PCB prototyping aids in stock.

An extensive range of PCB Prototyping aids and accessories from Vero Technologies is now being stocked by Anglia. The two companies have signed an agreement covering the UK and the EU, giving Anglia’s customer base access to a wide range of products and accessories for PCB prototyping, testing and development including the original and famous Veroboard product, also known as stripboard or matrix board, Protoboards, backplanes, wiring spools, pens, combs and cutters, as well as through hole and SMT test points and PCB pins.

David Pearson, Anglia’s Technical Director commented: “Vero’s range includes both traditional and innovative designs, manufactured at its headquarters in Southampton, UK, which combines decades of experience with modern production methods. The facility has benefited from significant investment in advanced equipment, while also preserving the original machines, tooling and expert staff, ensuring product continuity and high quality.”

John Morton, Managing Director at Vero Technologies, John Morton, added: “We are excited to sign this Pan-European agreement with Anglia. We look forward to working with them to bring our products and services to the UK and EU marketplace and believe that designers will especially value our PCB prototyping aids and accessories which help support faster time to market and reduce procurement and development costs.”

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@angliaComponent  #VeroLtd #Electronics #PAuto

New high-power industrial ATX PSU series.

Highly efficient, robust and powerful power supply for high-performance computer systems.

Three models of Bicker's new Delta GPS series are now available from stock. These exceptionally powerful ATX power supplies impress with their combination of high energy efficiency with 80PLUS® certification and the robustness of an industrial PC power supply. With powerful 12V outputs, they are perfect for high-performance computer systems and graphics-intensive applications. Thanks to high-quality components, they ensure long-term availability in 24/7 continuous operation. The GPS series is extremely versatile and covers a wide range of applications, including industrial PCs, image processing, gaming, and AI applications. The powerful ATX power supplies are ideal for workstations in mechanical engineering, software development, architecture, audio production, video editing, and 3D modeling.

The GPS series consists of three models with 850W, 1000W and 1300W. The particularly energy-efficient power supply design achieves efficiencies of up to 92%, thus obtaining 80PLUS® Platinum or Gold certifications. A minimum load of 0A on all output voltages and particularly powerful +12V rails ensure the safe and reliable power supply of current motherboards with the latest processor generations, making the GPS series the perfect solution for ongoing applications and future projects.

The outstanding reliability of the new PSU series is the result of using first-class components of the highest quality. The precisely regulated AC/DC switching power supplies not only feature a modular plug-in cable harness but also offer a variety of ATX outputs to power motherboards, expansion cards, and peripherals. For worldwide use, the Delta GPS series features a wide-range input of 90-264 VAC with active PFC as well as international certifications.

The GPS series at a glance. • High-performance industrial ATX power supplies 800W / 1000W / 1300W • Efficiency of up to 92% • 80PLUS® Platinum/Gold certification • Strong +12V outputs for the latest motherboard generation • Designed for 24/7 continuous operation • No minimum load required • AC wide-range input with active PFC • Current Harmonic class D • Extensive protection functions OVP, OCP, OTP, SCP • Quiet fan for a pleasant working environment • High flexibility through modular cable harness • AC cable (EU) included • International certifications (including EN/UL62368-1) • Optimal price-performance ratio • 5+ years long-term availability • 3 years warranty • Available from stock

Delta GPS-1300CBA | 1300W | 80PLUS® Platinum.
The most powerful model in the series offers 1300W and four +12V outputs (each 50A max), providing enormous reserves for high-performance systems with the latest processor generation, such as in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and image processing (Vision, Inspection, Imaging). With a particularly high efficiency of up to 92%, the Delta GPS-1300CBA achieves 80PLUS® Platinum certification. The switching power supply features an extensive and modular plug-in cable harness. The AC cable (EU) is included.

Delta GPS-1000EBA | 1000W | 80PLUS® Gold.
With 1000W and a strong +12V output (83.33A max), the high-performance PC power supply supplies particularly performant and fully equipped industrial motherboards with corresponding expansion cards for graphics-intensive applications. With a high efficiency of up to 90%, the Delta GPS-1000EBA achieves 80PLUS® Gold certification. The robustly constructed switching power supply features an extensive and modular plug-in cable harness. The AC cable (EU) is included.

Delta GPS-850LBA | 850W | 80PLUS® Gold.
The high-performance PC power supply with 850W and a strong +12V output (70.84A max) reliably supplies fully equipped industrial motherboards of the latest generation for compute-intensive applications. With a high efficiency of up to 90%, the Delta GPS-850LBA also achieves 80PLUS® Gold certification. The high-quality switching power supply features an extensive and modular plug-in cable harness. The AC cable (EU) is included.

