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2 December 2004 - Tenix Defence Provides Sponsorship for RPM Tenix Defence signs up as a Gold Sponsor for the Robotic Peer Mentoring RPM microchip innovative skills development program. Tenix Defence is keen for a national RPM program. 11 October 2004 - CoreChart Professional Covers 101 Chips Includes Basline, Midrange and Advance series PIC MicroChips, Subroutine Library, one click access to Technical Data and one click jump to MPLAB IDE. 24 May 2004 - Deloitte Award Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu ranked eLabtronics, which invented CoreChart to simplify the programming of microchips, as number one in South Australia in its Rising Stars 2004 Technology Fast 50 program. 2 April 2004 - RPM a Success The Premier of South Australia, the Hon Mr. Mike Rann MP announced the CoreChart driven Robotic Peer Mentoring RPM Program an inaugural winner of the Premier's Science and Research Fund which forms part of the South Australian Science, Technology and Innovation 10 Year Vision. The RPM program is recognized nationally by the Engineers Australia's 2003 AusIndustry Award and the program is supported by the Electronics Industry Association, the SA Department of Education and Children's Services, the Australian Science and Mathematic School and the three Universities. 2 February 2004 - elabMT selling fast! elabMT Professional Training / Development Board for PIC16Fxxx and PIC18Fxxx Chips includes LCD / 7-segment display / LEDs / Keypad / Switches / RS-232 and can be programmed via Parallel Port or ICD2.
24 December 2003 - CoreChart Saves Time CoreChart Graphical Icon Assembler turns days of work into hours for Microchip PICkit1 low pin count programmer. CoreChart Version 2.2.27 update includes a USB interface driver for Microchip PICKit1 and a full Help file update. 12 November 2003 - AusIndustry Innovation Award eLabtronics and the University of South Australia receives 2003 AusIndustry Innovation Award for the ground breaking CoreChart Robotic Peer Mentoring ( RPM ) Program involving 220 students from 14 High Schools. The
University of South Australia has received - in collaboration
with eLabtronics
of Adelaide - funding from the South Australian
Government for an innovative outreach program designed to
raise awareness among high school students of the role and
importance of the engineering profession. In addition, the key
industry body EIA, representing South Australia’s
electronics industry, along with several companies and
community groups have thrown their weight into supporting the
program. The program takes advantage of CoreChart, a patented
software technology developed by eLabtronics, which won
an award last year at the World Congress on IT in Adelaide in
the Secrets of IT Innovation Competition. eLabtronics
is a registered Gold Master Consultant to the giant Microchip
Technology Inc (USA). Engineering
students are in charge of the mentoring in schools, after
having received training in the use of CoreChart at the
premises of eLabtronics.. Participating high school
students are given challenging projects to undertake, and are
introduced to concepts which are normally taught in university
courses. Projects have included programming microchips to
control intelligent robots. The results have been outstanding
in captivating the young students’ interest and imagination. eLabtronics
Chief Executive Officer Mr. Peng Choo said the massive uptake
in microcontroller technology by most industries had created a
worldwide shortage of programmers. “Normally
students don’t start learning about microcontroller
development until university due to its complexity – now it
is possible to do that even in high school, as CoreChart
removes the complexity of microcontroller programming”. The University’s High School Mentoring program has been developed as a significant platform to connect the key interest groups to participate in this groundbreaking initiative toward developing a sustainable world-class engineering skill-base in South Australia. It is envisaged that this pioneering project will in time make a significant contribution to local and national economies through innovative product exports, employment creation, import replacements and value added training services. There will be a significant impact on the improvement of quality of life in regional communities as this project expands to develop a competent and competitive skill base. Promotional
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Principal Participants in Project 1
Sahar
Ardalan
Student 2
Peng Choo
eLabtronics 3
Brenton
Dansie
UniSA 1
Ozdemir Gol
UniSA 2
Miroslav
Kostecki
eLabtronics 1
Ben
Mercorella
Student 1
Andrew
Nafalski
UniSA 1
Zorica
Nedic
UniSA 1
Patrick
O’Sullivan
UniSA 1
Jarrod Pitt
Student 1
Priyamvada
Ravindra
Student 1
Andrew
Sprok
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John Wilson
UniSA Contact
details: 1
University
of South Australia, School of Electrical and Information
Engineering
Division of
Information Technology & Engineering and the Environment,
Mawson Lakes Campus
Mawson Lakes
Boulevard,
Mawson Lakes, S.A.
