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04 Technology 05 Column: From the Analysts 06 Cover story 08 Focus


NEW REGULAR COLUMN 12 Embedded design


14 Column: Design with frequency components


42 Supplier’s guide / Web locator


Features


18 Managing power delivery and data bandwidth in automotive systems By Rolf Horn, Applications Engineer, DigiKey


22 Components for e-mobility By Harvey Wilson, Manager, Industrial Vertical Markets EMEA, Avnet Silica


33 Beyond the barcode: RFID solution for safer, smarter drug delivery By Kenya Watanabe, Product Manager, Murata


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26 EVs, aircraft, space vehicles – unearthing the thread that makes them run By Ben Kitson, Head of Business Development, Precision Micro


30 The key role of isolators in millimetre- wave power amplifi ers By Greg Rankin, US-based freelance technology writer


36 Cooling the AI revolution By Amphenol Industrial Operations’ technical team


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38 The engineer’s guide to specifying plastic enclosures for IIoT sensors By Robert Cox, Marketing Director, OKW Enclosures


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October 2025 Volume 130 Issue 2050 £5.90


Smart technology – fi nding the right balance for energy effi ciency


IN THIS ISSUE: • Automotive systems design • RF design • Connectors


• Enclosures for sensors


Regular columns: • From the analysts


• Design with frequency components • Focus: RISC-V


New column EMBEDDED


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