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Ethernet-APL HART converter.

ProComSol's new Ethernet-APL HART Converter (HM-APL-PCB) has been released. Transmitter manufacturers can easily convert existing HART transmitters to the new Ethernet Advanced Physical Layer (APL) interface. The PCB can be customized to incorporate custom features or size requirements (see HART-APL-DEV). You can also quickly design “direct to APL” transmitters without using HART. 

According to Jeffrey Dobos, President of ProComSol, Ltd, “Ethernet-APL is an exciting new technology. Manufacturers who want to add it to their product portfolio can now do it quickly and without high cost.”

The HM-APL-PCB consists of a ready to use PCB with a HART connector and an APL connector. Simply connect the HART transmitter to the HART connector and now the HART transmitter is an APL transmitter. The APL connection supplies all power needed for the PCB and the connected HART transmitter. Full documentation and support is included. ProComSol also offers full PCB customization capabilities, including board layout, to fit your existing HART transmitter enclosure.

The HART-IP protocol is used by the host system to configure and monitor the transmitter using Ethernet. Any HART-IP compliant host (such as ProComSol’s DevCom family of Apps) can access the APL transmitter via Ethernet through an APL Switch. No software development required.

The PCB can also be used as a baseline “direct to APL” design for new transmitters. The PCB supports various hardware peripherals such as Analog I/O, I2C, and SPI Flash memory so you can quickly prototype and demonstrate APL functions on a new transmitter without using HART. Again, full documentation and support is available along with customization services.

@ProComSol #PAuto #Communications

Shrouded sockets.

Cliff Electronics manufacture PCB mount 4mm shrouded sockets which can mate with both safety shrouded and unshrouded plugs. The right-angled design reduces strain between the PCB and the lead, increasing reliability and product lifetime.

The sockets are suitable for a wide range of applications including automotive diagnostic, industrial, medical, music industry, instrumentation, education, and bench and hand-held electrical testing equipment.

The Cliff range of 4mm test sockets are designed for mating with industry standard 4mm plugs and available in black, red, green, blue, brown and yellow. Contacts are gold plated socket and rated at 1000V, 24A, CAT III.

John Hall, Managing Director of Cliff Electronics, comments, “4mm connectors are a low cost, simple to terminate and reliable connectivity solution for a very wide range of applications in the electronics, electrical and music industries.”

#CliffElectronic #PAuto #Connectors #Electronics

Avoid supply chain disruption.

The cost-effective Eagle test system is particularly suitable for setting up a short-term production line / This system is currently available with a special discount

The Eagle MTS 180  from Digitaltest, is the most economical solution for high volume production. It can be used for a high volume of electronic PCBs as well as for many different types of assemblies. With its 1.000 measurements per second, it is also one of the fastest test systems on the market.

The In-Circuit tester can test up to 3.456 pins and is equipped with a pneumatic press, which also enables the testing of mechanical fixtures. These fixtures can also be built cost-effectively by Digitaltest and can be designed for both double-sided and small pads. The production of expensive vacuum fixtures is therefore not necessary.

The Eagle MTS 180 test system and the mechanical fixtures are available at short term. Digitaltest is currently offering a special COVID-19-discount on this system, which makes it particularly attractive.

@DigitaltestGmbH @PresseBox #TandM #Electronic

Light pipes and indicators.

Anglia has announced a considerable expansion in the range of LED optics and PCB accessories it offers following the signing of a distribution agreement with Bivar Inc., covering its light pipes, indicators and other components.

Commenting, David Pearson of Anglia said, “Bivar’s LED offering is highly complementary to our existing range of LED indication solutions. We are particularly excited to introduce the range of LED Light Pipes, which is a new range from Anglia and expands the range of devices we offer that fit around the panels and enclosures housing our customers’ PCBs. They are the perfect complement to our established optical portfolio and help us provide our customers with a more complete solution.”

Tom Silber, President and CEO of Bivar added, “We are excited about the appointment of Anglia as a design-in distributor in the UK. Anglia has demonstrated that they have an exceptional understanding of the technologies that we offer as well as close and productive relationships with a great many customers. They already offer a great many solutions that sit in or around our devices. We are looking forward to a close and productive working relationship.”

