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The Next Wave of AI: Building for the Edge in a Changing Semiconductor Market
By Alex Iuorio   -   July 21, 2026
Edge AI is entering its next growth phase, creating new opportunities for embedded innovation while increasing the importance of supply-chain planning, component strategy, manufacturability, and long-term product support.
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Power, Thermal, and Compute Constraints
By Avnet Staff   -   July 20, 2026
A device may achieve impressive benchmark results yet struggle under real operating conditions. Learn how power, thermal and compute constraints shape successful Edge AI designs.
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Model Optimization and Memory Fit
By Avnet Staff   -   July 20, 2026
A model that performs well in the cloud may not fit the memory, compute or power constraints of an edge device. Learn how optimization techniques help turn AI prototypes into deployable products.
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Edge AI Requires an Ecosystem, Not Just an AI Chip
By Avnet Staff   -   July 20, 2026
Security, safety and privacy are product design challenges, not afterthoughts. Learn how device trust, secure updates and architecture decisions help protect Edge AI systems.
Hands placing wireless communication modules onto an embedded development board during Edge AI hardware integration and prototyping.
Edge AI Security Starts With Product Architecture
By Avnet Staff   -   July 20, 2026
The transition from prototype to production depends on more than inference performance. Learn how integration, deployment, supply planning and lifecycle support influence Edge AI success.
Industrial machine vision system inspecting electronic components on a circuit board, with digital verification indicators displayed above detected devices.
Timing at the Edge for Embedded AI Systems
By Avnet Staff   -   July 20, 2026
A fast model is not enough. Discover how to evaluate latency, jitter, reliability, and response timing across the entire sensing-to-action path to build Edge AI systems that perform predictably in the real world.
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Discover the multitool of modules that keeps everyone happy
By Stefano Rosato   -   July 6, 2026
Unprecedented is such an overused word, so it takes a lot for us to choose it when talking about products in our portfolio. However, we took an executive decision on this one, as we believe the TCXD050IBLON-173 5.0-inch TFT-LCD module deserves every  acco...
operator sitting at a control station using a keyboard and electromechanical user interface
Meet the joystick that’s also a rotary encoder
By Philip Ling   -   July 2, 2026
The Series 293 provides three controls in a single, compact solution. By combining a joystick, push-button switch and rotary encoder in one element, OEMs can build sophisticated software-defined user interfaces that are intuitive and innovative.
A wirelessly connected battery-powered industrial sensor sits on top of an electric motor housing.
Rethinking RF and analog front ends for smarter edge AI
By Avnet Staff   -   July 2, 2026
This article treats RF and AI as one design problem, exploring how to partition RF/AFE, data conversion and edge processing across vibration, RF condition monitoring and low power sensing use cases, with a practical co design checklist.
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Using digital twins for hardware component selection
By Avnet Staff   -   July 1, 2026
Engineers may be leaving too much design intelligence on the table by not using digital twins to their fullest potential. More manufacturers are now providing models that can be used to evaluate design options earlier in the process.
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Low-voltage MOSFETs and supply chain resilience are powering the next generation of automotive electronics
By Miguel Tapia   -   June 29, 2026
Low-voltage MOSFETs reach up to around 200V; a range that is increasingly important in automotive applications that show signs of evolving into complex mobile networks.
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Authorized channels are the unbroken chain of trust
By Phil Gallagher   -   June 29, 2026
The authorized channel is more important than ever. Discover why ECIA and Avnet believe trust is the foundation of secure, reliable sourcing—and what it means for your business.
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Electronic component selection for very low Earth orbit satellites
By Avnet Staff   -   June 25, 2026
VLEO opens new satellite opportunities but exposes harsh operating conditions. This article explains the environment, the risks for electronic systems, and how to select, qualify and derate components for reliable missions.
Two satellites orbit the earth, representing LEO and VLEO
A four-class criticality model for VLEO satellite electronics
By Avnet Staff   -   June 25, 2026
Very low Earth orbit (VLEO) missions create new business opportunities in Earth observation, communications and drag compensation research. A criticality scheme balances COTS and space grade components across VLEO and LEO platforms.
