Digi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor, introduces a new design tool called the DK IoT Studio. The DK IoT Studio is an integrated development environment (IDE) that aims to provide a radically simple way for developers and providers to create IoT solutions. The DK IoT Studio allows you to go from idea to prototype in minutes without writing any code.The new tool, developed in partnership with Atmosphere IoT, has an intuitive user interface along with drag-and-drop functionality. Simply dragging sensors, processors, and other library elements and dropping them onto the design panel allows a user to make connections and start collecting data and sending it to a mobile device or the cloud. The DK IoT Studio also generates the embedded code (firmware) as well as the web and mobile application code."We are thrilled with this partnership and what it means for the Digi-Key community," said Jeff Liebl, CEO of Atmosphere IoT Corp. "Together we are reducing the complexity involved in translating a smart, connected product concept into an actual working system."The initial release of the DK IoT Studio will feature Espressif's ESP32 and NXP's Rapid IoT Kit, with additional supplier platforms being added quarterly."The goal of providing a design tool like the DK IoT Studio is to offer a seamless path from the creation of an IoT solution to field deployment," said Robbie Paul, Strategic Program Development Director – IoT. "We are ready to help bring your IoT designs to realization faster and easier than ever before, as the tool is uniquely paired with access to Digi-Key's inventory of the world's largest selection of electronic components to help you take your designs to the next level."For more information, check out the DK IoT Studio blog post and visit the IoT Studio page on the Digi-Key website.

Chilisin, a world-leading passive component manufacturer and solution provider, attends electronica for the first time this year in Munich, Germany, co-exhibiting a lineup of total passive component solutions with ASJ and Ferroxcube.Keeping abreast with rapidly advancing electronics developments and technologies, Chilisin Group provides high-end passive components and stays committed to continuing R&D of products for applications in industrial field, data centers, automotive electronics, communication systems, mobile devices, consumer electronics and computing systems. With self-sufficiency in advanced materials, investments in automation equipment and devotion to production technology development, Chilisin is able to quickly establish presence particularly in high-end industrial application and automotive electronics markets.With high quality products, excellent R&D team and constant interaction with first tier companies, Chilisin Group has become one of the few suppliers capable of providing customer a complete and reliable "one-stop shopping" experience globally. Chilisin Group endeavors to make itself one of the world's top three total solution provider, with the company's spirits of Innovation, Quality, Speed, Cost and Flexibility, and aims to be a trustworthy partner of global customers.Visitors to electronica 2018, taking place November 13-16 at Munich Germany, are welcome to join Chilisin Group at Hall B6 Booth No.343.Chilisin Group cordially invites visitors of electronica 2018 to join Chilisin, ASJ and Ferroxcube for their first co-exhibition at Hall B6 Booth no.343

MINMAX, a Taiwan-based provider of power solutions, plans to showcase a comprehensive lineup of low to medium wattage power supplies at Electronica 2018 taking place in Munich, Germany. MINMAX offers power supplies satisfying European customers' demand for applications in industrial automation, smart home, charging systems and railway systems.With a long history of development, the power supply industry today offers wide-ranging products with power ratings from 0.5W to 5KW. MINMAX focuses efforts on power supplies with power ratings up to 100W. MINMAX is able to stand out amid strong competition because MINMAX products feature high power density, miniature size, high performance and flexible design catering to customer needs, according to MINMAX manager Chuan-Hung Cheng.MINMAX demonstrates benchmark use casesEstablished in 1990, MINMAX markets a comprehensive portfolio of products covering power ratings from 1 to 75 Watt DC-DC converters, 2 to 60 Watt AC-DC power supplies and 0.5 to 1 Amp switching regulators under the MINMAX brand. All MINMAX products come with three to five years of warranty and multiple international safety certifications. Cheng further points out, "MINMAX is exerting efforts toward the railway and medical/healthcare sectors and has obtained all required certifications." All MINMAX railway products are certified to railway standard EN50155 (IEC60571) and medical-grade products are certified to medical safety IEC/EN 60601-1 and ANSI/AAMI ES60601-1.At Electronica 2018, MINMAX will mainly showcase four types of power supplies, including general industrial power solutions, ultra-high isolation power solutions, railway certified power solutions and medical safety power solutions. Aside from exhibiting power supply products, MINMAX will also present model use cases demonstrating MINMAX products in action. A particularly noteworthy application is a smart home sleep system that masks outdoor noise with white noise to help people sleep better. Additional use cases on