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Programming secure devices at scale, in a software-defined world
March 7, 2025
Software stored in non-volatile memory plays a crucial role in electronic products. Getting software into hardware and securing those devices in a connected world requires specialized support that is both repeatable and scalable.
Monitoring vital signs through contactless technology
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Philip Ling
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February 27, 2025
PrīmSphera, a revolutionary sensor technology company, is utilizing the Avnet suite at its core to drive innovation in healthcare fluid management.
Turning indoor tracking technology into smart solutions
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Philip Ling
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February 19, 2025
/IOTCONNECT is enabling indoor asset tracking technology company, IOSEA, to deliver total solutions for smart warehousing, industrial automation and the connected worker.
Discover what’s special about AI processor architectures
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Avnet Staff
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February 10, 2025
Are you and your engineering peers curious about AI processors? There’s a good chance you are, but can you agree on what makes them different, better or special? It’s not just a label; they are architected in a fundamentally different way.
Stylish, powerful and ready for anything – our latest outdoor displays
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Stefano Rosato
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February 10, 2025
Our new IP-Rated outdoor displays are so stylish, durable and energy efficient, they can actually improve the look of the spaces they’re in.
Life on the edge of the network
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Avnet Staff
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January 29, 2025
We are hearing more about AI at the edge, but where exactly is the edge? Is it just a concept, or something more tangible? Is it a hub or router in a building, a sensor in a field, or everywhere in between?
Know your bonds: LOCA, OCA & Air Gap
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Alexander Sommerfeld
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January 29, 2025
Today, touch displays are familiar in industrial applications and making sure that they are durable and brilliant is essential. So, we pay particular attention to how each component of the display is connected – a process called ‘optical bonding
Beyond the datasheet: The no-code route to MEMS-based machine learning at the edge
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Philip Ling
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January 17, 2025
New MEMS sensors from STMicroelectronics integrate an innovative machine learning core, making it simpler to deploy machine language in many applications where motion detection is used. We take a look beyond the datasheet to see how it works.
2025 supply chain insights you won’t get from a genAI chatbot
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David Paulson
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January 16, 2025
What are the biggest risks and/or opportunities facing stakeholders across the high-tech supply chain in 2025? The greatest opportunities lie in the details others overlook.
AI-powered robots coming to a factory near you
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Karen Field
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January 15, 2025
The smart robot trend stands to grow dramatically in the next few years, with enabling technologies like Edge AI powering the growth trend. Find out just how big the smart robot trend really is.
The future of farming: Smart, automated & sustainable
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Valeri Oliver
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January 14, 2025
Design engineers are leading the way in harnessing and creating the next generation of autonomous systems to address the world’s growing food challenges, improve productivity and reduce the environmental impacts of farming.
Engineers focus on power technologies, Avnet data shows
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Lee Fitzgerald
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January 13, 2025
Visitor data for Design Hub, Avnet’s self-service design tool, shows power design is a trending topic for the engineering community.
Looking ahead to 2025: How data insights shape electronics industry design choices
Think of trend analysis as your engineering time machine. It transforms messy, real-world data points into a high-resolution snapshot of where technology is heading—not where the hype cycle claims it’s going. Sure, spotting the next unicorn market migh...
A Displays Technology Guide for Electronics Engineers
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Frank Ploenissen
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January 10, 2025
Selecting the right display and ensuring its protection are crucial steps in the product design process. This guide will help engineers navigate the complex landscape of displays, including cover glass options and integration processes.
Key considerations for selecting an electronic component supplier
When considering suppliers of electronic components, the question is whether or not they can provide what you need, when you need it.
How to manage supplier selection risk
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Michelle Adams
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January 6, 2025
The more you can learn about potential risk factors during the selection process, the more informed you’ll be in selecting reliable suppliers that make good long-term partners.
How to choose the right electronic component supplier
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Michelle Adams
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January 6, 2025
Choosing a supplier is not just about their capability to deliver a product. Their reliability and trustworthiness as a business partner are equally important.
Adding a twist to your touch display
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Stefano Rosato
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December 20, 2024
Sometimes a touchscreen isn’t enough, and we want to ‘touch that dial’. We enjoy the familiar tactile experience of knobs and dials when we control volume or menus. So, we’ve created a way to integrate this experience into our touch displays.
A monitor with a three-in-one cable? Pure simplicity.
By
Stefano Rosato
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December 9, 2024
Avnet Displays design experts have solved the cable conundrum with our new USB-C Monitor Series where a single cable handles power, touch functionality and a video data.
