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Turning control into clarity: our latest encoder with TFT
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Stefano Rosato
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October 15, 2025
Technologies tend to come full circle, but in this case we mean literally – combining an advanced rotary encoder (and encoder shell) with a 1.28-inch circular TFT display for a single, compact control solution.
Case study: How a fitness wearable brand transformed its supply chain to compete effectively
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Valeri Oliver
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October 13, 2025
By consolidating distribution, embedding Avnet as a strategic partner, and implementing a global hub model, this fitness device customer created a supply chain capable of navigating both volatility and growth.
Case study: Automotive start-up scales global production with Avnet’s strategic hub solution
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Valeri Oliver
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October 8, 2025
With manufacturing partners in Mexico and Asia, this electric vehicle manufacturer needed a supply chain solution that could support its “design anywhere, build anywhere” strategy without compromising quality, delivery or financial efficiency
A technical guide to distributed aperture radar
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Avnet Staff
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September 29, 2025
The combination of innovative hardware and advanced software is enabling a new approach to synthetic aperture radar design, improving spatial resolution, position detection and object recognition.
ECUs in off-highway vehicles
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Avnet Staff
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September 25, 2025
Off-highway vehicles are becoming power-user for electronic control units (ECUs). Manufacturers are adopting new system architectures that support more complex software features, driving efficiency and productivity.
Not such a narrow margin: New TFT displays that are borderline genius
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Stefano Rosato
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August 26, 2025
Our customers’ great tech needs space to shine, so we’ve introduced a new Narrow Border TFT solution in partnership with industry leader and global Tier 1 display manufacturer IVO.
Beyond the buffer: Why supply chain resilience demands more than assurance of supply
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Robert Cowan
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August 20, 2025
Businesses navigating disruptions should consider how assurance of supply forms a key element of a supply chain resilience strategy. Understanding the concepts of supply chain resilience and assurance of supply is more critical than ever.
Integrating renewable energy into building HVAC systems
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Avnet Staff
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August 13, 2025
An overview of technical advances in and real-world applications for energy harvesting used to power HVAC in domestic and commercial buildings.
Satellites servicing satellites
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Philip Ling
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August 7, 2025
High demand means that while space is big, it’s starting to fill up. Initiatives to use robots to repair, refuel, reassemble and eventually manufacture satellites in space are gaining pace. Sound complicated? It is.
Bluetooth Channel Sounding takes positioning to a new level
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Avnet Staff
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July 29, 2025
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has released Version 6.0 of the core specification and its newest feature, channel sounding, is challenging incumbent approaches to indoor positioning. Access is one reason, in more ways than one.
Building better supply chains using AI
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Avnet Staff
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July 17, 2025
Avnet delivered nearly 240 billion components worldwide in its 2024 fiscal year. With supply chain complexity increasing, leveraging AI to improve electronic component distribution is now a priority for service providers.
A supply chain professional's guide to thriving in uncertainty
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Robert Cowan
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July 15, 2025
Today's professionals must master the art of strategic patience while building systems robust enough to weather whatever storm comes next. The winners will be those who respond most intelligently and avoid a knee-jerk reaction.
Will vibe coding kill the compiler?
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Philip Ling
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July 3, 2025
There is an ever-growing number of high-level programming languages to choose from. With vibe coding using AI assistants becoming popular, could the days of high-level languages, toolchains and even compilers be numbered?
Excellence at Every Away Game: How Data Drives the Arizona Diamondbacks
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Michelle Adams
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June 30, 2025
Excellence at Every Away Game: How Data Drives the Arizona Diamondbacks
Big, bright, built for engineers: New Display Kits for ST Discovery Boards
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Frank Ploenissen
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June 30, 2025
Size does matter. At least it does when it comes to our new MIPI DSI displays. We’re upscaling your options with new 7” and 10.1” display kits, designed to fit seamlessly with STMicroelectronics’ STM32F769I and STM32H747I Discovery kits.
The choice of energy harvesters for self-sustaining sensors
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Avnet Staff
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June 27, 2025
PART 2: This article reviews advances in self-sustaining sensor nodes, focusing on innovative designs tackling intermittent energy and ultra-low-power challenges.
How energy harvesting underpins the self-sustaining IoT sensor node
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Avnet Staff
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June 27, 2025
PART 1: This article reviews advances in self-sustaining sensor nodes, focusing on renewable energy harvesting integration and power management techniques.
Why you could be leading the next revolution
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Philip Ling
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June 11, 2025
Developments like multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) at the edge will define Industry 5.0. Adapting to these developments, even in small part, could catapult you out of the Information Age and past Industry 4.0.
May 2025 Global Freight Update
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Christian Goehring
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May 30, 2025
Carriers are actively adjusting networks and capacities to meet these evolving demands. Investment in technology, sustainability, and resilient supply chains will be crucial for long-term success.
Avnet Displays and SiS: delivering excellence together
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Stefano Rosato
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May 28, 2025
We have an impeccable track record for giving our customers the very best displays. So, we’d like to introduce you to Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS), whose specialized firmware and hardware meets our every expectation – and yours.
