TTI White Papers

The world of electronic component distribution faces another year of transformational change. There are, however, a lot of positive developments and evolution in the electronics industry

MLCCs are ubiquitous in today’s electronics designs making up an estimated 30% of the component count in many products. Recently, there have been shortages in MLCCs with extending lead times to 2020 and beyond. In this whitepaper, we looked at the reasons for these shortages, and review the alternatives to MLCCs that are available to engineers.

Even in harsh industrial environments it’s not the most cost-effective solution for reducing risks, as our whitepaper reveals.

Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing the architecture of industrial automation, but how can you leverage its opportunities without trading in the robustness, safety and real-time performance of traditional industrial automation?

Monitoring IAQ is emerging as the next ‘must-have’ in modern Building Management Systems (BMS). This whitepaper looks at how data from the latest IAQ sensors is enabling BMS developers to create healthier buildings, optimizing the comfort of the occupants.

New vehicles contain a dazzling array of electronics. Trends such as the ‘connected car’, driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicles are creating a huge demand on the electronics industry. In this whitepaper we explore some of the EMI/EMC challenges present in modern vehicles and how new automotive innovations will need robust and resilient protection methods.

A good Battery Management System is key to EV performance. Components for core system functions are well-known, but successfully specifying additional critical components requires the know-how our whitepaper provides.

The adoption of EVs is growing steadily across Europe. This whitepaper provides a brief overview of the market and explores the anatomy of the vehicles, looking at key sub-systems, power distribution and the main components used.

In the age of Industry 4.0 and IIoT, factories are increasingly equipped with a high number of sensitive sensors, electronics-based equipment while at the same time operating high current machinery. In such an environment, power surges can disrupt or potentially damage electronics systems, resulting in lost production time.

The growth of the IoT market is changing the industrial wireless communications space, with new products and standards emerging to support evolving requirements. This whitepaper simplifies the complexity by outlining which systems are best suited for personal, local and wide area networks.

Across Europe, governments are embracing the need to implement smart meter initiatives to meet 2020 deadlines. But what makes a smart meter so smart? This whitepaper delves into the state-of-the-art technology currently deployed.

MV and AI are enabling more human-focused consumer experiences, generating new commercial opportunities. This whitepaper explores the possibilities of MV as it applies to user interfaces in areas including cobots, factory automation, and light industrial applications.

With their expanding capabilities, a wider range of applications can benefit from integrating supercapacitors into the application’s power supply function. This whitepaper looks at the basics of supercapacitors, using supplier part and higher-power examples.

Meeting safety and quality requirements is paramount when designing electronic components into automotive applications. Here we explore these standards and quality systems and explain how they relate to particular components.

This white paper investigates the critical characteristics of antennas for various driver assistance and telematics applications, from 5G-based V2X to high precision GNSS, how to choose a suitable antenna, and how to ensure it is probably matched to the transmitter.

MLCCs are ubiquitous in today’s electronics designs making up an estimated 30% of the component count in many products. Recently, there have been shortages in MLCCs with extending lead times to 2020 and beyond. In this whitepaper, we looked at the reasons for these shortages, and review the alternatives to MLCCs that are available to engineers.

The pressure is on manufacturers to get products to market faster, at lower cost and with less risk. A new whitepaper explores one value-added solution.

Safe, flexible and user-friendly – collaborative robots are providing companies of all sizes with a cost-effective route to adopting smart automation. Here we look at what’s driving the growth of cobots and explore the key technologies enabling it.

Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) promises to simplify infrastructures, to the benefit of end users and equipment providers, but what does this mean for interoperability?

Does the lack of floor space stand in the way of increasing factory automation? This whitepaper explores today’s solutions for this challenge.

Major manufacturers have developed innovative EV charging systems that could make charging as quick and easy as filling a fuel tank – as our whitepaper reveals.

The EV/HEV market is emerging from the margins, with over 3 million electric vehicles already on the roads worldwide. Here we look at what’s driving this development and explore the sensor technologies enabling these vehicles.

This white paper investigates dealing with component shortages, rising costs, and long-running disruptions due to COVID-19

Since the arrival of IIoT, connecting all the production assets typically involved proprietary, vendor-specific networking. The availability of single-pair Ethernet (SPE) looks set to change this legacy approach. This white paper investigates the advantages and benefits of SPE.