display include control panels, smart sockets, charging systems and wind power systems.MINMAX products satisfy needs by automation, smart home and charging applicationsMINMAX products are widely used in applications across industrial automation, smart home, charging systems and railway systems. Among them, industrial automation imposes diverse requirements on power supplies with emphasis on stable power output and wide operating temperature range, which are areas MINMAX excels at. MFPU01H is among the host of MINMAX products that target industrial automation applications such as data acquisition systems (DAQ) and CAN cards. "Through thirty years of dedication to the industrial automation sector, MINMAX has established market leadership in the under 100W power supply segment," said Cheng.For the smart home sector, MINMAX focuses on wall-embedded applications such as wall-embedded wireless signal transmitters and wall-embedded smart sockets. As these devices are installed inside wall cavities, they require small packageand exceptional heat dissipation. Standby power consumption should also be kept to a minimum. MINMAX has introduced its latest ACF-10 for smart home applications. The 10W AC-DC converter features a compact 38.1mm x 25.4mm x 15.74mm size and IEC60335-1 certification. IEC60335-1 is an IEC standard that deals with the safety of electrical appliances for household and similar purposes.MINMAX also offers power solutions for charging systems of electric cars, which require high isolation . Cheng further explains, "To protect electronic devices from damage resulting from unstable power supply, power solution design has advanced from the centralized power architecture (CPA) to isolated design." MINMAX ABF-04 products feature an I/O isolation of 3K VAC with reinforced insulation and other series with 4K VAC isolation also available. They come with reinforced insulation and guarantee stable output voltage, fully satisfying the requirements by charging systems of electric cars.MINMAX makes full efforts toward the railway system marketDistinguished from other power supply vendors in Taiwan, MINMAX makes all-out efforts toward the railway market. It began to work with ITRI on the R&D of power solutions for railway systems ten years ago. Three years later, MINMAX was able to commercialize the research result and start mass production of DC-DC standard products for use in traction inverters, backup power systems, train operation monitoring systems and gate controllers for railway systems. MINMAX MIW03, MIW06 and MKW50 mainly target applications in train control systems.Devices operating in harsh railway environment have to cope with challenging conditions and certified to the EN50155 railway standard. MINMAX's line of railway DC-DC power supply modules meet railway input voltage range and transient requirements. They have passed EN61373 vibration and shock tests as well as EN60068-2 cooling, dry and damp heat tests. They are certified to EN50121-3-2 EMC standard and other railway standards. Moreover, MINMAX railway power solutions additionally feature overload & short circuit protection, remote on/off control and output voltage trim.With long-term devotion, MINMAX products have become the top choice for railway system operators. For example, CRRC Corporation Limited Locomotive Research Institute is an important customer of MINMAX. CRRC is not only one of the world's leading rail transport equipment providers but also China's largest.Offering a complete portfolio comprising wide-ranging products, MINMAX operates a worldwide distribution network with offices in China, Japan, Korea, Europe, US and India, making it the best partner supplying power solutions for customers around the globe.Higher power density translates to smaller footprintThe ideal solution for smart citiesHigh-quality products with multiple protection mechanisms to guarantee safety

Jorjin Technologies, as a member of the TW 5G Alliance - CHT pilot team, will participate in NGMN IC&E 2018 Vancouver this year, to share our results and advances in smart glass technology with the rest of the telecom and ICT industry, through the 4K/8K Live Concert theme.The TW 5G Alliance - CHT pilot team was formed by Chunghwa Telecoms earlier this year under supervision of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, with major members including Advantech, Sercomm, Industrial Technology Research Institute(ITR), Institute for Information Industry (III).Jorjin as a member of the TW 5G Alliance, will showcase in this event our binocular AR/MR smart glasses, which includes our latest J4 HMD (Head Mounted Display) smart glasses, and also the J-Reality platform - a powerful computing platform for highly intensive AR/MR Development.The J4 is our latest binocular smart glass, compatible with Android mobile devices, featuring a broad view and enriched color definition, which in this event, shall deliver an AR experience of the 4K/8K Live Concert theme, also showcasing its rapid on-demand multi-angle display.Tom Liang, Chairman of Jorjin, says that under the framework of 5G architecture, the J4 on-demand multi-angle display is especially suited for featuring international sports events or large concerts. Users may zoom in on their favorite athletes or stars, and switch between different angles if they so wish. Such new and personalized applications of AR/MR, we believe will bring numerous new possibilities in a coming 