Beyond the datasheet: How to get more out of your primary cell batteries
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Philip Ling
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May 22, 2025
The world relies on small electronic devices powered by even smaller primary cell batteries. We dispose of around 80 million non-rechargeable batteries every day. How can we use technology to get more power out of our batteries?
Rapid edge AI development to redefine the embedded industry
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Alex Iuorio
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May 21, 2025
Edge AI will be at the center of the fifth industrial revolution. The focus will shift from machinery toward people, productivity and sustainability. Embedded electronics is the foundation for this shift. While it may be difficult to predict the magnit...
Power of vision AI at the edge: How to unlock simple, fast edge AI deployment
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Jennifer Skinner Gray
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May 20, 2025
Pre-built integrations eliminate stumbling blocks of edge AI development. Engineers can skip weeks of configuration and jump straight into building their core applications.
Machines that learn: A deep dive into AI/ML models and algorithms
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Michaël Uyttersprot
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May 19, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can be used to pull insights out of huge volumes of information quickly and efficiently. AI/ML can also give machines the ability to process information like humans do. AI/ML can perform recogniti...
Hello world for machine learning
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Cliff Ortmeyer
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May 16, 2025
Machine learning has been embraced by smart applications to solve virtually unsolvable problems. Also known as predictive analytics, it is a mathematical method that "learns" from known good data.
Artificial intelligence and the universal impact on product design
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Karen Field
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May 15, 2025
Some 82% of engineers surveyed by Avnet say they have products or are working on new designs that feature AI. The latest Avnet Insights survey explored how engineers are using AI in the design process and incorporating it into product design. The surv...
5 myths about AI from a software standpoint
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Phil Robinson
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May 14, 2025
Production-ready demo code and quick implementation. That’s what they tell you, but is it too good to be true? We break down some of the myths surrounding AI software implementation.
AI-powered huupe dreams come true
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Valeri Oliver
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April 21, 2025
See how Avnet helped usher in a new era of basketball technology. Think of it as the Peloton of basketball, an innovative basketball hoop using AI and computer vision components.
The same, but different: the new SimplePlus 6.95” twins
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Frank Ploenissen
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April 16, 2025
The SimplePlus family just keeps growing – and this time we’re welcoming twins! By popular demand, we’re introducing two new 6.95” touch displays which might look similar on the surface but, like all twins, have quite different personalities.
Thermal innovations keep high-performance electronics cool
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Avnet Staff
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April 4, 2025
Thermal management solutions are innovating rapidly to address the challenge of keeping electronic systems cool as they get smaller and faster, oftentimes used in combination to spread and transfer the heat.
Transparently brilliant: the new Simple Plus Open Frame
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Stefano Rosato
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April 3, 2025
Adaptable to any aesthetic or location, and ready for anything, our stunning new transparent OLED monitor, ‘Simple Plus Open Frame’, is so incredibly crystal clear, we can hardly take our eyes off it.
Connectors for harsh environments
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Avnet Staff
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April 2, 2025
The right connectivity solution for harsh environments depends on an understanding of the disruptive environmental factors and how they affect sensitive equipment. With this knowledge, engineers can select connectors
Meeting the challenges of medical cable assembly design
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Avnet Staff
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April 1, 2025
Cable assemblies play a crucial role in the medical industry, providing the essential connection between medical devices, patients and healthcare professionals. These assemblies must meet stringent requirements to ensure patient safety while delivering re...
March 2025 Global Freight Update
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Christian Goehring
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March 31, 2025
Capacity constraints on outbound air cargo routes, ongoing political instability and rising tariffs will disrupt supply chains, meaning companies must adapt by reevaluating sourcing and logistics strategies to mitigate these risks.
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.
/IOTCONNECT, powered by AWS, enables smart PPE, keeping site workers safer
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Philip Ling
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March 7, 2025
Part of the value proposition for IoT technology and ubiquitous connectivity is enabling new approaches to solving long-standing challenges. Many of those challenges are incidental to the task, like keeping construction site workers safe.
Liquid cooling helps shape thermal management for AI
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Andrea Tsapralis
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March 5, 2025
AI is changing data centers and our expectations. But this transformation comes with demands, in terms of power consumption and corresponding heat generation. The industry is rapidly adopting the latest thermal management solutions.
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.
February 2025 Global Freight Update
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Christian Goehring
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February 10, 2025
Air cargo demand worldwide remained robust towards the end of 2024, primarily driven by carriers in the APAC and AMER regions, with e-commerce playing a significant role in this growth.
January 2025 Global Freight Update
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Christian Goehring
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February 1, 2025
Capacity constraints on outbound air cargo routes, ongoing political instability and rising tariffs will disrupt supply chains, meaning companies must adapt by reevaluating sourcing and logistics strategies to mitigate these risks.
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
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Rondekka Moore
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January 10, 2025
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
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Michelle Adams
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January 6, 2025
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
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Adrien Larevat
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August 5, 2024
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?
By
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
By
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.