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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2025年1月29日
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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2024年4月29日
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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2023年6月27日
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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2023年6月15日
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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2023年4月20日
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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2023年1月9日
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
2022年4月26日
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?
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
2019年1月3日
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
2018年11月28日
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
2017年6月11日
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