Centrepiece of the Bivar range are its Rigid and Flexible Light Pipes, offering solutions suitable for carrying light reliably over both long and short distances, around obstacles and in conditions of high vibration. The Bivar product range also includes daylight viewable Panel Mount Indicators, with several lens profiles and panel cut-out options for uniform illumination, in a wide range of lens sizes, voltages, colours, terminals, wavelengths and housing materials. In addition there are a wide range of Circuit Board Indicators, high efficiency LEDs, UV/IR LEDS and LED mounts and holders. Anglia will support the entire product range and offer access to Bivar’s extensive product design capability to support customers that require a customised or bespoke light pipe solution for their product design.

@angliaLive @BivarInc

Detecting PCBs using RFID.

An RFID system in which PCBs communicate with their SMT production line and contain all the relevant manufacturing data has been developed by Harting. Based on the company’s RFID-4-SMT auto-ID solution, the new system cuts error rates, radically simplifies documentation requirements and forms the basis for automated PCB production in a batch size of one.

When the PCB is first produced, a small UHF RFID chip is inserted in the blank or attached as a component later on. From this point, manufacturing data can be written to and read from the RFID chip at each station in the manufacturing process. Even unplanned events such as machine malfunctions can be stored.

This is all enabled by the cutting-edge UHF RFID technology from Harting. Thanks to the coaxial-cable-based Ha-VIS LOCFIELD® antenna and the Ha-VIS RF-R350 flexible UHF RFID reader based on their MICA® industrial computing platform, realisation involves a minimum of effort. The antenna field follows a coaxial conductor and allows communication with several PCBs in a single PCB panel at full manufacturing speed.

The reader and antenna can easily be integrated into both new and old systems. The compact design and IP67 protection class also facilitate upgrading. Full data integration in the manufacturing system is therefore made possible - but not absolutely necessary - at any time.

Thanks to the modular and open software architecture of the Ha-VIS RF-R350 UHF RFID read-write device, the data can be pre-processed in the reader. The data is stored in line with ISO standards and the GS1 standards applied to commercial goods transport. This applies not only for the ID of the PCB itself, but also for the processing and manufacturing data stored in the user memory of the RFID chip. This data is all transparent and can thus easily be used later by a third party.

Once the UHF RFID technology has been fitted on the PCB, it can be used throughout the lifetime of the PCB. It is possible for several PCBs to be read in bulk without optical contact: for example, through foil and cardboard packaging, which makes the technology eminently suitable for warehouse and logistics processes. In addition, the information can also be read when the PCB is already installed in the application. Provided that the housing does not consist entirely of metal and certain basic physical principles are adhered to, the information on the RFID chip can continue to be used and updated. The options offered by the UHF RFID technology remain available until the PCB is disposed of, and can enable and improve a range of different applications.

@Harting #Manufaturing #RFID

Testing PCBs.

Seica and Mentor (A Siemens Business) have announced the availability of a new release of their jointly-developed Test Programming solution.

The new release offers advanced Design-for-Test (DFT) capabilities to ensure right-first-time electrical test of PCBs as well as accelerated test programming. Customers using the Seica PILOT family of Flying Probe Testers can now enjoy the industry-leading test flow offered by the integrated solution.

“Our new integrated solution offers a breakthrough in test engineering addressing the rising complexity and density of printed circuit boards that our customers manufacture,"  said Antonio Grassino, President of Seica Spa. “With this new release we are able to import product data either in its original CAD form or in the form of machine programs and convert into optimized PILOT test programs in a matter of seconds even for highly complex boards with over 25,000 components”.

“Our joint solution leverages best-in-class technology from both Seica and Mentor to left-shift testability analysis and accelerate new product introduction”, said Dan Hoz, General Manager of the Valor Division at Mentor, “this is another fine example of how the use of digitalization enables smart manufacturing of electronics.”

@seica #Electronics @mentor_graphics

Miniaturised PCB connectors.

The Harting har-flex® series of miniaturised PCB connectors are now available with pre-leading contacts which offer sequential switching that can protect sensitive electronics from damage during operational plugging and unplugging.

Thanks to their robustness, the miniaturised 1.27 mm-pitch har-flex® SMT connectors are seeing increasing use in modular electronic systems. End-users can often enhance their systems in the field by adding additional function modules or replacing existing modules. The har-flex® connectors guarantee a secure electrical connection between the main module board and smaller boards.

In the event that the user neglects to first switch off the system and consequently plugs it in under load, sensitive electronics can be damaged. To avoid this, Harting can now supply all angled har-flex® male connectors in two different contact lengths, allowing the production of connector types with pre-leading contacts.

These contacts are 0.3 mm longer in the mating face and ensure that grounding contacts are the first to make contact during insertion and the last to disconnect during unplugging.
Thanks to flexible contact loading, the angled male connectors can also be configured as variants with lagging contacts. During unplugging, these lose electrical contact before the other contacts, so that a system with the appropriate logic can detect imminent contact disconnection and execute certain functions such as data backup.

