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Today’s episode will plug us right into the heartbeat of every electronic device: its power supply. Often considered merely as an afterthought in product development, the power supply and the architecture it relies on can make or break a product’s performance and reliability. Optimizing power design is essential to maximize efficiency and ensure consistent performance across various load conditions. The power supply does more than just provide the voltage and current needed to drive an applic...

Most electronic devices we use today are hard, rigid, and fragile. Look inside them and you’ll see why: The circuits that make them work sit on a solid printed circuit board, or a PCB. It’s a constraint that limits not only how we design our devices, but also how we interact with them. But what if it didn’t have to be that way? Enter flexible electronics – circuits printed onto flexible substrates – enabling a whole new realm of technological designs that save space, simplify assembly, and ev...

According to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, transport accounts for 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. The vast majority, around 70 percent, is emitted by road vehicles. To improve its sustainability and contribute to global emission reduction targets, the transport sector is in the midst of a technological revolution centered on electrification. In this interview, Sara Ghaemi, Director of Technical Development at Avnet Abacus, explains to what ...

This interview is part of the new issue 'Sustainable Transportation' of Avnet Abacus' Focus Magazine, that is available free of charge: Focus Magazine Mobility – the way we get around – is at a crossroads. Over the coming years and decades, its transformation will be far more profound than simply replacing fossil-fuel-powered vehicles with electric ones. As mechanical vehicles morph into sophisticated computers on wheels, they are calling into question longstanding ownership models, business ...

According to the International Energy Agency, progress on clean energy technology deployment exceeded expectations in 2022. Still, the pace will need to pick up to achieve the ambitious goal of net zero emissions by 2050. This will require rapidly upgrading the infrastructure that supports smart energy solutions and connects seamlessly across energy production, distribution, storage, and consumption. This call to action presents a huge opportunity for electronic component and solution pr...

The rising expectations in terms of sustainability are heavily impacting the electronics sector. It is clear that building a smart sustainable future will require electrifying virtually all aspects of the economy. With demand for power rising year after year across applications, that won’t be easy. To succeed, we’ll have to harness efficiency gains wherever they are available. That’s why we made efficiency the focus of this first episode in our smart energy series. So stay with us and learn w...