Contents


Do you or a colleague need to receive a regular copy of CIE and the monthly newsletter? Then scan the QR code so we can get you on the mailing list.


Front End


8 Last chance to register: Rochester Electronics to host strategic webinar on tackling component obsolescence


9 Compact 56 mm² stepper motors with integrated driver 12 European electronic components market – Q1 ’26 overview


Standards & Regulations


14 CRA compliance in practice: what demonstrating conformance actually requires from your product team


Spotlight 34 Planning interconnect supply for naval and shipboard programmes 16 Driving systemic change in electronics leadership RF & Microwave Power 35 How higher frequencies are reshaping RF interconnect design


18 Solid-state batteries: still on the brink of breakthrough? 20 When high voltage meets real loads


Mobile Technology


22 Why innovation in MEMS technology is impacting the future of mobile phones


Awards 24 Final weeks to enter the 2026 Instrumentation & Electronics Awards Sensor Technology


36 Smarter sensors, safer buildings: the role of integrated diagnostics in building IoT


EMC


38 Addressing power supply systematic failures: improving electromagnetic immunity


Thermal Management


26 Not all heat is equal: why thermal architecture is getting smarter 28 Keeping it cool at the nano level


Distribution


30 Sustaining agentic AI at the edge: engineering autonomy for continuous operation


32 The ultimate guide to making the most of component obsolescence Interconnection


Editor: Catherine Hackett editor@cieonline.co.uk 01622 699 184


Sales Manager: Tony Patman tpatman@cieonline.co.uk 01622 699 193


Advertising Sales Executive: Sophie Scott sscott@cieonline.co.uk 01622 699193


Subscriptions: Components in Electronics magazine is published ten times each year on a controlled circulation basis in the UK. Register online at: www.cieonline.co.uk CIE is also available on annual subscription in the UK and Europe (£64), and the rest of the World (£160). Subscribe by emailing your contact details to: sbm@c-cms.com


Circulation: Curwood CMS Ltd, Email: subscriptions@cieonline.co.uk T) 01580 883844 Fax} 01580 883849


Published by: Specialist Business Media Ltd 15a London Road, Maidstone, Kent ME16 8LY


Printed by: The Manson Group, St Albans


ISSN: 2053-6577


© Copyright Specialist Business Media Ltd 2026. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including recording, photocopying or any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the Publisher.


4 June 2026


Components in Electronics


www.cieonline.co.uk


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48