Harting is offering the angled male connectors with pin counts of 6-100 on request, in custom contact configurations. The new variants enable Harting to integrate even more intelligence at the field level and thereby enable appropriate solutions for Industry 4.0.

@Harting #PAuto 

Strain gauge for PCB testing!

The Micro-Measurements® brand of Vishay Precision Group has announced the global market introduction of its S5198, a miniature rectangular planar rosette strain gage pattern for printed circuit board (PCB) testing, incorporating Advanced Sensors Technology.

PCB’s remain among the most essential components of today’s automotive, aerospace, and consumer electronic products. Industry trends continue toward the adoption of RoHS compliant assembly technologies, including lead-free soldering techniques. At the same time, next-generation manufacturing processes are calling for thinner board designs and newer laminate material types. Both trends have increased PCB failure risks, due to added potential for over-flexure in the manufacturing process. With many PCB assemblers operating under customer specified strain levels, any over-flexure can lead to interconnection damage, premature field failures and product returns. As a result, manufacturers are increasing supply chain requirements for PCB mechanical stability testing.

Offered in two unique strain gage designations (C5K-XX-S5198-350/33F and C5K-XX-S5198-350/39F), the Micro-Measurements S5198 pattern provides precise strain detection with minimized non-uniform PCA strain gradient effects, along with reliable operation to +200°C. An industry best-in-class resistance specification of 350 Ω, as compared to the 120 Ω typical industry standard, reduces the unwanted self-heating and heat dissipation effects commonly found among substrates with poor heat conductivity, such as PCB’s. A reduced overall footprint, with grid length of just 0.36 millimeters, facilitates ease of target board placement and integration. The S5198 pattern is further supported by pre-attached high-performance Teflon® insulated flexible thin cables, consisting of three twisted wires per grid. The wires are color coded, stripped and tinned for ease of PCB wire routing and connection to data acquisition systems. In addition to PCB testing, the pattern is suitable for ball grid array (BGA) component testing, spherical bend testing, mechanical shock testing, PCB flexures, and in-circuit testing (ICT). The S5198 is RoHS compliant and is utilized in accordance with IPC–JEDEC 9702, IPC–JEDEC 9704, and JEDEC JESD22-B111 standards.

The Micro-Measurements Advanced Sensors Technology portfolio includes linear, shear and circular strain gages, in individual, half- and full-bridge configurations and in ranges from 350 Ω to 20 kΩ, with added flexibility in mounting options. Application of this VPG proprietary technology improves grid-to-grid tolerances and matching over traditional strain gage manufacturing techniques, enabling better sensor performance. In the case of full-bridge gage configurations, all intra-bridge connections are integrated directly into the pattern itself, eliminating the need for traditional intra-bridge soldering. The addition of gold-plated solder pads improves solder-joint reliability, while reducing the risks of solder pad oxidation prior to lead wire attachment. These processes further ensure the close matching of grid-to-grid thermal characteristics and bridge circuit thermal output cancellation specifications, both of which are essential to strain gage measurement accuracy.

 #VPG #Testing 

PCB connector.

Harting has introduced a 2-piece angled printed-circuit board connector which allows a standard M12 circular connector to be mounted in a configuration that allows access to space-saving switches.

The new M12 2-piece angled connector is available in the male and female variants as well as with A and D coding, making it possible to implement a variety of flexible configurations for supplying power to switches and other devices. The codings incorporate power-supply links and Fast Ethernet communication at up to 100 Mbit/s.

With its 90° angled construction, the M12 circular connector is ideally suited to mounting on printed circuit boards which are placed flat in a rack or a device, where it offers significant space-saving benefits.

@harting #PAuto 

PCB mounted Potentiometers.

The full range of Iskra potentiometers are available from JPR Electronics. Key products stocked are the enclosed single turn trimming potentiometers which are adjustable from both sides to simplify board layout, finger adjustable models with a plastic spindle supplied separately, and a range of compact linear or logarithmic carbon track rotary controls for panel mounting which are fitted with a threaded bush and supplied with panel fixing hardware.

Iskra trimming and finger adjustable pots have a fully enclosed construction which eliminates ingress of dust and moisture, a rectangular housing suitable for automatic insertion and waterproof versions to IP67 are available The rotary control models have an insulated all plastic body housing which is semi-sealed against dust and moisture.

All Iskra pots are RoHS compliant, available over the resistance range 100R to 5M and have pinouts compatible with other major suppliers.