5G era.The J-Reality, combining the high quality Lumus optical display with the swift graphics processing & computing power from Qualcomm SD820, is our AR/MR application development platform. This time, J-Reality will feature a 360-degree AR panorama of Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night, and through introducing the starry night of Vincent van Gogh's hometown, to showcase the powerful graphics processing & computing power of this platform.We at Jorjin along with the TW 5G Alliance are committed to the promotion of the 5G industry, our members invested in the furthering of 5G applications; and as part of the CHT pilot team lead by Chunghwa telecoms, we believe this paradigm of vertical cross-industry integration to be fruitful for future cooperation, bringing us much confidence that within this 5G architectural ecosystem, Jorjin may deliver the ideal smart glass products suitable for the future high speed era.Albert Hsing, GM of Jorjin; Luke Ibbetson, Head of R&D and Strategy at Vodafone Group; Kuo-Feng Lin, Senior Executive VP & CTO of CHT; Tom Liang, Chairman of Jorjin (from left to right)

In an effort to help businesses better grasp business opportunities from smart innovations, Digitimes will host an IoT technology and development forum in Taipei on November 15, with many tech leaders to deliver keynote speeches on innovative applications.The forum, to be held at the Westin Taipei, will see speakers from Rohm, Microsoft, NXP and AWS presenting their latest developments in perception, transmission and AI-based computing capabilities associated with smart applications.Meanwhile, CY Huang, a professor at National Chiao Tung University, will share his strategies for exploring IoT business opportunities in his capacity as director of the university's Center for Industrial Accelerator and Patent Strategy. And three Taiwan startups will also release their newest IoT services.Smart applications to people's daily lives are proliferating worldwide, such as Amazon Go checkout-free stores, and Taiwan's first automatic resources recycling station in northern city of Hsinchu.People's daily lives are made more convenient with the growing popularity of smart voice assistants Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa, the incorporation of chatbots to service industries and social media, the combination of smart streets with weather forecast, air quality monitoring and image surveillance systems, and the increasing use of interactive digital signage boards to support market research and analysis, as well as the application of smart air conditioning and smart door security systems.On another front, wide application of robotic arms and automatic guided vehicles tp manufacturing operations, the combination of AI with edge computing to provide real-time feedback, and the establishment of IoT ecosystems and standards are all helping to promote cross-industry integration and smart revolutions.

Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation has launched two additional members of its next-generation B6700 family of burn-in memory testers. The new B6700L and B6700S models are designed to lower the cost of test while boosting the parallel testing capacity for NAND flash memories now in high demand for server and mobile data-storage applications."By expanding the breadth of products in our B6700 series, we are offering the global market greater flexibility to address the expected tripling of NAND storage capacity over the next few years," said Takeo Miura, vice president of Memory ATE Business Group at Advantest. "Our two new high-volume test solutions will help customers get more return from their capital investments while retaining the ease of connecting to their existing production networks."The initial system in the series - the recently announced B6700D - is designed for highly parallel, low-cost testing of next-generation memories by evaluating the functionality of NAND flash devices during burn-in. Many of the system's key features are doubled compared to its predecessor, including twice the driver-pin resources and power-supply capacity as well as a two-chamber design.The new B6700L tester has the same resources as the B6700D while accommodating a wider temperature range. The ability to perform temperature-controlled testing from -40 degrees C to 150 degrees C in one-tenth of a degree increments makes this system well suited for reliability and automotive-device testing. The B6700L also can simultaneously test up to 12 B6700D-compatible burn-in boards (BIB) and test programs.The new zero-footprint B6700S system offers a dramatically lower-cost test solution for NAND flash memories while offering the same capabilities as its sister systems. The B6700S offers a unitized function of the B6700D and can be embedded within a multi-wafer probing system used in individual wafer-level testing, avoiding any costs associated with occupying floor space in lab or production environments.All members of the B6700 product family use the same tester boards and operating system, giving them universal compatibility. Bad block memory (BBM), universal buffer memory (UBM) and data pattern memory (DPM) functions are supported to enable NAND device testing.The new B6700L and B6700S testers are scheduled to begin shipping to customers in the first quarter of calendar 2019. More information about Advantest Corporation is available at www.advantest.com.

