne and Sydney, this specialised event is the major focal point for the electronics industry in Australia. It is designed to help professionals across a vast array of industry sectors to stay in touch with the latest electronics technology developments for systems integration and production electronics. This year’s event will reflect the move towards niche and specialised manufacturing applications in the electronics sector and will also cater for the increasing demand from visitors for contract manufacturing solutions. A number of suppliers will also be participating for the first time which reflects the changing face of the electronics industry in Australia. There was also increased demand for 3D manufacturing technology at last year’s expo in Sydney and this year’s show has attracted new exhibitors from this 62  Silicon Chip rapidly developing sector. Design, electronic & electrical engineers, OEM, scientific, IT and communications professionals and service technicians are invited to attend the event where they will find the latest technology driving future product & system developments. This specialised trade event continues to enjoy strong support and is the pre-eminent electronics technology showcase and conference in Australasia. Trade show Electronex comprises a major trade show with over 80 companies exhibiting and demonstrating the latest new product releases for industry, scientific and commercial applications. SMCBA Conference The SMCBA – Electronics Design & Manufacture Conference is being held in conjunction with the exhibition and over 1000 trade visitors are expected to attend the expo and conference over the days. siliconchip.com.au ualiEco ualiEco Emona at ElectroneX Emona Instruments is demonstrating a number of new product releases at Electronex 2015, including the compact MegiQ affordable USB driven Vector Network Analyser. This fully bi-directional two-port VNA allows detailed impedance measurements of antennas, components and circuits, covering 4004000MHz, ie, all popular communication bands for GSMLTE, GPS, ISM, Wifi, Dect etc. Other new product demonstrations include Rigol’s DSA-875 7.5GHz spectrum analyser and the Rigol DG-5000 350MHz arbitrary function generators. Emona offers a complete range of test and measuring instruments including oscilloscopes, function generators and counters, data acquisition, multimeters, power supplies, thermal imaging cameras and a range of products to support manufacturers including hipot and production testers and harness and cable testers. Engineers should also visit Emona’s new website at www. emona.com.au which offers users a powerful product filter capability making it quick and easy to find the right product for you application. How Do You Choose a PCB Manufacturer? At the QualiEco booth at Electronex 2015 (No A17), their Business Development Manager Tejas Shah will be happy to answer this question in detail. In essence, he says to look for the following criteria: A PCB manufacturer must 1. Follow and maintain all necessary quality standards and accreditations 2. Maintain good quality consistently 3. Be economical - not necessarily the cheapest but must fetch value for money 4. Possess strong technical skill 5. Be prompt in communication 6. Be accurate and consistent in planning and delivery 7. Easily be accessible without any language barrier – just a phone call away. Of course, there is much more to choosing a manufacturer than these broad-brush statements – each can be further broken down into many sub-headings and details. Tejas says that QualiEco, which has served the Australian and New Zealand PCB market since 2003, fits every one of these criteria and looks forward to welcoming new customers and old at ElectroneX 2015. “Rigol Offer Australia’s Best Value Test Instruments” RIGOL DS-1000E Series NEW RIGOL DS-1000Z Series RIGOL DS-2000A Series 50MHz & 100MHz, 2 Ch 1GS/s Real Time Sampling USB Device, USB Host & PictBridge 50MHz, 70MHz & 100MHz, 4 Ch 1GS/s Real Time Sampling 12Mpts Standard Memory Depth 70MHz, 100MHz & 200MHz, 2 Ch 2GS/s Real Time Sampling 14Mpts Standard Memory Depth FROM $ 439 ex GST FROM $ 539 ex GST FROM $ 1,164 ex GST Buy on-line at www.emona.com.au/rigol siliconchip.com.au August 2015  63 : It’s so much more than just an exhibition . . . While there are plenty of trade exhibitors to interest visitors to ElectroneX, trade visitors should also take advantage of the many seminars held in conjunction with the show. Following is a brief synopsis of some of the keynote seminars: Control of Noise, Signal Integrity & EMI in High Speed Circuits & Printed Circuit Boards (Rick Hartley – RHartley Enterprises) AC currents flowing in a PC board create fields. When not controlled, these are the source of noise, electromagnetic interference (“EMI”) and signal integrity (“SI”) issues. Knowing how to design circuit boards to contain and control energy fields and knowing how to mitigate and control the effects of high speed devices is the key to successful design of low noise circuits. This seminar looks at what we classically call “noise” but is in fact “intentional energy” which we fail to control and contain. It looks at why this happens and why some circuits are noisy; some are not. Enabling Implementation of Advanced Technologies (Dr Denis Barbini - Universal Instruments’ Advanced Process Laboratory) Universal Instruments Corp’s Advanced Process Laboratory has developed a data-based focus for providing tools and case studies to implement advanced packaging designs into your assemblies. This seminar looks at identifying the impact of novel technologies in electronics manufacturing from fine pitch printing, to PoP, 01005, LGA/BGA and novel laminate materials. Incorporating these enabling technologies present chal- 64  Silicon Chip lenges – process change requirements, yield and reliability impacts. These technologies demand intense research and provide a unique perspective for design for manufacturability (DfM) and reliability (DfR). Flexible Electronics: Thin Film Solar Cells through Large Scale Printing. (Scott Watkins - Kyung-In Synthetic Corporation) Flexible electronics is an emerging area of technology that is based on using new materials, particularly organic-based compounds, as semiconductors in devices such as displays and solar cells. This enables these devices to be light-weight, low-cost and flexible and they can be manufactured using processes such as roll-to-roll printing. Chemistry and Physics are at the core of these new technologies. This will examine some of the industrially-focused research that is being done in this area within Australia by The Victorian Organic Solar Cell Consortium (VICOSC) - a research collaboration between CSIRO, The University of Melbourne, Monash University, BlueScope Steel, Innovia Films and Innovia Security. It is supported by the Victorian State Government and the Australian Government through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency. SC siliconchip.com.au