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Philip Ling
Philip Ling - Senior Technology Writer at Avnet

Philip Ling is a senior technology writer with Avnet. He holds a post-graduate diploma in Advanced Microelectronics for Industrialist and has over 30 years of electronics industry experience. Philip has experience both as a design engineer working on mixed signal embedded systems and as a technical journalist and editor covering the industry for several European technical magazines. He has worked for small, medium and large companies as well as startups, and is pleased to say he is constantly learning.

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Servers and windmills
Taking the flexible approach to power conversion circuit design
By Philip Ling   -   December 6, 2024
Technical article
For a design engineer, everything can look like an application. And as any engineer will confirm, your design choices are always application-dependent.
Smart Display over a city skyline
How multiprotocol devices with increased security are changing the IoT
By Philip Ling   -   November 29, 2024
Technical article
The IoT has been evolving for more than two decades and we’ve been talking about security for just as long.
The world's first 4 mOhm SiC JFET for circuit protection
Why your next relay or fuse could be a transistor
By Philip Ling   -   October 8, 2024
Technical article
We now have semiconductor substrates that can handle extremely high voltages and currents. But do transistor-based switches still have a place in the high-power domain?
EV on a charger, with selection of Microchip OBC products
Making more efficient on-board chargers
By Philip Ling   -   October 8, 2024
Technical article
The entire world is transitioning toward the electrification of everything, and the most impactful areas are where fossil fuels currently dominate.
automobile - mild hybrid 12v - 48v architecture
How 48V systems are supporting fully electric vehicles
By Philip Ling   -   July 22, 2024
Technical article
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.
laptop with graphic overlay
How is AI changing the electronics industry?
By Philip Ling   -   May 22, 2024
Technical article
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.
tensors
Why AI and embedded design share the same DNA
By Philip Ling   -   May 22, 2024
Technical article
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?
a-microchip-with-the-image-of-a-neural-network-on-the-top
Why AI must redefine processor architectures
By Philip Ling   -   May 22, 2024
Technical article
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.
seedlings growing out of a circuit board
Hitting the triple bottom line drives sustainable design
By Philip Ling   -   December 6, 2023
Technical article
Sustainability at a corporate level continues to gain attention. Commercial success comes with social responsibility, something referred to in business as the triple bottom line and represented by the three Ps: profit, people and planet.
A-hand-reaching-out-to-touch-a-display-panel-showing-automation-technology-system
Factory automation realizes boost from new technologies
By Philip Ling   -   July 23, 2023
Technical article
The technologies behind automation must combine reliability and stability with an eagerness to develop in a commercially responsible way. Discover the technologies making the grade right now.
The Avnet RFSoC Gen 3 with the Phased Array Antenna Module (PAAM) from Fujikura
How modelling and simulation support mmWave design integration and delivery
By Philip Ling   -   June 6, 2023
Technical article
5G mmWave system design is too complex to approach at a component level. Engineers need to take full advantage of software in all its forms to bring new solutions to market and provide full lifetime support.
factory showing IoT data on screens above the machines
When edge and enterprise collide
By Philip Ling   -   March 9, 2023
Technical article
See the building blocks of a connected world at Embedded World 2023
aircraft flying over city
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads
By Philip Ling   -   February 17, 2023
Technical article
We’re a grounded species reaching for the stars. Personal aircraft will let us colonize the air immediately above us and expand our cities in ways that don’t need networks of multilane highways. For eVTOLs, air taxis are just the beginning.
electric car charging
Do you need to know more about vehicle electrification?
By Philip Ling   -   January 4, 2023
Technical article
The POWER UP webinars from Avnet Silica dive deep into the world of electric vehicles. Watch this series of free webinars to learn more about what’s involved with vehicle electrification and charging.
satellites in low Earth orbit
Putting 5G in space for the massive IoT
By Philip Ling   -   January 4, 2023
Technical article
5G cellular networks and the massive IoT are a natural fit. Putting 5G cell towers in space is taking massive to a new level. To learn more, Avnet spoke with Sateliot Chief Business Officer Gianluca Redolfi, one of the pioneers in this area.
Facial recognition auitomotive camera
AI-based image recognition does the hard work
By Philip Ling   -   October 21, 2022
Technical article
Taking pictures is easy. Analyzing images is the hard part. Let algorithms do the heavy lifting and get better results, faster.
shopping cart in grocery store
Build better IoT applications
By Philip Ling   -   October 20, 2022
Technical article
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.
Diesel generator
Why should you consider a smart monitoring system for your diesel engine?
By Philip Ling   -   August 17, 2022
Technical article
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.
Doctor holding a tablet with IoT tech in the background
The IoT is ready for the era of virtual clinical trials
By Philip Ling   -   August 15, 2022
Technical article
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.
Illustration of the skyscrapers in the sky
New technologies could make building management, HVAC systems even smarter
By Philip Ling   -   May 12, 2022
Technical article
The IoT has connected buildings in new and enabling ways. The next stage, already started, is to use AI to make buildings even smarter. AI relies on data, and data comes from sensors essential to these systems.
Image of Micro LED on computer monitor
Are microLEDs the next big (small) thing?
By Philip Ling   -   March 31, 2022
Technical article
MicroLED is an exciting display technology, one that has attracted billions of R&D dollars in recent years. The technology is not ready for mass adoption yet, as the industry has to solve many challenges.
James Webb Space Telescope launch
How streaming HD video from space enables future missions
By Philip Ling   -   March 21, 2022
Technical article
As the recent James Webb Space Telescope launch demonstrated, there is no doubt that streaming HD video from space is going to be hugely popular with the public and even more important for the engineers responsible for future missions.
A manufacturing production line operating with autonomous robots
Can edge controllers bring balance to the Industrial IoT?
By Philip Ling   -   January 19, 2022
Technical article
Putting more real-time intelligence at the heart of industrial automation is creating a new breed of control technology. Connectivity and control must go hand in hand in the Industrial IoT, but it requires the best of both worlds.
Ethernet in the Industrial IoT
What does single pair Ethernet bring to the IIoT?
By Philip Ling   -   January 19, 2022
Technical article
Single pair Ethernet, or SPE, can legitimately be described as a “disruptive technology.” Avnet spoke with George Zimmerman, who chaired the IEEE 802.3cg 10 Mb/s Single Pair Ethernet Task Force, to find out why.
An engineer is standing at a desk, using a computer. His hands are on a keyboard and a mouse, and he looks intently at the screen.
How no-code design could accelerate Industrial IoT development
By Philip Ling   -   January 14, 2022
Technical article
Developing large numbers of new and diverse devices for an Industrial IoT solution can challenge your engineering resources. Using a no-code approach to development can reduce the size and complexity of that challenge.
computer motherboard on bench
Behind the datasheet: HW-RTOS
By Philip Ling   -   January 12, 2022
Technical article
Using hardware accelerators is nothing new, but what about an accelerator to improve the way your operating system handles data communications?
robotic arm using a laptop in a manufacturing environment
Three future Industrial IoT trends manufacturers should think about now
By Philip Ling   -   January 11, 2022
Technical article
AI may be the headline act, but a greater impact on manufacturing will come from the trends enabled by AI. OEMs can expect to feel the impact in three areas.