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Readers in 28 Countries,
In NZ, most companies
have just completed closing the books for the year 2010-2011
and are working out what to pay the IRD.
March is usually
a quiet month, with April even quieter, when people see how much
tax they have to pay the IRD. (smile)
We can report
that MasTec has had a good year with double digit % growth again.
This is our 4th year of double digit growth and we want to thank
all our clients for working with us again this year.
2011-2012 already
looks like more of the same as more companies get invloved in
bigger roll outs of new product or services.
Our largest %
of sales for the year came again from OEM supply to system/machine
builders and integrators.
Our fastest growing
product type is wireless and it will not be too long when it
is our number one product type, we think 2012 is the year..
However traditional
product types like Instruments, PAC, Industrial Computers, Embedded
Micros, Sensors, Data Acquisition and Comms remains high.
Our AC and DC
power sales were about the same as previous years but with more
units sold. This tell us that this product type is becoming lower
cost and main stream. Hence, if you look at our recent announcements
from Gamatronic, Belotti, PowerVAR and Soltec, we are moving
to more modern devices to remain strong in this area, like large
Redundant UPSs, Frequency Converters, Medical Grade UPSs and
large size Smart Power Conditioners etc.
In 2010-2011
we noticed the sales of PAC technology starting to increase.
For the 2011-2012 year we see PAC ( Programmable Automation Controllers
) becoming one of the new growth product types, as companies
realise or run into the limits of old technology or old systems
with PLCs, DCS and RTU technology.
MasTec has a
full compliment of PAC manufacturers, with the world leader OPTO
22 fronting the pack.
In this Issue
this Month
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* MasTec announces the
long awaited Digi's Beta Test Samples for the Rabbit Mini Core
RCM6660W -Wireless Core
Rabbit RCM6660W is ground breaking, the first
micro chip with WiFi 802b/g built in to the CPU silicon- 200MHZ
CPU.
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* K & H, the makers
of Advanced Educational Teaching Products
K&H makes Technical and Training Equipment for Education,
high school, polytechs and university.
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* Array have released a
new Instrument - Model 3720A and #7021A both Programmable DC
Load
Array is maker of Advanced
Instruments, PLCs, Automation Products and DC UPS Power Supplies
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* Digi announces a plethora
of new products
Digi is one the world's leading
companies for wireless, M2M, and Embedded technology both Micros
and Wireless
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* OPTO 22 continues to
expand its range of PAC controllers, IO modules and acccessories.
OPTO22 is one the world's leading
companies for PAC Technology, inventing most of the components
for this new Automation method over the last 20 years or more.
It is certainly worth a careful look to see that the cross point
to this technology has now arrived very strongly.
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Our 1st
Company Focus for this month
RCM6660W
- Rabbit's
most powerful processor yet
Digi -- are
now offering a beta test program to key customers for the new
Rabbit Mini Core RCM6600W module
Specification
of RCM6660W - ( RCM = Rabbit Core Module, Model = 6660, W = wireless
) are not fully available yet.
- MiniCore®
RCM6700 Series specs - Note the 6660W maybe slightly different
- Rabbit®
6000 running up to 200 MHz
- 10/100 Ethernet
and pin-compatible with all MiniCore 802.11b/g wireless modules
- 1 MB of internal
RAM for program storage
- Up to 4 MB of
serial Flash for datalogging or web page storage
- Flexible Interface
Module (FIM) provides protocol support for CANbus or SD/SDIO
- iDigi® platform
provides cost-effective cloud computing for remote device management
- Seamless migration
to chip level design
- 5X greater throughput
performance
- Wireless to
Ethernet Bridge
- 802.11b/g and
10/100 Ethernet
- Industrial temp.
spec.
- 4 A/D channels
MasTec doesn’t
have the full specification from Digi yet for the RCM6660W but
it is pin to pin compatible for RCM5600W.
We can provide
free sample to our key customers to kick start the first mini
core wireless projects in Oceania.
If you are a
customers who has an interest in Digi WiFi products, please feel
free to contact MasTec
Please read the information on the Digi site and email
or phone
(09) 273 4200 to MasTec about your RCM needs.
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Our 2nd
Company Focus for this month
K&H - For our Educational Clients
K&H has just
celebrated 30 years in business making all types of teaching
and educational products.
If you have a teaching lab or
are thinking of setting up a new one, please look at K&H,
it may save you a large amount of money and time.
K&H, have
most needs covered and their quality is high.
MasTec has been
marketing K&H for many years now and feel it has now reached
a maturity that more exposure of their products needed to be
undertaken. So during the year we will show this technology off.
This is a company
totally dedicated to educational tools.
Please visit K&H
and email
or ph(09)
273 4200 to MasTec about your Teaching and educational needs
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Our 3rd
Company Focus for this month
Array has been designing and manufacturing
high grade test instruments for many years.