5095
phone
+61 8 830 23320
fax
+61 8 830 23384 2
eLabtronics
51
Byron Pl. Adelaide, SA 5000
phone
+61 8 8231 5966
fax
+61 8 8231 5266
http://www.elabtronics.com 3
University
of South Australia, School of Mathematics and Statistics
Division of
Information Technology & Engineering and the Environment,
Mawson Lakes Campus
Mawson Lakes
Boulevard,
Mawson Lakes, S.A.
5095
phone
+61 8 830 23122 fax +61 8 830 25785
Engineering Excellence Award 2003 - Key Criteria Engineering Excellence Award 2003 - Power Point Presentation ( 1MB) Video Clip download (2MB)
VISION:
Develop A Real Knowledge Based Economy for SA EIA
Strategic Plan to 2005: Use 7 KEY technologies to
increase per annum turn over from $2.5 billion to
$5 billion. Quantities: Microchip Technology Inc. shipped out the 2nd billionth chip in May 2002. They control 5 major functions: 1. Movement 2. Sensing 3. Timing 4. Data Logging 5. Computation. Industries:
Most industries use microcontrollers: 1. ICT - 5
cents size webservers 2. Automotive - engines 3.
White goods - microwaves 4. Life saving medical
instruments - heart pacers 5. Intelligent toys - Aibo 6. electronic warfare 7. Satellite
communication - GPS controllers etc.
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An article from the South Australian Government "InvestSA" publication. An ingenious software tool that simplifies microcontroller programming is attracting the interest of industry leaders and educational authorities worldwide. Adelaide-based eLabtronics has developed a patented icon and flow-chart system of programming as an alternative to traditional text-based or machine language assembly. CoreChart can dramatically shorten microcontroller development cycles in ICT industries and allows programming to be taught at a much younger age. eLabtronics won a Secrets of Australian IT Innovation award to showcase CoreChart at the World Congress on Information Technology 2002 in Adelaide, which sparked a flood of inquiries from around Australia and overseas. Developments include:
eLabtronics chief executive officer Mr Peng Choo said the massive uptake in microcontroller technology by most industries had created a worldwide shortage of programmers. "Because CoreChart removes the complexity of microcontroller programming, it provides unparalleled accessibility for beginners," Mr Choo said. "Normally students don't start learning about microcontroller development until university - now it will be possible in high school." Mr Choo said CoreChart could be used in the most complex industry applications, and the flexibility of the system meant reprogramming was a straightforward and speedy process greatly reducing the Time-To-Market factor. "CoreChart is simpler, faster and less prone to error than traditional programming languages and can be used on smaller, less costly parts," he said. "As a result, it allows the development of smaller and cheaper applications." "Our vision is a Smart State and a Knowledge Based Economy towards a world with No Digital Divide" Contact:
2 March 2002 - Microchip Technology consultant wins innovation award for unique icon-based assembler Winning work showcased at World IT Congress February 2002 elabtronics of Adelaide, Australia, a registered Microchip Technology consultant, received an innovation award for its work in developing bitset (now known as CoreChart), a new and unique icon-based assembler supporting the Company's PICmicro® Flash microcontrollers. The CoreChart assembler allows microcontroller designers to program with greater ease and efficiency. Because of its unique architecture, CoreChart can maintain dense code generation and a 1-to-1 translation of icon to lines of code. CoreChart was selected as a winner in the Smartcard category for the Secrets of Australian IT Innovation competition. Following a rigorous judging process, the judges selected a total of 37 winners from a very strong field of more than 220 applications. In honour of this achievement, CoreChart was presented to delegates at the World Congress on IT 2002, which was held from February 25 to March 1, 2002 in Adelaide, Australia. "We are very happy to have elabtronics as a Microchip registered consultant. Developing the innovative bitset technology and winning this prestigious award demonstrates their strong support for Microchip and our products," said Leon Hubby, Director of Worldwide Applications and Programs for Microchip. "bitset will make it easier for users with no prior microcontroller experience to use the PICmicro® Flash microcontrollers," said Tom Bianchi, district sales manager at Microchip Technology Australia. "Students will particularly find this tool helpful." At present, CoreChart replicates all of the instructions available in the PIC16F84, PIC16F628 and PIC16F877 Flash microcontroller instruction sets. It utilizes windows and drop-down menus in which all the information contained in an assembly instruction can be entered and implemented on variables and literals. The assembler features subroutine and interrupt support and quick switching between subroutines using the dropdown list. In addition, it supports the easy downloading of programs into elabtronics elab628 and elab877 development boards. ( Issued by Daphne Yuen, Microchip Technology Incorporated ) For
further information on CoreChart, click
here.