"We know what head-end builder are looking for," said Yu-Chieh Lin, marketing manager, VATek. The VATek Enmoder is leading the industry as it is designed to put a media processor, stream multiplexer and modulator in a single chip and able to help manufactures build competitive products with reasonable cost.VATek launched generation-3 products designed to bring premium video & audio experiences to entry level TV head-ends. This exciting addition to VATek's new AVC encoder with latest rate control logic, and new modulator core which supports up to 7 different modulation standards, to provide superb performance and design flexibility for developers. New advanced features integrated into the Enmoder platform, like DVB-T2 modulation capability, H.264 AVC encoder and new PSI/SI engine, are going to transform the way manufactures build headend devices. VATek continues to enable their strategic partners by providing the latest breakthrough technology. Many of media encoders were designed for surveillance and are simply not suitable for TV broadcasting applications. VATek is the one of the first technology companies to help make a difference to the high definition digital TV broadcasting, by integrating media encoder with digital TV modulators on chip.Starting from MPEG-2 FHD encoder with PSI/SI engine, VATek has continued working hard to create a technology that will help transform the industry. In the generation-3 product, VATek brings 60fps capability AVC encoder to the market. VATek also upgrades new rate control logic to all series Enmoder chip brings quality improvement to all Enmoders.VATek also releases its new SDK. With the new development kit, developers no longer have to experience complex developing process while working with VATek SDK-2. A variety of software tools and open-source sample code are ready to reduce engineer's work load. To further help manufactures, VATek makes available production-ready reference design platforms for products like Encodulator devices.The VATek Enmoder is designed for compact headend devices. The GEN III models are scheduled to be available to customers on the VATek B3 and B3+ series TV Enmoder from Q4 2018. VATek is committed to providing innovative technologies to help expand the Digital TV broadcasting ecosystem, and looking to make it easier for companies of all sizes to succeed in designing and commercializing digital TV broadcast products.VATek 2019 Enmoder product lineup, delivering cutting-edge features to drive the broadcasting industry forward.

The PV industry has been in a continuing pursuit of higher and higher solar cell conversion efficiencies. Providers of metallization pastes play an instrumental role helping drive the advances. The efficiency of solar cells improves at the rate of 0.3% to 0.4% a year, of which 0.2% is enabled by metallization pastes.As a global leading provider of metallization pastes, Heraeus Photovoltaics continues to devote tremendous resources to delivering the latest R&D achievements helping boost solar cell conversion efficiencies. The company has recently announced its new product Hecaro - a revolutionary electrically conductive adhesive (ECA) that contains <50% silver. Offering products with the lowest silver content and the most compelling cost structure on the market, Hecaro provides a promising alternative technology for the interconnection of solar cells.New ECA with lower silver contentUsing a smaller amount of the precious metal silver helps reduce the costs of producing solar energy. Dr. Weiming Zhang, executive vice president and chief technology officer, Heraeus Photovoltaics, emphasizes, "Hecaro with a less than 50% silver content delivers performance on par with high silver content ECA while enabling higher stability. Customer responses have been very positive. Solar shingle suppliers will enjoy cost savings and enhanced reliability." Dr. Zhang led the research and development of Heraeus Photovoltaics' metallization paste projects in 2006, which later went into commercial production. Dr. Zhang also headed the research and development of Heraeus Photovoltaics' first-generation silver paste for c-Si solar cells, which became available in 2007.In addition to fast coating, Hecaro is designed with optimizations for screen-printing to offer fast curing and long-term reliability. Screen printing for c-Si solar cells presses metallization paste onto a silicon plate through a mesh screen to form circuits or electrodes.Higher-performance silver paste for advancing screen-printing technologiesEndeavoring to become a supplier of "Beyond Paste" solutions, Heraeus Photovoltaics makes all efforts to deliver more advanced and cost-effective technologies so as to join forces with customers in promoting widespread use of solar energy. Aside from silicon, silver accounts for the largest portion of solar cell material costs. As such, the global PV industry is working toward the goal of reducing silver use. According to ITRPV roadmap, silver paste remains the main metallization material used in c-Si solar cells. Average silver consumption on a 156X156 mm cell is 100mg, representing