Internet of Things

IoT is more complex than traditional IT projects. Success comes down to building a solid business case—and then lining up the resources to execute on it. Explore our resources and information that can help organizations of any size create connected devices that run safer, smarter and more efficiently.

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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.

Thermal imaging camera measuring heat on an electronic circuit board.

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.

Neural network layers illustrating AI model optimization and inference.

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.

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.

A homeowner uses tablet computer to control appliances in small kitchen

Demonstrating the cross-vendor smart home experience

By Philip Ling - February 24, 2026

Bringing simplicity to connected devices is at the heart of Avnet’s /IOTCONNECT platform, powered by AWS. Thanks to tight integration with the AWS ecosystem, Avnet can demonstrate how connecting multiple smart home platforms is now even simpler.

Simplifying smart home integrations with AWS IoT Managed Integrations

By Philip Ling - January 22, 2026

Today’s homes include smart devices from multiple vendors. This creates virtual barriers to their integration. Consumers want smarter to also mean simpler, so how can we make that happen?

Adding AI and machine learning to IoT

By Jennifer Skinner-Gray - December 12, 2025

Avnet is helping more manufacturers integrate more types of AI and machine learning into more products. Multimodal AI and agentic AI will be crucial developments if artificial intelligence is to become seamlessly integrated into our lives.

coffee machine with embedded intelligence

Transitioning from IoT to edge AI system development

By Avnet Staff - October 29, 2025

Rapid developments in machine learning and artificial intelligence present challenges for embedded system engineers charged with bringing AI to edge devices. How should design teams address these challenges?

The choice of energy harvesters for self-sustaining sensors

By Avnet Staff - 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

By Avnet Staff - June 27, 2025

PART 1: This article reviews advances in self-sustaining sensor nodes, focusing on renewable energy harvesting integration and power management techniques.

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/IOTCONNECT, powered by AWS, enables smart PPE, keeping site workers safer

By Philip Ling - 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.

Patient using contactless RF based sensor technology to monitor fluid levels and vital signs at home, illustrating early detection of chronic disease related fluid buildup with advanced PrimSphera platform.

How contactless sensor technology is transforming at-home vital-sign and fluid monitoring

By Philip Ling - February 27, 2025

PrīmSphera, a revolutionary sensor technology company, is utilizing the Avnet suite at its core to drive innovation in healthcare fluid management.

Indoor IoT asset tracking technology using Bluetooth Low Energy direction finding, using antenna arrays and tagged equipment to communicate positioning data inside an industrial warehouse environments.

How indoor tracking technology is evolving into smarter IoT asset-management solutions

By Philip Ling - 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.

How to secure your IoT infrastructure

By Philip Ling - 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.

Empower your food storage equipment with Avnet’s IoT accelerator

By Avnet Staff - June 23, 2023

Maintaining proper temperatures in fresh food storage applications means increased productivity for employees and reduced waste. Avnet’s IoTConnect accelerator enables real-time alerts and notifications for temperature, humidity and other factors.

factory showing IoT data on screens above the machines

When edge and enterprise collide

By Philip Ling - March 9, 2023

See the building blocks of a connected world at Embedded World 2023

IoT HVAC Air Pressure Monitoring Display

Avnet and supplier partners demonstrate connected capabilities at Embedded World 2023

By Philip Ling - March 8, 2023

Avnet will be supported by several semiconductor supplier partners and cloud platform providers at Embedded World 2023 to demonstrate real-world solutions based on IoTConnect®.

Avnet and supplier partners put HVAC control in the cloud to turn data into insights

By Philip Ling - March 3, 2023

Efficiency in the way we create, distribute and consume energy is becoming a priority in nearly every vertical market application. The IoT is here to help, as shown with this HVAC system control demonstration.

What OEMs should know about SaaS and the IoT

By Michael Lamp - March 1, 2023

When it comes to the IoT, as many myths exist about SaaS as facts. It isn’t just a subscription-based revenue model. The underlying technologies used to deliver SaaS are fundamental and need to be fully appreciated to build a viable solution.

An engineer looks closely at an embedded system

Yes, you can get to market fast in IoT

By Mark Josewski - January 9, 2023

The IoT is giving OEMs new ways to serve customers. With these new products come new business models. Bringing a new solution to market takes effort. Where should you put your resources?

A close-up of a PCB showing integrated circuits

Let’s explore the technology inside IoT endpoints

By Steven Dettloff - January 6, 2023

When it comes to the IoT, almost anything is possible. Engineers within OEMs using the latest semiconductor solutions can be more innovative when developing endpoints. And new technologies are creating new business opportunities.

AI-based image recognition does the hard work

By Philip Ling - October 21, 2022

Taking pictures is easy. Analyzing images is the hard part. Let algorithms do the heavy lifting and get better results, faster.

Build better IoT applications

By Philip Ling - October 20, 2022

More OEMs like you now favor a microservice architecture. Remove the barriers to agile development and give your engineers greater freedom. The results will be worth the effort of migration.

Why should you consider a smart monitoring system for your diesel generator?

By Philip Ling - August 17, 2022

The IoT is changing the way we manage and maintain essential assets. Smart sensors, cloud-based analytics and remote management are coming together to increase productivity, efficiency and reliability.

The IoT is ready for the era of virtual clinical trials

By Philip Ling - August 15, 2022

Clinical trials take time and money, but they also need participants and lots of data. The IoT is now being used to capture that data from participants virtually and to conduct clinical trials in the digital domain.

Commercial greenhouses are using the IoT and automation control systems to maximize yield

By Philip Ling - August 8, 2022

Connected sensors and the experience of professional growers are coming together to change the shape of farming. The greenhouses of the future will leverage the IoT to increase crop yield and reduce energy usage.

The next frontier for IoT is outer space

February 15, 2022

IoT is now in space thanks to a burgeoning industry including traditional providers such as Viasat-Inmarsat and HughesNet to Starlink and a variety of other new players. It’s the latest addition to the already unwieldy number of choices.

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