What’s under the skin of Smart Surface Technology?
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Stefano Rosato
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November 25, 2024
Are you familiar with Smart Surface Technology? If not, you should be. It’s nothing short of a breakthrough in displays and combines sleek design with the superb functionality that is the hallmark of Avnet Displays. But how best to describe it? Well, pro...
Bluetooth 6.0 vs. Bluetooth 5.4: Key advantages
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Avnet Staff
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October 24, 2024
Bluetooth 6.0 comes with six new features of note. With centimeter-level positioning one of them and now available, will this change the way we navigate?
How to beat the heat when using TFT displays
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Frank Ploenissen
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October 14, 2024
When devices are designed for use outdoors, there are immediately several challenges to overcome and, for us, one of the most important is getting the balance right when it comes to brightness. But why? Surely, to counteract the effect of strong sunl
Looking for a display gamechanger? Meet our Mini LED
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Stefano Rosato
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October 4, 2024
Designing displays for industry means that we regularly fight against the elements. Environments that are too dark or too bright, operating locations that are freezing cold – or boiling hot! And the weather… oh my, the weather.
Making the stack stick: bonding and DTCs
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Alexander Sommerfeld
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September 13, 2024
Like most things in life, displays change, evolve and, happily, improve. As classic displays and control elements are increasingly being replaced by modern display stacks (Display Touch Cover lens or DTC), naturally new processes will come into play.
Developing power and data networks in emerging vehicles
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Philip Ling
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August 30, 2024
Demand for more efficient transport of goods and people is creating opportunities for innovation. Electrification brings possibilities. Recognizing this, semiconductor manufacturers now offer solutions targeting all classes of emerging vehicles.
Flexible, low-cost and reliable: the new 5” SimplePlus
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Frank Ploenissen
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August 16, 2024
Well, what do you know, another SimplePlus product has been added to our portfolio! Hot on the heels of the muscular new 7” SimplePlus, we have added a new and pleasingly low-cost 5” display.
APS vs PCAP: Five great reasons to switch your sensors
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Stefano Rosato
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August 16, 2024
When it comes to the world of sensor technology, we like to think that we know our stuff. And while the principles that are central to pressure sensors have been around for some time, we’re certainly seeing a new interest
What to know about global action on cybersecurity
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Avnet Staff
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August 12, 2024
Growing concerns about cybersecurity and the financial damage caused by ransomware attacks are not going unnoticed by governments around the world.
Lighting Up the Future: New LED Lighting in Chase Field for the Arizona Diamondbacks
By
Jamie Pederson
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August 9, 2024
Jam-packed event with hands-on workshops and technology demos focused on automotive, industrial, enabling technologies and more.
Time-of-flight distance measurement enables emerging markets
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Philip Ling
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August 7, 2024
Smart homes, industrial automation and healthcare can all benefit from new technologies for detecting proximity, presence and distance. Time-of-flight solutions offer many benefits, so how do they work?
Breaking down the IT and OT barrier is maximizing productivity
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Avnet Staff
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August 7, 2024
The digital capability of Operational Technology is advancing, gaining on the automation and productivity of Information Technology.
How will Matter help us meet the smart home promise?
By
Walter Puhl
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August 6, 2024
The fragmentation in smart home ecosystems is still the industry’s main challenge. By adopting Matter, a high-level API into the underlying protocols, the focus moves toward a harmonious smart home.
The future of 5G RedCap powers device expansion
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Benjamin Alvarez
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August 6, 2024
Market adoption of 5G wireless networks has been slower than expected outside smartphone applications. The Reduced Capability standard was introduced to accelerate 5G expansion in markets where interest has been limited.
System-level considerations for EVSE design
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Avnet Staff
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August 5, 2024
To get the optimum return over the EVSE’s lifetime, it is critical to evaluate the fundamental requirements of any specific charging station based on its purpose and location. These requirements may not always be the same.
The latest technologies driving home medical innovations
For home-health devices, the patient experience is central to the product. New technologies, including AI, smaller displays with higher pixel density, portable graphic frameworks and more capable MCUs are driving innovation.
Deep vision inspection using AI enables multiple emerging markets
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Michaël Uyttersprot
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August 5, 2024
Machine vision enables many existing and emerging markets. Security, manufacturing and industrial automation all use machine vision. Adding AI inferencing at the sensor provides many benefits.
What happens when non-terrestrial and cellular converge?