"Iskra manufacture a wide range of pots for manual adjustment of signals and for adjusting factory pre-set values. They may be designed into white goods and domestic appliances, medical equipment, industrial and communication systems." Says Paul Raynor, Director of JPR Electronics, “They are a long established global brand offering very reliable, industry standard footprint, competitively priced products.”

#PAuto @Jprelec @Iskra_Europe

Consummables & Spare parts supplier in France

AdoptSMT France Sarl was set up in summer 2014 in order to be closer to the existing customers of AdoptSMT group and to win additional customers.

Frédéric Doré

Frédéric Doré is the field sales engineer bringing AdoptSMT’s complete range of consumables, spare parts, service, feeders and overhauled machines for the PCB Assembly process to the French customers. Mr. Doré has been working in the PCB Assembly Industry for many years, including a long period for an American leading manufacturer of PCB Assembly equipment. He is therefore well skilled in understanding the needs of his French customers – and also in translating this to international suppliers which AdoptSMT now represents in France.

He works from his home office in Normandy and gets supported from the office by Gaëlle Badufle.

Lots of products and solutions at Farnborough!

AdoptSMT is to present many new products for the European PCB Assembly Industry at Southern Manufacturing 2014 (Farnborough GB 12/13 Feb 2014). The supplies, services and consultancy offered by AdoptSMT Group are focused around the aim to keep the customers production running. The main process supported by AdoptSMT with consumables, spares, service and pre-owned equipment is the automatic PCB Assembly including stencil printing, reflow soldering and AOI. Two related areas covered by AdoptSMT are identification and hand soldering with JBC stations and cartridges, Purex fume extraction, ESD products and de-soldering and cleaning tools from ITW - Techspray.

LED Nozzles at Farnborough!

New additions to the AdoptSMT Premium Parts range include SIPLACE compatible ceramic nozzles which are already supplied to many of AdoptSMT Groups repeat buyers of Premium Valve Plungers and Cleaning Sticks as these nozzles are used on the same machines as the well proven other parts. AdoptSMT Premium Parts are tested and qualified. With the same or better quality they also offer price advantages compared to original parts.

The range of splicing products to join SMD tapes and of stencil cleaning rolls and environmentally friendly cleaning agents was further widened to also meet special requirements.

Feeder Service
Discuss with AdoptSMT your feeder service or feeder spares requirements. AdoptSMT recently added an original Fuji calibration station for Fuji NXT series feeders in addition to the calibration systems for many other feeders including SIPLACE S and X, Assembleon, Juki, Mydata and others.

Hover-Davis – The Feeder Company
Hover-Davis will show at AdoptSMTs booth their new Panasonic(r) compatible tape feeder offering many advantages including faster tape loading, easier cover tape handling and a reverse gear. Also the SIPLACE S compatible SSF series feeders will be shown. The SSF05-08 3x8mm feeder is now the only new feeder on the market which is available with a pick point location compatible to the discontinued SIPLACE “silver” and “gold” 3x8mm feeders. Hover-Davis label feeders shown at the stand are the industry standard for supplying labels automatically to standard SMT pick and place machines, eliminating all the hassles of manual application and also not requiring additional floor space as an extra label cell would do.

New High Temperature Laser Markable Label from Nortec AMI
The new Nortec LML fills the gap between laser marking and label application: it can get placed onto small batches, in cases of bad surfaces or for re-marking and then be sent through the standard laser marking process.
Nortec is a leading supplier of ID solutions for harsh environments, with an approach of innovation in ID management, offering total solutions for the whole ID process. Nortec’s high quality polyimide (high temperature) labels for automatic application fit perfectly with AdoptSMT’s sales and service of Hover-Davis label feeders and experience with pre-owned label applicators from manufacturers like CAB or Asys. Suitable colour ribbons for thermal transfer printers are also available.
Masking dots and masking labels are available for automatic as well as for manual application. High-temperature masking dots can be applied for wave soldering and the use of the new masking labels for conformal coating will produce smooth boundaries after peeling off.

Mydata feeder repair service offered by Count On Tools
See the feeders which were sent to COT for repair with broken plows and springs – these are back with AdoptSMT like new, saving lots of costs compared to replacing complete feeders.
Besides some of COT’s wide range of LED nozzles and standard pick and place nozzles AdoptSMT will also show the StripFeeder.mod which can easily be adjusted to feed different size components supplied in short strips of tapes and the ezLOAD board support system.

• See  Barry Clark and his Team on stand no J45and say that Read-out sent you!