Their latest releases are two
new Programmable DC Loads - Model 3720A and 3721A
Array 372x series DC Electronic
Loads base features.
- 4 basic functions: CC, CV, CR,
and CP
- 8 basic test modes: CCL, CCH,
CV, CRL, CRM, CRH, CPV, CPC
- Minimum operating voltage is
less than 0.6V at the load’s full rated current.
- High-speed sequence, high-speed
transient, short-circuit, battery discharge and other functions.
- Programmable current slew rate
- Multiple groups of parameters
and lists can be saved and recalled.
- Support SCPI and Labview, and
provides necessary PC software.
| Model |
3720A |
3721A |
| Input
Ratings |
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| Current |
0~30A |
0~40A |
| Voltage |
0~80V |
0~80V |
| Power |
250W
at 40ºC |
400W at 40ºC |
Please read the information on the Array DC Load and email
or ph(09)
273 4200 to MasTec about your instrument needs.
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Our 4th
Company Focus for this month
Digi
releases more products.
Digi
International
This company is a leading builder of Wireless products.
The Bluetooth
Replacer
Another opportunity for Wireless
Beta Tester in Oceania.
By now everyone will be aware
of the XBEE form factor
This new product is not a Zigbee
module but a WiFi building block on a XBee form.
It is the new XBee
Low-power serial-to-Wi-Fi module on the flexible XBee footprint
pdf
To become part of the Beta group,
Email xbeewifibeta@digi.com with any questions. MAsTec does not
control this Beta series, it is done directly with Digi and only
a few sites will be chosen.
You must be
an OEM Producer in qty to qualify.
You could win
an iPAD for your work.
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Another XBEE form factor device-
XBee-PRO® 868 OEM RF Modules pdf
This new product is a very low
power XBee form factor as an 868MHZ building block with line
of site distances to 2Km, but designed to punch through walls
unlike 2.4GHz WiFi.
It is a Low-power mesh or point-to-multipoint
module optimized for Europe and we can use this in NZ, as we
have the same band.
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This an extended temperature
version of the famous WR41 3G Router from the Digi Data Transport
series. pdf
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The new ConnectPort
X4 IA gateway.pdf
Digi announces
the ConnectPort X4 IA, a variant of the X4 with a software-selectable
MEI serial port, compression terminal input power, and an included
DIN rail mounting bracket.
ConnectPort X4
IA is also Class 1 Div 2 rated.
The X4 gateway
you know and love, now with a few bonus features to make it an
even better fit in industrial environments.
X4s come in many
flavour,
ConnectPort X4
IA - ZigBee to Ethernet & Cellular (Edge)
ConnectPort X4 IA - ZigBee to Ethernet & Cellular (Edge)
ConnectPort X4 IA - 802.15.4 to Ethernet & Cellular (Edge)
ConnectPort X4 IA - 802.15.4 to Ethernet & Cellular (Edge)
ConnectPort X4 IA - ZigBee to Ethernet
ConnectPort X4 IA - ZigBee to Ethernet
ConnectPort X4 IA - ZigBee to Ethernet & WiFi
ConnectPort X4 IA - ZigBee to Ethernet & WiFi
ConnectPort X4 IA - ZigBee to Ethernet & Cellular (EVDO Sprint)
ConnectPort X4 IA - 802.15.4 to Ethernet & Cellular (EVDO
Sprint)
ConnectPort X4 IA - ZigBee to Ethernet & Cellular (EVDO Verizon)
ConnectPort X4 IA - 802.15.4 to Ethernet & Cellular (EVDO
Verizon)
Who Cares: current
and prospective gateway customers and resale partners.
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Our 5th
Company Focus for this month
PAC = Programmable Automation
Controller
If you are using PLCs, RTUs,
DSCs, Industrial Computers, or discrete controllers or even Micro
Computers for Industrial automation, please have a read of this
info. You may want to use this PAC technology in a new project
or retrofit an old system.
We are seriously impressed with
OPTO 22's PAC systems both the Wired and Wireless PACs
Opto
22 This
company is leading the world in PAC design and has the largest
range of controllers and IO.
PAC = Programmable Automation
Controllers -differ from the hardware you're probably using now
in several ways.
PACs expand the capabilities
of hardware you're using now by merging features of more traditional
PLC , DCS (Distributed Control System), and RTU systems.
Plus adding some capabilities
from Industrial PCs and/or personal computers (PC (personal computer).
Read More about PACs
As a summary, PACs now provide
the multi-function, multi-domain, multi-tasking, modular, standards-based
and efficient control, networking, and communications processor
most suited to today's industrial applications.
If you need more
education please look at these pages on the OPTO22
Site
and come back and email
or phone
(09) 273 4200 to MasTec about your needs.
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