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Carolyn O'Connor
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August 5, 2024
OEMs and start-ups are paying attention to a development that places cellular and satellite technologies on a path to convergence. The growth of connected devices and associated traffic blurs the line between satellite and terrestrial networks.
How 48V systems are supporting fully electric vehicles
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Philip Ling
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July 22, 2024
The automotive supply chain for 48V subsystems has seen increased demand from mild hybrids. With the same solutions now going into plug-in hybrid and full battery electric vehicles, 48V is an active market segment.
Optimized power switching revs up for next-generation automotive applications
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Philip Ling
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July 22, 2024
The move to zonal architectures is redefining the power distribution architecture. Automotive OEMs developing advanced features require optimized and intelligent power switches.
A gamechanging monitor: designed for many, made only by us.
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Stefano Rosato
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July 18, 2024
A gamechanger? Well, yes. In our world of displays, it can be tempting to announce every new innovation with a huge fanfare and excitement. But the 23.1" Stretched In-Cell Monitor is genuinely going to be a huge deal for so many of our customers.
An introduction to mmWave connectors for 5G wireless networks
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Avnet Staff
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July 16, 2024
Addressing the challenges of mmWave for 5G networks requires careful system design and mmWave RF connector selection to help maximize link range, ensure link reliability and protect signal integrity.
SimplePlus 7" – with a bit more muscle
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Frank Ploenissen
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July 15, 2024
Our customers love the 7” SimplePlus because it’s a great display that gets the job done, balancing cost and performance. So, it wasn’t long before we were asked to make it a little… tougher, for use outdoors. As ever, your wish is our comman
Only your fingers have the force
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Stefano Rosato
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July 2, 2024
It’s not the first time we’ve talked about the phenomena of the ‘ghost’ or ‘false’ touch, where a touch screen responds, seemingly without human interaction. Fortunately, there is nothing spooky going and quite a few ways in which it coul
Is your display up to scratch?
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Frank Ploenissen
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June 27, 2024
It’s important to take a step back and consider just what your application really needs when it comes to wear and tear. Because while the ultimate in toughness might be your immediate choice, do you really need all that power?
Understanding trade-offs for DC-DC converters in EV charging
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Avnet Staff
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June 24, 2024
Within EV fast charging technologies, focus is on the crucial role of DC-DC converters in enabling efficient energy transfer. The design will be influenced by the primary commercial objective.
Designing Vienna Rectifiers for EV Chargers
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Avnet Staff
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June 24, 2024
As the EV charging infrastructure grows, EVSE providers need to offer a choice. Cost, efficiency and reliability are trade-offs that begin at the component level and move quickly to the converter topology.
How to evaluate 5G mmWave Phased Array Antenna Modules
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Steven Fireman
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May 29, 2024
Faster 5G development requires hardware and software with proven compatibility, plus precision instruments and interconnects to ensure the stability and accuracy of test and simulation results.
Bright, brighter, brightest? Why a display backlight system is more than meets the eye
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Frank Ploenissen
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May 17, 2024
Let there be light! If only it was that simple in the world of display backlight systems. To begin with, the human eye doesn’t perceive light in a linear way.
ePaper integration with PCAP
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Stefano Rosato
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May 17, 2024
Electronic paper (also known as e-ink, electrophoretic display, or electronic ink) is a kind of electronic display that mimics the appearance of ink on paper.
Colour, style and shape: the art of coverglass
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Frank Ploenissen
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May 17, 2024
How many times have you touched a glass screen today? Ten? Twenty? Thirty? More? Unless you’re actively monitoring your screen time, it’s barely even a consideration. But the kind of glass you interact with matters.
Avnet Embedded and AUO: A new partnership for industrial open frame displays
May 17, 2024
Made to be integrated, open frame displays have never been more in demand. You’ll spot them everywhere – across Point of Sale, Point of Information, EV charging , Industrial and Marine applications and so many more.
Breathe easy: How electrochemical sensors safeguard air quality
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Avnet Staff
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April 29, 2024
Design engineers seeking to develop more sustainable devices can turn to electrochemical gas sensors for a variety of applications that reduce carbon emissions, protect the environment and safeguard human health.
Navigating the Future: How Avnet is addressing challenges in AMR Design
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Jamie Pederson
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April 16, 2024
Autonomous Mobile Robots are performing tasks that are too dangerous, tedious, or costly for humans. Designing AMRs involves many technical and business challenges. This article covers these challenges and how Avnet will help you overcome them.