about 20% of the total costs. With the whole industry looking to reduce the use of silver, silver consumption is estimated to go down to 40mg per cell by 2026.Solar cell producers, print screen providers and equipment suppliers are all working toward reducing the use of silver in the screen printing process. For example, mesh pore sizes have gone from 45μm down to 30μm and even 25μm. This introduces challenges for silver paste suppliers to come up with silver pastes for ultra-fine line printing, superior ohmic contact, optimal gridline resistance and better printability. Heraeus Photovoltaics is able to stay ahead of the competition in the R&D of silver pastes so it can quickly cater to customers' needs in advanced solar energy developments.Celebrating a decade of developments in Taiwan, Heraeus Photovoltaics marks a milestone of 800 tons in silver paste shipmentHeraeus Photovoltaics, headquartered in Hanau, Germany, operates business in the environmental, energy, electronics, health, mobility and industrial application sectors. Attaching great importance to the Greater China markets, the company currently has 20 subsidiaries and more than 2,600 employees throughout the Greater China regions.In particular, Heraeus Photovoltaics began its solar energy operation in Taiwan 10 years ago, setting up a branch office and technical service labs, followed by a rear-side silver paste production line in 2012 and a front-side silver paste production line in 2015. With a decade of accomplishments, Heraeus Photovoltaics has shipped an accumulated total of 800 tons of silver paste to the local Taiwan market, securing its market leadership in the Greater China regions and even in Asia Pacific.Heraeus Photovoltaics will continue to strengthen its operation in Taiwan and devote more resources to helping customers push forward their solar cell developments. Dr. Zhang points out, "Taiwan-based vendors have maintained leading positions in solar energy technologies. For them to cope with price cutting competitions from vendors in other parts of the world, Taiwan-based vendors have to set themselves further apart from their rivals by developing even more advanced technologies. Heraeus Photovoltaics will continue to collaborate with customers in Taiwan to jointly push the PV industry to new frontiers." With the Taiwan government setting a target of 20GW PV installations by 2025, Heraeus Photovoltaics is optimistic about the steady growth of Taiwan's solar energy sector."For more than a decade of developments, solar power has gone from an unpopular energy source to a mainstream energy form today. This is not easy. We sincerely hope the PV industry can focus attention on raising efficiency and communicating with governments around the world, rather than only on cutting costs. This way, the industry will be able to sustain long-term growth," indicates Dr. Zhang. Heraeus Photovoltaics is prepared to form strategic alliances with customers for long-term collaborations to lower cost per watt, thereby promoting widespread use of solar energy.Dr. Weiming Zhang, executive vice president and chief technology officer, Heraeus Photovoltaics

Taiwan has established leadership in the global bicycle industry. Cycling is also gaining popularity in Taiwan in recent years with more than 270 cycling events held by non-government organizations in 2017. Going forward, how will cycling continue to flourish in Taiwan?Cycling is the greenest mode of transport to get around a city and experience its charmsAs cycling gains popularity worldwide, people in Taiwan are joining those around the globe in taking up bike riding as a result of promotional efforts from public and private sectors. According to Sports Administration, Ministry of Education, cycling has many benefits. It is an aerobic exercise that is easy on muscles and joints, burns calories, slows aging, improves cardio fitness and prevents bone loss. Unlike some other sports, cycling can be enjoyed by people of all ages.Furthermore, exercising releases endorphins, which put you in a good mood, make you feel happy, help you stay focused, alleviate stress from work and life, and contribute to a more positive outlook on life. Aside from these health benefits, cycling also plays a growingly important role as a transport mode and leisure activity. Particularly with increasing environmental awareness, people are making efforts to control air pollution, reduce carbon emission and cut energy consumption, so bicycles have become the best mode of transport with minimum carbon footprint for people to freely get around a city and experience its charms.Building up hard and soft infrastructure, Taiwan is creating endless possibilities for cyclingBicycles have a long history in Taiwan. The number of people taking up cycling has been on a continuous rise in recent years. What advantages and appeals does Taiwan have in terms of the hard and soft infrastructure for cycling? According to Sports Administration, a host of major cycling and marathon events have taken place over recent years but many of them have been held in cities where the air quality may be poor, and