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In the last couple of decades the rate of progress in building intelligence has accelerated rapidly. The availability of low-cost embedded computing has enabled developers to distribute intelligence throughout buildings to sense and manage their state. Modern building-management systems are designed to not only control HVAC, but include functions that improve the effectiveness of lighting, monitor air quality, enhance security, and even take an active role in mitigating a building’s climate impact.
With so many factors to measure, analyse and control, engineers must put careful consideration into how to sense building parameters, transmit data and power important equipment within a building’s infrastructure. Key challenges include:
- How to combine and analyse sensor data in order to measure parameters such as occupancy or air quality
- Selecting specific or combining multiple connectivity protocols to transmit data and power
- Upgrading power distribution systems to maximise efficiency
Avnet Abacus’ Europe wide team of field applications engineers is ready to support your building automation projects from concept to prototype and production, with a comprehensive range of sensors, connectors, power supplies, passives and discrete RF components from our industry-leading linecard.
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Harwin building automation solutionsIn the wireless world of Industry 4.0 and IIoT, connectors still provide vital links for data and power within nodes and equipment. Signal integrity issues cause production delays or compromise vital safety systems. Specify Harwin connectors and EMC shielding in your design, and you can be assured you’ve chosen quality and competence.
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The growing role of sensors in modern building management systemsToday's intelligent buildings measure a multitude of building parameters. Here Alessandro Mastellari explores the sensing technologies employed to collect environmental data.
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From AC to DC: powering intelligent buildingsThere is a lot of interest in how to power the electronic and electrical devices in buildings of the future. Philip Lechner explores the challenges of AC vs. DC and how designers are approaching power system design.
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The evolution of connectivity for building automationBuildings are evolving rapidly as developers try to maximise their returns, users’ expectations change, and climate-change mitigation becomes urgent. But modern buildings require considerable updates to connectivity infrastructure in order to transmit the data and power throughout their systems, as Martin Keenan investigates.
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Webinar: Sensing and connectivity. The keys to intelligent building designGrowth in the capabilities of IoT and smarter environmental controls sparks innovation in buildings - where we work, where we shop, and where we live. Learn more about benefits component technologies provide to keep buildings safe, comfortable, and intelligent.
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Antenna design considerations for a smart homeLearn about wireless protocols and how to approach antenna selection in this webinar from Molex.
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Intelligent Buildings: enabling a smart, sustainable future
Read the latest edition of Focus magazine discover how sensing, connectivity and power distribution are being deployed in the next generation of intelligent building systems.
