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An exciting resurgence of investment and innovation in industrial equipment and infrastructure is happening now. From designing, building and getting your industrial application to market—browse our industrial knowledge base or read about new technologies and the engineers and processes behind them.
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?
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.
How do you make a cobot inherently safe?
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Avnet Staff
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June 27, 2023
As the market and uses for cobots grow, so does productivity. Cobots can quickly deliver an investment return when used alongside human operators. Given their close human proximity, how do you make cobots inherently safe?
How are magnetic rotary encoders used in industrial automation?
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Avnet Staff
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June 15, 2023
The Hall effect is used in rotary encoders to monitor position, speed and direction in electric motors and rotary dials. The encoder designs vary, so it is helpful to understand the main features and how they affect performance.
Combining GaN and SiC for cost-effective power conversion
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Avnet Staff
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April 20, 2023
The public image of silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) is as wonder materials. We know they are displacing older silicon technology, boosting the efficiency of power conversion stages. However, neither is a universal solution.
Yes, you can get to market fast in IoT
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Mark Josewski
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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?
Zero-touch computing for extreme edge locations
April 26, 2022
Avnet partners with HPE and Iceotope as authorized manufacturer of super-efficient Micro Data Centre liquid cooling solution for deploying and supporting real-time applications in extreme edge locations.
Does hardware matter?
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Anatoli Lukkarinen
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March 3, 2020
I believe every IoT and Industrial IoT system designer and software developer should consider the question in the title. Do you?
5 of the best artificial intelligence use cases
January 3, 2019
AI’s upgraded algorithms make predictive analytics, parse data, and help businesses make smarter decisions from the boardroom to the factory floor.
AI From A-Z: The biggest buzzwords around artificial intelligence
November 28, 2018
Companies across markets from consumer electronics to factory floors are finding power in the introduction of two letters: AI (artificial intelligence).
For Industry 4.0, Reliability Builds on Robust Connections
June 11, 2017
Looking to relieve increasing product complexity and cost pressures, manufacturers are moving toward the next phase of industrial automation envisioned in Industry 4.0. In this concept, smart factories respond instantly to changing workloads to more