EE Times News
Can AI Command Earth-to-Orbit Operations?
Published: August 10, 2026, 8:00 am
The aerospace and defense sector is facing a confluence of geopolitical instability, rapid technological advances, evolving security requirements, and complex global supply chains.
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After Seven CEOs in 10 Years, Imagination Is Sticking to Its Strategy
Published: August 7, 2026, 10:00 pm
Imagination dumps CPU/NPU dreams, doubles down on GPUs and China under CEO No. 7.
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ROLEC’s technoPLUS: IP-rated Pole-mount Plastic Enclosures for IoT/IIoT and Factory Automation
Published: August 7, 2026, 4:15 pm
IoT/IIoT and factory automation are driving demand for ROLEC’s updated pole-mountable technoPLUS (IP 66, IP 67, IP 69K) plastic enclosures. Electronics designers specify them for ‘close-to-the-process’ devices that must survive dust, moisture and regular washdowns. Compact technoPLUS provides robust protection – allowing industrial electronics to be mounted directly on machine frames, production-line supports, conveyor structures […]
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BIWIN and Tera Indústria de Semicondutores Sign Strategic Partnership Agreement
Published: August 7, 2026, 4:08 pm
Shenzhen, China / Manaus, Brazil – August 6th, 2026: BIWIN Semiconductor (HK) Company Limited (“BIWIN”), a global provider of memory and storage packaging solutions, and TERA INDÚSTRIA DE SEMICONDUTORES S.A. (“Tera”), a Brazil-based semiconductor memory packaging company, announce the signing of a strategic partnership framework agreement to manufacture and distribute memory and storage solutions in […]
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Chiplet Architectures as a Practical Path to Scalable Automotive Compute
Published: August 7, 2026, 1:56 pm
Chiplets are auto’s escape hatch from bloated SoCs, scaling SDV compute without wrecking cost or software.
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Hackaday News
Even on the Red Planet, Hexagons are the Bestagons
Published: August 10, 2026, 8:00 am
Though their pure Platonic Forms may only exist in the world of ideas, certain regular shapes can’t help but keep falling out of natural processes– case in point, the six-sided …read more
Creating a Supersonic Trebuchet
Published: August 10, 2026, 5:00 am
As awesome as trebuchets are, the fact that medieval engineers didn’t create versions capable of launching supersonic projectiles is a bit of a bummer. Fortunately it’s possible to correct this …read more
Retrotechtacular: A View of the Moon from 1964
Published: August 10, 2026, 2:00 am
If you didn’t live through it, it is hard to understand how excited the general public was about the race for the moon. You can capture some of it by …read more
Hackaday Links: August 9, 2026
Published: August 9, 2026, 11:00 pm
Bad news for anyone who was hoping for some relief from the memory shortage — Digitimes is reporting that the production capacity of major players such as Samsung, Micron, and …read more
The Stages of Grief in Repairing a Trinitron Found in the Trash
Published: August 9, 2026, 8:00 pm
Sometimes you see a project just staring at you with proverbial puppy dog eyes and you just cannot look away. In the case of a once rather nice Sony TV …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round Up: Fruit Jam Library – Buttons, Hacking the Teenage Engineering EP-2350 Ting, NeoPixel LED Dress Tutorial and more!
Published: August 9, 2026, 9:30 pm
ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more. John Park’s CircuitPython Parsec: Fruit […]
Making a 16×2 LCD 7 Times Bigger
Published: August 9, 2026, 2:00 pm
UncleStem leveled, er, scaled up 7 times in this video on YouTube: Instead of trying to manufacture a real liquid crystal display, I replaced every LCD pixel with an individually controllable LED and designed custom PCBs to recreate the original 16×2 layout. We’ve got a handful of tradionally sized 16×2 LCDs here and guides too! […]
Adafruit New Products 8/07/2026
Published: August 8, 2026, 8:30 pm
We’ve got the New nEw NEW for you right here This week we debuted 2 New Products. Visit www.adafruit.com/new for more info. Want to get new products info beamed straight into your inbox? New nEw NEWs From Adafruit is an email newsletter sent once a week to subscribers only. It features new products, special offers, […]
Happy International Cat Day 2026 🌎🐈 #CatsofEngineering #WorldCatDay
Published: August 8, 2026, 1:05 pm
Today is International Cat Day! Every August 8 cats are celebrated globally! Checkout over 165+ Cats of Engineering! If you want to add your feline facilitator visit the “submit a cat” page – CLICK HERE! Make a project with your cat and help from the Adafruit Learning System: Automatic Cat Treat Dispenser Kitty Toe Bean Keypad […]
Is Now the Right Time to Build Your Own Raspberry Pi-Powered Retro Video Game Console #piday #raspberrypi
Published: August 7, 2026, 7:20 pm
With modern game prices creeping up, and consoles doing away with physical media, it might be the perfect time to dive into some retro games! Will Greenwald and Jason Cohen at PCMag.com put together this handy guide. It also serves as a good reminder of huge back catalog of classic games waiting to be […]
Electronics Weekly News
TSMC July revenue up 44.7% YoY
Published: August 10, 2026, 7:17 am
TSMC’s revenue for July 2026 was approximately $14.5 billion, an increase of 5.6% from June 2026 and an increase of 44.7 percent from July 2025. Revenue for January through July […]
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UK gets taste for China’s BEVs
Published: August 10, 2026, 5:17 am
UK battery EV sales rose 44.5% in July to 43,106 says the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, representing more than 25% of the total car market. 9,750 of the […]
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Semi sales up 123%
Published: August 10, 2026, 5:16 am
June semi sales were up 123.6% at $134.5 billion, says the SIA, and up 9.7% on May. Q2 semiconductor sales of $403.3 billion were up 35.1% compared to Q1. “Global […]
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PON due for 844% growth
Published: August 10, 2026, 5:11 am
2026 PON (Passive Optical Network) technology equipment revenues are expected to increase 844% YoY, driven by hyperscalers looking to use the point-to-multipoint technologies to reduce the cabling and power consumption […]
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High current and sense SPST switching family
Published: August 10, 2026, 5:06 am
Pickering Interfaces of Clacton-on-Sea, the supplier of modular signal switching and simulation solutions for electronic test and verification, has introduced the 60-191 LXI high current & sense SPST switching family. […]
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