Mouser takes IoT showcase to London

Mouser Electronics will showcase electronics, IoT, and embedded systems technologies at Hardware Pioneers Max 2026, taking place on 10–11 June at ExCeL London.

The distributor will exhibit at Stand N4, where its EMEA team will support work on component selection, reference designs, evaluation tools, and prototype-to-production planning. The event is focused on electronics, IoT connectivity, embedded systems, and edge AI.

Mouser will highlight components and development platforms from its manufacturer partners, with a live demonstration in collaboration with Analog Devices. The demonstration will focus on semiconductor and system-level technologies used across industrial and IoT applications.

The company will also introduce its Engineers’ Guide to Protecting Against IoT Cyber Attacks at the show. The guide covers common IoT vulnerabilities, attack scenarios, and design practices for building more secure connected products from the start of development.

Embedded product development is now shaped by the combination of wireless connectivity, edge processing, security, sensing, and cloud integration. Products that previously performed narrow control or monitoring functions are being connected to wider software and data environments. That adds new design constraints around firmware architecture, update paths, identity management, power consumption, radio certification, and long-term maintenance.

Distribution has taken on a larger role in those workflows. Authorised distributors are increasingly used for technical content, evaluation hardware, reference design access, supplier coordination, and early component availability, rather than only for transactional purchasing at the end of a design cycle. Access to development kits and production parts through the same channel can reduce friction when a design moves from proof of concept to build planning.

IoT security is now part of the hardware design process rather than a software task added later. Secure boot, firmware integrity, update mechanisms, credential handling, device identity, encrypted communications, and end-of-life support can all affect product architecture. Weaknesses in these areas can expose industrial equipment, building systems, utilities, healthcare devices, and transport infrastructure to avoidable operational risk.

Hardware Pioneers Max brings together embedded systems, connectivity, semiconductors, power electronics, sensors, RF, and edge AI. That mix reflects how connected products are now engineered. Performance depends on the interaction between silicon, firmware, antennas, power design, mechanical layout, cybersecurity, cloud services, and regulatory requirements.

The Analog Devices demonstration adds a system-level element to Mouser’s presence at the event. Engineers increasingly need to understand how components behave inside complete signal chains, power architectures, and connected subsystems, rather than comparing devices only through standalone data sheets. That applies across industrial sensing, power conversion, edge processing, and connected control.

Reference designs and evaluation platforms can shorten the early stages of development when they provide working examples of hardware, firmware, and software integration. They can also reduce the risk of committing to components that later prove difficult to certify, source, update, or support in the field.

Mouser’s London showcase will therefore centre on practical design resources as much as component availability. As connected products become more complex, the early stages of hardware development increasingly depend on access to validated platforms, supplier knowledge, security guidance, and reliable routes from prototype to production.