EE Times News
UMA: The Architecture Edge AI Needs to Scale
Published: July 20, 2026, 7:00 pm
Edge AI won’t be saved by more chips; it needs unified memory to stop models from choking mid-task.
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Nisshinbo Micro Devices Expands High-Voltage IC Lineup for Next-Gen Automotive 48 V Systems
Published: July 20, 2026, 4:00 pm
Addressing the new challenges posed by the shift to 48 V automotive power supplies with Nisshinbo Micro Devices
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Powering the Automotive Revolution: From Zonal Architecture to 48V
Published: July 20, 2026, 1:30 pm
Explore how Monolithic Power Systems 48V automotive solutions, including the MPQ5884-AEC1, support safer, smarter, and more efficient zonal architecture.
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Photonics Components – The Eyes and Ears of the Future Unmanned System and Connected Soldiers
Published: July 20, 2026, 1:25 pm
Discover how optoelectronics plays a central role in sensing and data generation, including light-based distance measurement for UAVs and robotic platforms.
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Post-Quantum Cryptography Incorporated into SoCs via eFPGA
Published: July 20, 2026, 12:00 pm
Unlike hard-wired security engines, PQC algorithm mapped into eFPGA fabric claims to avoid costly silicon re-spins.
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Hackaday News
A Feature-Rich Drum Machine
Published: July 20, 2026, 6:30 pm
A little over a month ago, we featured a project from [Igor] who built 64 bits of DRAM from scratch using discrete components. Jokes about memory pricing aside, he did …read more
Hackaday Europe 2026: Project Gigapixel
Published: July 20, 2026, 5:05 pm
There was once a race to put out cameras with ever higher numbers of megapixels to snare customers eager to take the highest quality digital photos. These days, we know …read more
Old SSDs Find New Life as Game Cartridges
Published: July 20, 2026, 3:30 pm
Game companies might not like physical media much anymore, but gamers sure do. There’s nothing like pawing over your collection to find what to play, and inserting a cartridge with …read more
Launching Rockets is Hard, Bring them Back is Harder
Published: July 20, 2026, 2:00 pm
Since the first V2 rocket sailed above the Kármán line back in 1944 and right up until the modern era, the trajectory of most space-bound rockets was more or less …read more
Earth-like LHS 1140b May Feature the First Atmosphere Found on Exoplanet
Published: July 20, 2026, 11:00 am
Finding another planet outside of our solar system that can comfortably be called ‘Earth-like’ is one of those discoveries that — if confirmed — would be a major event. The …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Museum of Endangered Sounds #MusicMonday
Published: July 20, 2026, 7:15 pm
Take an audio trip down memory lane with the Museum of Endangered Sounds. Savethesounds.info is a time capsule of obsolete noise, started in 2012 with goal of preserving the chimes, whirs, clunks and more of old technology. You can play each sound individually or play many at once. I’d love to see the library added […]
The MSAP-2 discrete computer and simulator
Published: July 20, 2026, 7:03 pm
Mehran Toosi’s MSAP-2 is an 8-bit discrete-logic computer – the successor to MSAP-1. Where MSAP-1 is a 256-byte SAP-1 derivative, MSAP-2 is a small but real computer: 8-bit variable-length opcodes driven by microcode in four 28C256 control ROMs, an 8KB address space split between a MOS operating-system ROM and user RAM, a hardware stack, vectored […]
Making 3D printable circuit board solder paste stencils
Published: July 20, 2026, 4:18 pm
A stencil is a thin plate with openings matching the solder pads on your PCB. Place it on the board, spread solder paste with a squeegee, then position your SMD components before reflow. The result: precise and uniform paste deposits, much faster than using a syringe. Stenchill allows one to upload circuit board design Gerber […]
The Zilog Z80 has turned 50
Published: July 20, 2026, 3:53 pm
David Oberhollenzer posts how the Zilog Z80 processor was officially launched 50 years ago, in July of 1976, less than 4 years after the last human had walked on the moon. It was decades closer to WWII than to the present day, roughly at a halfway point between the Kennedy assassination and the fall of the […]
Accessing i.MX RT1060 registers from within C/C++
Published: July 20, 2026, 3:41 pm
imxrt1060-regs is a new and more modern way to access and modify registers on i.MX RT1060 microcontrollers. This library supplies a new and more modern way to access and modify registers. It uses modern C++ features to avoid defines, macros, and other avoidable mistakes. Check out Shawn Silverman’s work on GitHub.
Electronics Weekly News
Modular test architecture is driving force for Emerson
Published: July 20, 2026, 2:56 pm
The modular system, based on NI technology combines a high-performance FPGA core, for processing real-time data, and interchangeable SerDes interface devices which can be swapped according to the configuration requirements […]
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SWISSto12 $70m raises Series C for HummingSat development
Published: July 20, 2026, 1:52 pm
SWISSto12, the Swiss manufacturer of satellite and payload systems, has closed its $70 million Series C funding round. The capital raise follows the award of $84.8 million from the European […]
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European space funding bucks global trends
Published: July 20, 2026, 9:38 am
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released its latest Space Economy Report covering the year 2025. It gives an overview of the developments shaping Europe’s space sector. Its findings include […]
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Xi sets out China’s AI stall
Published: July 20, 2026, 6:08 am
Chinese president Xi Xinping told the World AI Conference in Shanghai at the weekend: “As ancient Chinese observed: ‘A man of wisdom adapts to changes. A man of knowledge acts […]
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Semi stocks falling
Published: July 20, 2026, 5:24 am
Semiconductor company shares have lost over $3tn in value since June. The SOX is 20% lower than its June high and the iShares Semiconductor ETF is down 15% from June. […]
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