How a small Arizona electronics firm got to baseball’s biggest show
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Valeri Oliver
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April 15, 2024
The PitchCom device made its way from the drawing board to MLB fields last season in a fascinating tale of persistence, know-how and simple luck. Two Arizona inventors explain how they made it happen.
Bringing mm-wave beamforming to new applications
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Steven Fireman
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April 9, 2024
With 5G rolling out and the help of phased array antennas, the 30 to 300 GHz, and specifically the millimeter-wave bands, of the RF spectrum are making their way into applications like autonomous driving.
How to win at e-ride-share
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Philip Ling
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April 8, 2024
Electrification of transport is happening on a personal scale. Micromobility enables people to move around cities with greater freedom. What advanced features can we expect from technology providers?
Where is the new low end in FPGAs?
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Avnet Staff
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April 8, 2024
Programmable logic is a favorite of design engineers. Programmable devices blend flexibility, functional density, and time-to-market advantages. When low-end parts are discontinued, it reflects how electronic system design is evolving.
Using Open Standard Modules in the IoT age
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Avnet Staff
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April 8, 2024
When you think about embedded compute modules, you should be thinking small.
Use multicore microcontrollers for higher speed at lower power
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Avnet Staff
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April 8, 2024
The 8-bit single-core microcontroller ruled the embedded market for several decades. Advanced 32-bit multicore architectures now offer massive performance increases.
AI-powered wearable targets preventable deaths – Part 1
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Philip Ling
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April 5, 2024
Proof of Concept. The first part in an Avnet Case Study Series
Will Ethernet cancel CAN?
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Avnet Staff
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March 28, 2024
10BASE-T1S Ethernet is the perfect protocol for implementing zonal electronic and electrical architectures in automobiles. This article highlights how it meets automotive requirements and showcases the Onsemi product family.
From idea to proof of concept for connected lighting in less than two months
By
Philip Ling
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March 28, 2024
Developing an IoT-enabled modular system with Clear-VU Lighting extends the benefits of LED solutions targeting harsh environments.
AI is impacting passive and interconnect design
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Avnet Staff
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February 22, 2024
Engineers selecting passive and power components must consider the needs of AI running in the cloud and on high-performance computers. Moving huge amounts of data around is also influencing interconnect design.
Learn how AI and the latest CPM technologies optimize patient rehabilitation
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Avnet Staff
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February 21, 2024
Continuous passive motion (CPM) is now a critical part of patient rehabilitation. New technologies, including artificial intelligence, are helping medical OEMs take the next step to optimize patient therapy.
Using sound to capture medical data boosts device innovation
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Avnet Staff
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February 21, 2024
Wearable medical devices provide continuous body monitoring. Acoustic sensing is non-intrusive and the data supports early diagnosis and remote analysis. Are the stethoscope’s days numbered? That’s not likely, but new device opportunities abound.
Designers lead advances in CT scanning field
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Avnet Staff
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February 21, 2024
High resolution and low dose are two of the latest developments in computed tomography equipment used by medical professionals. Looking inside tells us how these innovations are being achieved.
Safer, targeted approaches to treat atrial fibrillation
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Avnet Staff
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February 21, 2024
Pulsed field ablation is a bold approach to treating atrial fibrillation. The control required is extreme, leading to innovative solutions and newly patented technologies gaining attention from doctors, patients and OEMs.
Explore interconnect innovations that save space
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Avnet Staff
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January 16, 2024
Demand for electronic interconnect prioritizes smaller sizes and more connections. Delivering both without sacrificing reliability, usability or incurring higher costs are challenges.
Passive components in EV chargers should be selected carefully
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Neil Willard
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January 15, 2024
Demand for EV fast charging stations means passive components that can tolerate the high power/high energy environment are also drawing attention. Components such as DC link capacitors and magnetics need to be carefully selected for the application.
Modernizing automotive interfaces
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Avnet Staff
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January 5, 2024
Microcontrollers (MCUs) drive virtually every embedded system. The automotive industry makes extensive use of MCUs, from comfort to cruise control. The latest features rely on data from increasingly diverse sensors. This requires both established and
Explore the challenges and opportunities of bi-directional charging and EVs
By
Miguel Tapia
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December 7, 2023
In bi-directional charging, energy can flow into an EV battery, be extracted from it and routed back to the grid. With the momentum of climate protection, it’s poised to become a common feature in EVs.
How to boost communications security in EV charging systems
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Harvey Wilson
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December 6, 2023
ISO 15118 defines a communications standard for the interface between EVs and the electricity grid that now includes an improved security regime. Here’s an overview of the standard and how it should be implemented in an EV charging system.