Cars, Alarm Clocks, Dishwashers and Microwaves. All very different appliances. However, differences aside these appliances all have one major commonality. They all use an internal microcontroller to operate. Traditionally these controllers have been programmed using a complex, error-prone assembly language. elabtronics, a South Australian based electronics company specialising in innovative control solutions, plans to change the way this programming is completed. Enter CoreChart, the revolutionary icon-based assembly language. The program itself consists of 10 icons which can be used in any combination to form the total microcontroller instruction set. It makes microcontroller programming simpler, faster and less prone to error, without compromising the chip's speed or the program efficiency.
CoreChart is set to be used at all levels of education, giving students the opportunity to learn the basics of microcontroller programming at a much earlier age. In fact, CoreChart is so simple to use that an eight-year-old child was able to use it to program his own burglar alarm. CoreChart will narrow the Great Digital Divide by providing greater accessibility to microcontroller programming. This skill will lead to wealth creation in the form of innovative industrial ICT / electronics applications. elabtronics CEO Mr Peng Choo said: "The CoreChart program has huge implications for Australia, and will help establish its reputation as a major ICT innovator". CoreChart will be officially launched worldwide at the World Congress on IT (WCIT2002) to be held in Adelaide from 25 February 2002 to 1 March 2002. elabtronics Technical Manager Mr Miroslav Kostecki will present CoreChart at the WCIT2002 IT Business Forum. The company's display will feature a robotic arm which has been entirely programmed by students using the CoreChart program. For further information on CoreChart, click here. For
further information on CoreChart, click
here.
elabtronics, a South Australian based electronics company specialising in innovative control solutions, has taken the first steps in the establishment of an enterprise collaboration scheme with Torrens Valley Institute of Technical and Further Education (TVI of TAFE). The company has committed to supporting TVI of TAFE's Key Competencies program, an initiative aimed at producing work-ready graduates by equipping students with communication, problem-solving and teamwork skills that make a difference in the workplace. The program involves Flexible Learning - students choose what, when and how they learn - and participation in work experience / industry-based projects. An early success story in the alliance is 21-year-old Mark Seaborn. In two weeks work experience with elabtronics, Mark achieved rapid progress with minimal supervision. Within 2 days of completion, his leadership of a team working on an urgent robotic arm project for the company's World Congress on IT (WCIT2002) display had helped him to find permanent fulltime work. |
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elabtronics CEO Mr Peng Choo said: "In collaboration with TVI of TAFE and our other education partners, elabtronics is providing invaluable and tangible real life work experience. Using elabtronics software breakthrough CoreChart, students have the opportunity to develop microcontroller applications quickly and efficiently. Mark's success is indicative of the advantages, both to students and industry, that can be derived from this hands on experience". elabtronics, with a display featuring the robotic arm, will participate in TVI of TAFE's Superbowl Celebration and Open Day on 4 February 2002. For
further information on CoreChart, click
here. For
links to our other educational alliances, click
here. For
further information on students and the Key
Competencies program, visit the TVI
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20 January 2002 - elabtronics named as Microchip Technology Consultant elabtronics, a South Australian based electronics company specialising in innovative control solutions, has been named as a Consultant to Microchip Technology Inc. (USA). In recognition of its extensive expertise in producing applications for Microchip's PICmicro® Flash microcontrollers, the company has been confirmed into the prestigious Microchip Third Party Partnership Program and the highly acclaimed University Corner Program.
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As a Microchip Consultant Member, elabtronics will receive endorsement for its services and have access to the company's latest development tools. This will significantly enhance elabtronics ability to develop leading edge microcontroller-based applications. elabtronics CEO Mr Peng Choo said: "This recognition is crucial for our plans to help grow revenues in the South Australian Electronics Industry from $2 billion to $5 billion by 2005 in line with the industry's Strategic Plan. It will facilitate the introduction of new development tools which assist others to create wealth in the form of innovative electronics / ICT applications". As a
Microchip Consultant, elabtronics offer
custom design and development of microcontroller
applications, component supply and specialized
repair and maintenance services. For further
information on these and elabtronics'
other services, click
here. For
further information on the Microchip Consultant
Program, visit www.microchip.com,
and click on Design/Consultants.
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