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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.
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?
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.
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.
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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Avnet Staff
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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.
Thermal innovations keep high-performance electronics cool
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Frank Ploenissen
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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.
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.
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.
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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January 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.
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?
How modern workloads such as AI will affect 2025 Storage Trends
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Avnet Staff
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January 24, 2025
The landscape of data storage has been rapidly evolving.
Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2 Is Out Now
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Avnet Staff
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May 29, 2024
Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel) 24H2 emerges as the latest iteration in Microsoft's LTSC lineup, offering significant enhancements and new features that distinguish it from its predecessor, Windows 10 LTSC IoT Enterprise.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Faster, hotter chips need smarter cooling solutions
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Avnet Staff
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September 14, 2023
The quest for better technologies to cool data centers reached new urgency lately, driven by the popularity of data-hungry AI and IoT applications like generative content and precision medicine. Explore liquid cooling solutions by reading more.