Delivering intelligence and innovation

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.