EE Times News
Emergence AI to Deploy Neuroformal AI With Fabless Chipmakers
Published: September 30, 2026, 9:31 pm
See how Emergence AI is deploying neuroformal AI with chipmakers to boost wafer yields and tackle fab, test, and packaging failures.
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TSMC’s 3-nm Ramp Looks Different in Historical Context
Published: September 30, 2026, 3:40 pm
TSMC’s 3-nm node nears the revenue lead, but history shows 7 nm ramped faster; compare the data before evaluating 2 nm.
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Advanced Strategies for Heat Exchanger Manufacturing in EVs & Thermal Management Systems
Published: September 30, 2026, 1:42 pm
Join us to explore how Praziflux® is transforming brazing processes across the EV industry and other thermal management applications.
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Manufacturing Intelligence: Turning EDA Data into Trusted Action
Published: September 30, 2026, 1:00 pm
Manufacturing intelligence connects EDA, TCAD and metrology to turn manufacturing evidence into trusted action, faster.
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AI Drives Larger, Denser Packaging, Raising New Challenges for Equipment Makers
Published: September 30, 2026, 8:55 am
At A*STAR’s Innovate Together 2026, industry experts explored packaging, hybrid bonding, optical interconnects, and process control for AI.
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Hackaday News
Open Source Tricorder Is In It For The Science
Published: September 30, 2026, 8:00 pm
If you’re reading Hackaday there’s pretty good odds you’re at least somewhat fond of Star Trek. We’d bet good money most of you would quit your jobs today if a Starfleet …read more
Apple Finally Made AirPods Repairable… Sort Of
Published: September 30, 2026, 6:30 pm
It’s been true for a while now that Apple’s AirPods have been effectively disposable, with [iFixit] slapping each successive generation with an abysmal 0/10 repairability score. The moment that any …read more
Assembling and Testing a DIY Jet Turbine
Published: September 30, 2026, 3:30 pm
After many months of painstaking work, [AlfMart CNC Garage] over at YouTube has finally reached the stage where he can fully assemble his DIY jet turbine and commence testing. Even …read more
Roman Telescope Saves Fuel, Doubles Mission
Published: September 30, 2026, 2:00 pm
Contemplate the events that might end a space mission, and you might picture something dramatic: detonation on the pad, a dead guidance system, or micrometeoroids shattering delicate solar panels. More …read more
Sheety Turns Spreadsheets Into Binaries, For Some Reason
Published: September 30, 2026, 11:00 am
Ever wanted a spreadsheet as an executable with a built-in terminal interface? No? Well, that’s a pity because [Roberto Alsina]’s Sheety project does exactly that. Sheety compiles spreadsheet definitions into …read more
Adafruit Blog News
ESP-SDR uses undocumented raw I/Q capture of ESP32 to make software defined radios
Published: September 30, 2026, 8:52 pm
ESPARGOS’ Florian Euchner has published ESP-SDR on GitHub, firmware that turns the ESP32’s built-in 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi radio into a software defined radio (SDR). It captures raw I/Q samples from the receiver, so the spectrum can be viewed and signals studied beyond ordinary WiFi packets. No separate SDR hardware is required. The ESP32-C5 can also […]
DIY AI voice assistant with ESP32 and animated OLED eyes
Published: September 30, 2026, 8:37 pm
oeadmin at Open Electronics covers a voice assistant project by jayesh_nawani that runs entirely on an ESP32. An I2S microphone picks up speech, the clip is packaged as a WAV file and sent to the OpenAI Whisper API for transcription. GPT writes a reply and the TTS audio streams back out through a MAX98357A amplifier […]
Meshtastic Hardware Buyer’s Guide: Solar Node vs Mesh Tracker — Which One Do You Need?
Published: September 30, 2026, 8:23 pm
Clara at the Seeed Studio Blog has posted a buyer’s guide for people starting out with Meshtastic hardware. The question it answers is a common one: should you buy a solar node or a mesh tracker? The two serve different jobs. A solar node is meant to sit in one place and stay powered by […]
A XIAO nRF54LM20A based Matter sensor
Published: September 30, 2026, 8:16 pm
Hannes (hannesb) posted a working Matter temperature sensor build on the Seeed Studio forum, running on the XIAO nRF54LM20A. He started from the nRF Connect SDK Matter temperature template, added a BME sensor for temperature and humidity readings, and took supply current measurements. The source code is up on GitHub. SDK 3.4.1 did not produce […]
Floppy Emu hardware failure analysis results
Published: September 30, 2026, 8:10 pm
A good case study on printed circuit board rework: Steve at Big Mess o’ Wires finally worked through a pile of 68 Floppy Emu boards that had failed QA testing or come back from customers. It took about a month. He sorted the boards by root cause and wrote up the tally. The largest group […]
Electronics Weekly News
Putting the boot into Electronics
Published: September 30, 2026, 3:11 pm
One of the most eye-catching stands at Microelectronics UK 2026 was that of Sievi, showing a wide selection of shoes, trainers and boots. What's the connection between shoes and semiconductors, I wondered!
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Space Scotland joins SCO network for new Auld Alliance
Published: September 30, 2026, 1:33 pm
Space Scotland has become the latest member of the Space for Climate Observatory (SCO) network, which is led by the French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Études Spatiales). SCO combines […]
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How Will AI Affect Journalism?
Published: September 30, 2026, 1:30 pm
Publishers are facing the challenge of finding the right balance between AI-enabled efficiency gains and cost savings and figuring out what sets human-made journalism apart from what machines can do. […]
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TSMC looking to build six fabs in Texas
Published: September 30, 2026, 10:37 am
TSMC is reported to be considering an investment in Texas which could be bigger than its planned $265 billion investment in Arizona. The Texas investment is said to be for […]
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Top-side cooling mount thick film power resistor comes in D²PAK package
Published: September 30, 2026, 9:58 am
Vishay’s automotive grade top-side cooling mount thick film power resistor – the Vishay Sfernice D2TO35S – comes in the surface-mount TO-263 (D²PAK) package. Designed for automotive applications, it improves thermal […]
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