despite traffic control, participants often ride or run with cars still driving on the route. As a matter of fact, about 70% of Taiwan is covered with forested mountains. It is more suitable to hold these events in more natural environments, which can also promote local industry development.There are also many cycling routes with unique features to be discovered. People bike touring in Taiwan have a myriad of choices - whether it is a relaxing ride on paths throughout riverside parks, a challenging race in the mountains or a circumnavigation around the island on Cycle Route No. 1. With these different cycling routes in place, local governments are making abundant tourism resources available including mapping out their own unique routes featuring special sceneries, cultural characteristics, eco-environment, local delicacy and other attractions. They even host their own bike tour sites for people to search for information on local B&B, restaurants, hotels and attractions. Bike tours can expand to become a sports tourism business, which holds tremendous potential. Moreover, bike rental stations throughout Taiwan offer free drinking water, tire pumping and rest areas for cyclists. Almost all riverside parks in Taiwan have bike rental stations. Bike-sharing services are also quite popular in Taiwan. All these have made cycling in Taiwan an enjoyment.High-tech advances and social media also help with rising popularity of cycling. Widespread availability of exercise apps and mobile communication services makes it easy for bikers to keep track of heart rates, cycling speed, route and time, much like having a personal trainer at your side. Moreover, the rapid rise of social media like Facebook and Instagram allow people to share their fitness progress with family and friends, motivating one another to keep exercising. With today's hectic lifestyle, people are often isolated and disconnected. However, humans are by nature social creatures and need to engage in face-to-face activities to stay emotionally connected. Cycling can be such an activity that brings people together.Taiwan has a complete cluster of bicycle industry. The popularity of cycling in Taiwan will continue to escalate with increasing public awareness on health and environmental protection. Sports Administration has been actively instituting programs to promote cycling as a sport for all and calls on private organizations to work together toward the goal. It will also endeavor to find additional stunning cycling routes for everyone to enjoy Taiwan's cycling culture and create a lifestyle combining sports and leisure.Come enjoy Taiwan's cycling culture and create a lifestyle combining sports and leisure

Upholding its commitment to enable customers' 2020 requirements and beyond, Henkel has developed a new, thicker version of its Bergquist Bond-Ply LMS-HD thermally conductive laminate material. The latest Bergquist Bond-Ply LMS-HD is a 0.018-inch thick thermal adhesive that complies with the Underwriter's Laboratories (UL) standard for reinforced insulation as well as IEC Class II insulation standards.This allows designers and manufacturers of power applications with stringent insulation requirements to take advantage of the benefits of Bergquist Bond-Ply LMS-HD, or to future-proof products that may not currently fall under this UL regulation but could be subjected to its implementation in the near future.As compared to other materials in the portfolio, the new Bergquist Bond-Ply LMS-HD provides a higher standoff between the device and heat sink for reinforced insulation and maintains all of the high-performance properties of the standard thickness version. The material is a heat-curable formulation that delivers excellent thermal performance of 1.4 W/m-K and strong adhesion, eliminating the need for mechanical fasteners such as screws or clips. With a low modulus, silicone-based Bergquist Bond-Ply LMS-HD effectively absorbs mechanical stresses common with assembly-level coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatches, and also provides robust protection against shock and vibration."Any power application with critical insulation requirements, or that may need to comply with anticipated UL safety standards will benefit from the new Bergquist Bond-Ply LMS-HD material," says Justin Kolbe, Global Market Segment Manager, Power and Industrial Automation, Henkel Corporation. "By incorporating thermally-conductive laminate material that meets reinforced insulation standards into current product designs, manufacturers can expand target markets and help customers save valuable time and resource; electronic devices produced today will adhere to future standards should they be implemented in emerging sectors where safety agency requirements have not yet been clearly defined."Henkel's 0.018-inch thick Bergquist Bond-Ply LMS-HD is ideal for a variety of power component to heat sink applications where excellent dielectric performance, adhesive strength over a wide continuous use temperature range and thicker reinforcement are required. For more information, visit www.henkel-adhesives.com/electronics