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IN THIS ISSUE • Sensors
NGINEERS LECTRONICS FOR February 2026
tomorrow’s vehicles
technology behind
The • Distribution
• Automotives • Optoelectronics • Thermal management & EMC
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Sensors 14 The artifacts in 3D Time-of-Flight: What are they and how to avoid them?
16 Pressure, force vs tactile explained
Thermal Management & EMC 18 EMI filters for battery energy storage systems 20 The thermal chain: how heat is reshaping electronics design for AI infrastructure
21 Solving the thermal challenge in high-power electronic assemblies
22 Cooling the AI Frontier: How liquid cooling and modular CDUs are powering the next generation of data centres
24 In-house thermal management optimisation of racks and enclosures
NGINEERS LECTRONICS FOR February 2026 In this issue
February may be the shortest month of the year but this issue still packs a punch!
From Sensors, Thermal management, Vehicle navigation and infotainment systems, Distribution, Optoelectronics and beyond, there is something for everyone.
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Contents Editor’s Comment & News
6 Smaller, smarter, greener connections 10 Protecting the backbone of clean energy 12 In good hands: How custom ICs are restoring touch to human-machine interfaces
Automotives 28 Closing the urban canyon: Why improving GNSS reliability will be vital for autonomous cars
30 Develop highly efficient X-in-1 integrated systems for EVs
31 Driving precision: Why GNSS testing is now critical for automotive innovation
32 Seamless, secure, and fast: Ferri-UFS at the heart of tomorrow’s intelligent vehicles
Distribution 34 What rising raw material prices mean for electronics
35 Specialist distributors offer secure supply solutions to Space Electronics Manufacturers
Optoelectronics 36 The Critical Role of LED Drivers in Lighting Applications
38 Beyond the lens: Navigating the 2026 embedded vision ecosystem
40 Die bonding in the service of fibre optic communication
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