EE Times News
Deep UV Lithography Processing, the Best Kept Secret of EUV Lithography
Published: June 24, 2026, 3:35 pm
EUV grabs the glory, but DUV does the dirty work that keeps advanced chips alive.
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Pressure and Ultrasonic Flow Sensing for Smarter Fluid Systems
Published: June 24, 2026, 2:00 pm
Modern fluid systems demand accurate, reliable monitoring to detect inefficiencies, prevent failures, and optimise performance. Engineers often face challenges with measurement accuracy at low flow rates, maintenance from mechanical wear, and complex calibration processes. This paper explains how non-invasive sensing approaches can overcome these issues, enabling stable, low-power measurement of flow, pressure, and temperature. By […]
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Boosting Motor Control Performance with Advanced Microcontroller Technology
Published: June 24, 2026, 1:09 pm
Join this webinar where our expert will introduce key control concepts such as field-oriented control and power factor correction.
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Solid-State Circuit Breakers for DC Grids Architecture, Protection Performance
Published: June 24, 2026, 12:59 pm
Join this webinar where our expert will present an SSCB for DC grids, developed with building blocks such as Si/SiC JFET/MOSFET switches.
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Silicon Saxony Shows Promise, Limits of Europe’s Chips Act
Published: June 24, 2026, 8:32 am
At Silicon Saxony Days 2026, Frank Bösenberg said Dresden illustrates “what is possible” under Europe’s first Chips Act.
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Hackaday News
VFD Clock Runs on a Single AA
Published: June 24, 2026, 3:30 pm
There are lots of different ways to build a clock. [Sciter_] came into the possession of some old calculator parts, and decided to reuse them for just such a project. …read more
The Trains With Rubber Tires
Published: June 24, 2026, 2:00 pm
The train was one of the game-changing inventions that defined the Industrial Age. No more would humanity rely on tempestuous animals to haul goods and passengers great distances across the …read more
Raspberry Pi Locator Website to Shut Down in July
Published: June 24, 2026, 11:00 am
As announced by [André] on Bluesky, next month the much loved Rpilocator.com website will cease displaying the stock status and pricing of Raspberry Pi computers from various online retailers. One …read more
A T9 Keyboard For Your Smartphone
Published: June 24, 2026, 8:00 am
These days, most of us are fortunate enough to use smartphones with decent touchscreen keyboard capabilities. However, once upon a time, if you wanted to type something on a phone, …read more
One Commodore, Five Displays
Published: June 24, 2026, 5:00 am
If you had one monitor back in the 8-bit era, instead of having to wait to use the family TV, you were already amongst the blessed. If you had five, …read more
Adafruit Blog News
A practical analysis of the PlayStation architecture
Published: June 24, 2026, 3:56 pm
Rodrigo Copetti analyzes the PlayStation architecture: Sony knew that 3D hardware could get very messy to develop for. Thus, their debuting console will keep its design simple and practical… Although this may come at a cost! (The Playstation uses the) Sony CXD8530BQ, one of the two big chips this console houses. It’s what we would call a ‘System-on-Chip’ […]
CircuitPython 10.3.0-alpha.3 Released!
Published: June 24, 2026, 3:40 pm
From the GitHub release page: This is CircuitPython 10.3.0-alpha.3, an alpha release for 10.3.0. Further features, changes, and bug fixes will be added before the final release of 10.3.0. Highlights of this release Add usb_audio.USBMicrophone and usb_audio.USBSpeaker, which provide audio source and sink USB devices. Add audiospeed.Resampler. Add audio_i2sin input audio stream; supported only on […]
Watching a Z80 from a Raspberry Pi RP2350
Published: June 24, 2026, 3:26 pm
Kevin was messing around with the Raspberry Pi Pico RP2350 and PIO and at some point wanted to see if it could be hooked up to a Z80. As a starter, I’ve been experimenting with seeing if I can get an RP2350 to see the Z80 address and data bus in any manner. Of particular […]
BASIC ruled the 1980s. Here’s why Python quietly became the new gateway to coding
Published: June 24, 2026, 2:29 pm
If you ever used a computer in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, your first foray into programming was most likely with BASIC. How-To Geek’s David Delony presents the reasons why Python has taken its place as the language of choice for people learning to program. Python is everywhere It’s easy to get started with There’s […]
BASIC09 programming language front-end developed for LLVM
Published: June 24, 2026, 2:01 pm
The 46-year-old BASIC09 programming language has new compiler support with a front-end having been developed for the LLVM compiler stack. BASIC09 was developed in 1980 for the Motorola 6809 CPU running with the OS-9 operating system. With this LLVM compiler front-end, you can write BASIC09 code for modern software and hardware. Boisy Gene Pitre wrote […]
Electronics Weekly News
Antenova launches Petrosa WiFi 6E/7 antenna
Published: June 24, 2026, 2:26 pm
Antenova is launching a new Wi-Fi antenna, the Petrosa (SR43W081) PIFA (Planar Inverted Antenna), which operates on a ground plane with no clearance requirements. Petrosa is compatible with WiFi 6E ...
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Terrestrial vs Space Debate For Datacentres
Published: June 24, 2026, 12:00 pm
Masa Son of Softbank is not so keen on Elon’s idea of putting datacentres in space, which is not surprising for someone intending to spend around $150 billion on building ...
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Iridium 9604 module targets hybrid satellite, cellular IoT apps
Published: June 24, 2026, 10:25 am
Iridium is releasing its Iridium 9604 module and development kit for developers and OEMs building hybrid satellite, cellular, and GNSS-based IoT applications in remote or challenging environments. Built on the ...
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EW BrightSparks 2025 profile: Jeremy Zolnai-Lucas, Imagination Technologies
Published: June 24, 2026, 9:23 am
Now in its eighth year, the EW BrightSparks awards see Electronics Weekly celebrate some of the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. In the next in ...
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