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How are electronics engineers and manufacturers around the world harnessing the latest trends in everything from design to supply chain, including components availability? We crunch the numbers, dissect the opinions and provide insights you can only get from Avnet experts.
AI-powered huupe dreams come true
By
Valeri Oliver
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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.
Beyond the datasheet: The no-code route to MEMS-based machine learning at the edge
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Philip Ling
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January 17, 2025
New MEMS sensors from STMicroelectronics integrate an innovative machine learning core, making it simpler to deploy machine language in many applications where motion detection is used. We take a look beyond the datasheet to see how it works.
Engineers focus on power technologies, Avnet data shows
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Lee Fitzgerald
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January 13, 2025
Visitor data for Design Hub, Avnet’s self-service design tool, shows power design is a trending topic for the engineering community.
Looking ahead to 2025: How data insights shape electronics industry design choices
Think of trend analysis as your engineering time machine. It transforms messy, real-world data points into a high-resolution snapshot of where technology is heading—not where the hype cycle claims it’s going. Sure, spotting the next unicorn market migh...
Time-of-flight distance measurement enables emerging markets
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Philip Ling
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August 7, 2024
Smart homes, industrial automation and healthcare can all benefit from new technologies for detecting proximity, presence and distance. Time-of-flight solutions offer many benefits, so how do they work?
The latest technologies driving home medical innovations
For home-health devices, the patient experience is central to the product. New technologies, including AI, smaller displays with higher pixel density, portable graphic frameworks and more capable MCUs are driving innovation.
How a small Arizona electronics firm got to baseball’s biggest show
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Valeri Oliver
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April 15, 2024
The PitchCom device made its way from the drawing board to MLB fields last season in a fascinating tale of persistence, know-how and simple luck. Two Arizona inventors explain how they made it happen.
Faster, hotter chips need smarter cooling solutions
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Andrea Tsapralis
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September 25, 2023
The time is right for a set of new liquid cooling technology applications that before now may not have been economically viable. They are Precision Immersion Liquid Cooling and Direct-to-Chip Negative Pressure Liquid Cooling.
An environmentally conscious semiconductor industry takes on sustainability
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Philip Ling
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September 25, 2023
Momentum is building to make the semiconductor supply chain more sustainable. Leading manufacturers are committing to deadlines for carbon neutrality, as we discuss the second issue of What’s Next, Avnet’s digital magazine.
What happens when the American muscle car goes electric?
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Valeri Oliver
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July 21, 2022
As we march onward to EV ubiquity, words like “muscle car” and “EV charging” are more often appearing together in conversations. Can an EV car really go fast? Will it feel like a muscle car when it does? We’re about to find out.
Taking stock of the supply chain crisis: Lockdowns and shortages cost automotive manufacturers over $500 billion
May 12, 2022
Avnet Silica analysed public financial records to reveal the impact of the pandemic on semiconductor stock levels, automotive factory closures and revenue.
Chip shortage to usher in transformative design-procurement-supply chain partnerships
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Peggy Carrieres
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May 6, 2022
The electronics engineering world as we know it will be fundamentally changed by the ongoing chip shortage as stronger partnerships will be formed with procurement and supply chain experts. What we’re experiencing now is unlike anything before.
Can you design your way out of a chip shortage?
By
Philip Ling
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March 21, 2022
Several workarounds exist when integrated devices go end-of-life. One workaround is to emulate the part using a programmable device such as a microcontroller, CPLD or FPGA. Is this still an option during a chip shortage?
Workarounds for the current chip shortage
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Philip Ling
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March 17, 2022
Every vertical market is feeling the impact of the chip shortage. How we deal with it now may leave a legacy. Design engineers are adept at visualizing the requirement and developing a solution, but OEMs need to look at the bigger picture.
The semiconductor shortage is already changing product design — for the better
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Peggy Carrieres
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October 6, 2021
Price increases, technology advancements and inevitable supply chain disruptions will bring sweeping long-term changes to the semiconductor industry.