Hitting the triple bottom line drives sustainable design
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Philip Ling
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December 6, 2023
Sustainability at a corporate level continues to gain attention. Commercial success comes with social responsibility, something referred to in business as the triple bottom line and represented by the three Ps: profit, people and planet.
How to secure your IoT infrastructure
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Philip Ling
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December 6, 2023
IoT infrastructure security needs to be treated holistically. The challenge many OEMs face is implementing a homogeneous solution to a network of heterogeneous devices.
The AMD platform approach to robotics delivers significant productivity gains
By
Philip Ling
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November 10, 2023
Robots are transforming industry by boosting productivity. Standardizing on common hardware and software platforms accelerates product development.
How is AI changing the electronics industry?
By
Philip Ling
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October 6, 2023
Artificial intelligence has the potential to influence every part of any company. As a trusted partner and leader in technology, Avnet has a responsibility to its customers and suppliers to consider the impact of AI from all angles.
Integrating EV charging with Matter and the smart home
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Harvey Wilson
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October 5, 2023
With electric vehicles (EVs) becoming more common comes increased focus on how we charge them. How can we integrate the EV charger with other smart home systems, and what opportunities could this create?
How V2G benefits drivers and electricity suppliers
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Harvey Wilson
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October 5, 2023
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) enables EVs to send power from their batteries back to the main electricity grid. This will be hugely helpful in dealing with the inconsistency of renewables. However, it brings with it new technical and commercial challenges.
The future of EV charging: revolutionary developments are closer than you think
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Harvey Wilson
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October 4, 2023
Electric vehicles (EVs) are big business. You only need to look at Tesla’s share price to see just how big. Imagine how much more valuable the market would be if EVs could charge in a few seconds, not minutes or hours.
Why AI must redefine processor architectures
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Philip Ling
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October 3, 2023
Artificial neural networks are complex, multi-layered and multi-dimensional arrays of interconnected numerical values. Executing the math behind those connections is at the heart of AI. This math is unlike any other in the digital domain.
Why AI and embedded design share the same DNA
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Philip Ling
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September 26, 2023
Intelligence comes in many forms. More of us are interacting with devices that appear to understand us. What and how they understand depends on the technology inside. How are embedded engineers implementing intelligence?
What’s going on inside an energy harvesting PMIC?
September 25, 2023
Power management ICs, or PMICs, are useful in most applications. A single PMIC can control multiple power rails and manage the way they come online at power-up. This can protect sensitive devices.
Taking a sustainable approach to making sustainable products
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Tiitus Aho
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September 25, 2023
The raw materials used to make a product can be defining. It matters how much the manufacturer leverages recycling and whether the materials come from sustainable sources. This is complicating supply chains trying to monitor the origin of materials.
Faster, hotter chips need smarter cooling solutions
By
Andrea Tsapralis
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September 25, 2023
The time is right for a set of new liquid cooling technology applications that before now may not have been economically viable. They are Precision Immersion Liquid Cooling and Direct-to-Chip Negative Pressure Liquid Cooling.
An environmentally conscious semiconductor industry takes on sustainability
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Philip Ling
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September 25, 2023
Momentum is building to make the semiconductor supply chain more sustainable. Leading manufacturers are committing to deadlines for carbon neutrality, as we discuss the second issue of What’s Next, Avnet’s digital magazine.
Key trends across the development of MedTech devices
September 18, 2023
The healthcare industry is facing a unique combination of challenges over the coming decades.
What’s new in mmWave and 5G SoCs and modules?
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Avnet Staff
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August 24, 2023
This article looks at recent developments in mmWave and 5G modules and systems-on-chips (SoCs), and the benefits they represent to product development teams working at both the board level and system level of design.
What is the impact of using AI in 5G networks?
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Avnet Staff
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August 22, 2023
AI is impacting the performance, security and maintenance of 5G networks. Network operators are racing to reap the benefits. AI promises to deliver returns on network investment and improve the end-customer experience along the way.
Comparing common MCU interface protocols
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Avnet Staff
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August 15, 2023
Microcontrollers are the heart of an embedded system, and their real power comes from interfacing to other components. Take a closer look and compare the three common protocols in use today.
Take these steps to maximize performance of analog peripherals
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Avnet Staff
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August 15, 2023
For many embedded engineers, the microcontroller provides the beating heart of system design. More MCUs now integrate analog peripherals, reducing the need for additional analog components. This is where hardware and software come together.