Navigating The Chip Shortage
🌐 Navigating the Chip Shortage: A Call to Innovation! 🚀
The ongoing chip shortage has sent ripples through industries worldwide, posing challenges for hardware engineers. 🤯 Here's a quick dive into the impact and some strategies to navigate these turbulent times:
1. Industry Impact: The shortage has hit sectors like automotive, consumer electronics, and more. Production delays, increased lead times, and rising component costs are testing the resilience of supply chains globally.
2. Adaptation is Key: Hardware engineers, now more than ever, need to embrace adaptability. Explore alternative components, collaborate closely with suppliers, and be ready to pivot designs based on component availability.
3. Innovation Amidst Challenges: Let's turn challenges into opportunities! Hardware engineers can explore creative solutions, redesign PCBs for component flexibility, and leverage simulation tools to optimize designs without compromising functionality.
How are you coping with the chip shortage?
Drop your insights below!
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I am so happy that those mug times are over. My life has been much better since beginning of 2023.
Very true. Most times you sort for a particular kind of chip but its out of stock. Frustrating.
I do not know if you still face the sourcing issues, but I do not anymore. This is what I try to say. Do you still face them?
I normally find cellular modules from SIMCOM and Quectel hardware to get. Some are out of stock.
And what other types of components? IMHO, those communication modules have had limited availability all the time.
Not really looked into others recently. Just do have issue with that. But overall it has started improving though.
Oh, I see. I need to check inventories all the time when designing anything. And I've been happy for months 😊
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