EE Times News
Rising EV and AI Loads Bring Connectors Into Early Design Decisions
Published: May 12, 2026, 8:05 am
Explore how advanced interconnect solutions drive EV and AI infrastructure growth in this interview with Amphenol.
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The Memory Wall Is Real, Here Is the Door
Published: May 11, 2026, 5:16 pm
The DRAM crunch is real—secure your AI product roadmap now with memory compression or risk falling behind.
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Wooptix Targets AI Packaging Bottleneck with Astronomy Tech
Published: May 11, 2026, 8:57 am
A Canary Islands startup brings wavefront imaging to semiconductor metrology, aiming to tackle wafer shape challenges in 3D integration.
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Geopolitics Is Rewriting Memory Sourcing
Published: May 8, 2026, 8:00 pm
Geopolitical tensions are rewriting memory sourcing—ditch old habits and future-proof your supply chain to avoid costly disruption.
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How BSC Contributes to Europe’s Hybrid Quantum Strategy
Published: May 8, 2026, 7:29 am
BSC has become a testbed for Europe's quantum strategy, linking exascale supercomputing, AI, and specialized quantum hardware.
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Hackaday News
Another Gift To The World From CERN: Their Entire Set Of KiCad Libraries
Published: May 12, 2026, 8:00 am
As the foremost boffins of Europe toil deep underneath the border between Switzerland and France in their never-ending quest to truly understand the fabric of the Universe, they rely on …read more
Reverse-Engineering and Documenting the Fisher Price Pixter
Published: May 12, 2026, 5:00 am
Between 2000 and 2002 the Fisher Price Pixter was sold to children as an educational handheld toy with a touch screen that enabled drawing and listening to music in addition …read more
The Walls Don’t Have Ears, But Fiber Optic Does
Published: May 12, 2026, 2:00 am
You normally think of fiber optic as something used in network cables. However, scientists employ dedicated fibers to detect earthquakes. In simple terms, they fire a laser down the fiber …read more
Honda Wants to Complicate Your E-Motorcycle
Published: May 11, 2026, 11:00 pm
If you ride a motorcycle, you know it is a bit of an art to manage the transmission on a typical bike. Electric motorcycles lose some of that. You usually …read more
It’s a Water Clock, Jim, But Not as We Know It — It Has Digits
Published: May 11, 2026, 8:00 pm
Guess what time it is– that’s right, clock time! It’s always clock time, and when it’s clock time at Hackaday the weirder the better. So, how about a water clock …read more
Adafruit Blog News
NEW GUIDE ALERT: PICO-8 Fruit Jam Reality Console #Gaming #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
Published: May 12, 2026, 12:26 am
New Guide: PICO-8 Fruit Jam Reality Console PICO-8 is a delightful “fantasy console” by Lexaloffle that simulates an imaginary retro system that never existed. It is intentionally constrained to 128×128 pixels with 16 colors, 4-channel chiptune audio, 8KB RAM, 32KB storage per ‘cartridge’, and a Lua-based programming language. You can run wili8jam on Fruit Jam for a lovely, […]
DIY Digital Map
Published: May 11, 2026, 8:00 pm
Arnov Sharma shared their DIY digital map called Pathfinder powered by the UNIHIKER M10. They shared how they built it on instructables I go on rides in mountain areas near my hometown, and there, I frequently get no signal in some areas. Relying completely on Google Maps is a no-no; sometimes, due to data issues, […]
Setting up an LLM model on your own computer #AdafruitPlayground #FeaturedNote @Adafruit
Published: May 11, 2026, 7:44 pm
Many of us have been there: working with Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, etc. and BOOM, the token allowance runs out and you have to wait a few hours for it to reset. All you want to do is finish your project. Well, you are on your personal computer which can compute things. Perhaps your machine can even […]
MC6850 ACIA Tester using the Raspberry Pi Pico #raspberrypi
Published: May 11, 2026, 5:49 pm
Save your vintage project some headaches with this MC6850 ACIA Tester. Shared by DQuadros on Hackster.io: The MC6850 is a popular serial interface for retro computers. We use a Raspberry Pi Pico to check if it is in working condition. The main idea is to connect as many pins of the MC6850 to a microcontroller […]
Gelbert the Garbage Bin
Published: May 11, 2026, 4:08 pm
Super cute project by a team of German makers (S. de Uría, A. Mzannar, P. Houwald). To disrupt the Gelber Sack culture in Stuttgart, Germany, it only takes one yellow trash bin. We introduce you: Gelbert — the yellow bin that only wants yellow trash. At its core, Gelbert uses color detection to make a […]
Electronics Weekly News
Price rises spread to analogue, discretes and passives
Published: May 12, 2026, 5:28 am
More companies will be raising semiconductor prices rises, reports TrendForce, quoting multiple sources. According to eTime, TI will raise prices on July 1st and according to Sina increases could range ...
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Intel Foundry: The Last Chance
Published: May 12, 2026, 5:27 am
The author Damnang2 has penned an authoritative piece on Substack about the hill Intel has to climb to catch TSMC. Here it is: In Q4 2025, Intel Foundry posted revenue ...
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Anglia signs Same Sky
Published: May 12, 2026, 5:20 am
Anglia Components has signed a Pan European authorised distribution agreement with Same Sky, the established manufacturer of an ever-expanding range of product technologies, including audio, interconnect, motion and control, relay, ...
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Robot startup challenge
Published: May 12, 2026, 5:15 am
Infineon is bringing together young deep-tech companies from around the world to drive innovation in humanoid robotics. The focus is on hardware and system solutions ranging from sensors to motor ...
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Infineon expands XHP 2 power module portfolio
Published: May 12, 2026, 5:14 am
Infineon has expanded its XHP 2 power module portfolio with new variants incorporating CoolSiC MOSFETs 2300 V, designed for high-voltage power systems. The 2300 V class devices support DC-link voltages ...
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