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Zonal architectures in off-highway vehicles
By Avnet Staff   -   June 5, 2026
Off-highway vehicles for harsh environments also need more electronic control units. Additionally, every vehicle can be different. OEMs are borrowing from the automotive industry to build flexible systems that scale.
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Managing component obsolescence and second-source risk in an AI era
By Avnet Staff   -   June 4, 2026
Nervousness coming from AI driven demand spikes is leading engineers to ask more questions about lifecycles, using distributor data to anticipate and mitigate unwelcome surprises.
industrial control panel with agentic AI overlay
Agentic AI for embedded control architectures
By Avnet Staff   -   June 3, 2026
Explore three embedded control architectures that blend agentic AI with deterministic control for safer, more adaptive industrial drives and mobile robots.
resistive keys
Performance under pressure: our new resistive keys are a touch different
By Stefano Rosato   -   June 1, 2026
In the industrial world, the capacitive touchscreen can be a sensitive soul. It performs beautifully under ideal conditions, but this is a luxury most industries can't afford.
A user presses a smartphone home key on a background showing IoT applications
Safe, secure OTA updates for industrial and automotive
By Avnet Staff   -   May 14, 2026
How to design safe, secure OTA update architectures for industrial and automotive devices using secure boot, strong key management, and fail safe partitioning.
industrial equipment communicating wirelessly
Maximizing multi-antenna performance in dense industrial deployment
By Avnet Staff   -   May 12, 2026
With multiple wireless channels becoming the norm rather than the exception, industrial IoT and smart building networks are like RF jungles. Here’s what engineers can do to mitigate the impact.
TFT display
‘One and done’: The TFT display platform engineered to reduce time and costs
By Stefano Rosato   -   May 4, 2026
Avnet’s intelligent TFT display embeds an STM32 MCU, eliminating the need for an external CPU. Apps, graphics, and I/O run directly on the display, cutting cost and complexity while offering rich connectivity, scalable sizes, & fast GUI development
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Designing efficient and reliable power architectures for edge AI
By Avnet Staff   -   April 22, 2026
Moving artificial intelligence to the edge reveals that power and performance are inseparable. As neural workloads grow, and accelerators and sensors move closer together, your power architecture might dictate how you deploy AI in the field.
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When did memory become so critical?
By Philip Ling   -   April 21, 2026
Understanding why LPDDR5 is so crucial in embedded systems reveals how we reached this point and the roadmap to even higher performance.
A modern car with a pcb overlay, showing how vehicles are dependent on electronics
Enabling zonal architectures with high-end MCUs
By Miguel Tapia   -   April 13, 2026
As vehicles become more software defined, zonal architectures and powerful, secure MCUs are becoming essential for cleaner integration and long-term scalability.
A transparent car showing the wiring loom and power distribution network
Leading-edge technology for power distribution in 12 V applications
By Miguel Tapia   -   April 9, 2026
Smart fuses are reshaping automotive power distribution, cutting weight, boosting EV range, and unlocking safer, smarter zonal architectures. Here’s how ST’s latest tech is driving the shift toward lighter, faster and more future-ready vehicles.
AI data center
Tackling data center latency for AI: Why intra-DC microseconds matter as much as WAN milliseconds
By Avnet Staff   -   March 11, 2026
Within the data center, latency is a critical consideration for large-scale training and high-throughput inference setups. Leading AI training clusters are engineered for microsecond class communication.
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How communications networks in high-performance data centers are evolving
By Avnet Staff   -   March 10, 2026
Data center networks evolved rapidly over the past decade, driven by the need to handle growing data volumes efficiently while managing power, space and cost. Learn about the technologies making the advancements possible.
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Beyond cost: Why supply chain trust will define defense & aerospace competitiveness by 2030
By Carolyn O'Connor   -   March 10, 2026
Geopolitical volatility, rare-earth materials constraints, complex compliance demands and escalating cybersecurity requirements are demanding innovation across the most established defense and aerospace supply chains.