EE Times News
Aircraft Actuator Electrification Redefines System-Level Architecture
Published: September 15, 2026, 7:00 pm
The transition from hydraulic to electric-motor aircraft actuators also encompasses many system-level issues and opportunities.
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Reduce Risk, Cut Costs, and Speed Time-to-Market with Certified WiFi & BLE Modules
Published: September 15, 2026, 5:23 pm
Join this webinar and learn how a certified WiFi and BLE combination module can simplify your next connected device design.
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Empowering the Future of Robotics
Published: September 15, 2026, 2:00 pm
See how autonomous mobile robots are transforming manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics. Explore the technologies driving smarter navigation, safer operations, and greater automation.
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Designing Passive Components for LEO Satellite Systems
Published: September 15, 2026, 2:00 pm
Selecting passive components for LEO satellite systems is becoming increasingly complex as spacecraft architectures evolve and constellation deployments scale. Engineers must determine when commercial, automotive-qualified, enhanced-screened, or space-qualified components are appropriate and understand the tradeoffs each approach introduces for performance, risk, cost, and manufacturability. This paper connects system-level LEO satellite requirements to practical component selection […]
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FCC Rule on Optical Connectivity Could Slow AI Race
Published: September 15, 2026, 12:32 pm
Escalating tech war between the U.S. and China and a potential FCC ban on importing optical network equipment could force hyperscalers to navigate critical shortages.
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Hackaday News
Tips To Model Your Next CNC Cabinet in CAD Before Buying Anything
Published: September 16, 2026, 2:00 am
[Clough42] has started a new CNC control cabinet build, and uses it as an opportunity to demonstrate why he models the whole thing out in CAD before ordering parts or …read more
Coffee Maker Steam Wand Gets a Safe Outlet
Published: September 15, 2026, 11:00 pm
Sometimes a hacker has a specific sort of problem, and uses the tools they have to solve it in a way that just might be helpful to someone else. That’s …read more
After 6 Years as Road Ornament a Widescreen Sony Trinitron Lives Again
Published: September 15, 2026, 8:00 pm
After previously adopting a big Sony Trinitron CRT TV that had been trying to hitch a ride along the side of a road in Italy for at least six years, …read more
Sampling the Elephant’s Foot and Chornobyl’s Tedious Corium Clean-up
Published: September 15, 2026, 6:30 pm
The site of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP) remains a unique location, as what’s left of the No. 4 reactor is the only place in the world where you …read more
Hackaday Europe 2026: Bare Metal Made Easy
Published: September 15, 2026, 5:05 pm
When we talk about programming in “bare metal,” it basically means writing software that runs right on the hardware with no operating system or abstraction layers in between. This gives …read more
Adafruit Blog News
NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit TCS3448 14-Channel Light / Color Sensor Breakout
Published: September 15, 2026, 8:35 pm
NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit TCS3448 14-Channel Light / Color Sensor Breakout __________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Adafruit TCS3448 (a.k.a TCS34488) Multi-Spectral Sensor is a multi-channel spectrometer, which is a special type of light sensor that is able to detect not only the amount of light present but also the amounts of light within different wavelengths. This means that you can use it […]
NEW PRODUCT – ScoutMakes DRV5011 Digital Magnetic Hall Effect Sensor
Published: September 15, 2026, 8:20 pm
NEW PRODUCT – ScoutMakes DRV5011 Digital Magnetic Hall Effect Sensor __________________________________________________________________________________________________ This is a breakout for the Texas Instruments DRV5011 Digital Magnetic Latch Hall Effect Sensor. It is the perfect way to add magnetic sensing to your project. It looks and sounds a lot like the DRV5032 but this version has a latching output. The sensor has a digital […]
Printed Matter’s 2026 New York Art Book Fair
Published: September 15, 2026, 8:00 pm
From September 24th through the 27th, you can check out Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair for discussions, exhibitions, lectures, and book launches at MoMA PS1. Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair (NYABF) is the world’s leading fair for artists’ books. Over four days, NYABF convenes hundreds of independent publishers, artists, antiquarian booksellers, zine collectives, […]
wch-protocols helps document the use of WCH chips
Published: September 15, 2026, 7:34 pm
GitHub user ch32-riscv-ug has developed wch-protocols, a knowledge base for the protocols behind flashing and debugging WCH’s CH32 RISC-V chips. The aim is a spec you can implement from without being tied to any one tool. Byte layouts, register addresses, the procedures themselves. Enough to write your own programmer in Python, Rust, C etc. It […]
More than 9,000 patches total in the seven stable kernels for Monday
Published: September 15, 2026, 7:23 pm
jzb at LWN reports that Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced seven stable kernel releases at once: 7.2.6, 6.18.52, 6.12.110, 6.6.157, 6.1.188, 5.15.221 and 5.10.270. Kroah-Hartman says the batch may set a record for patch count, with more than 9,000 patches across the seven releases. The 7.2.6 release alone carries more than 1,800 of them. Users of […]
Electronics Weekly News
Top Ten (less 4) DRAM Suppliers In Q2
Published: September 16, 2026, 12:01 am
Thanks to Counterpoint Research for this one – the top six DRAM suppliers in Q2: Samsung Micron SK hynix CXMT Nanya . Winbond
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Gadget Book: Artificial Intelligence (AI) zyBook
Published: September 15, 2026, 4:06 pm
This may be of interest: Wiley has introduced a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) zyBook for students to learn how to build AI systems. It's intended to cover more than foundational concepts.
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KVector raises £3.8m to commercialise low-power beam-steered antenna
Published: September 15, 2026, 2:12 pm
University of Birmingham spin-out KVector has raised £3.8 million to commercialise a low-power alternative to AESA (active electronically scanned array) phased array antennas. Its beam-steered antenna – working from X-band […]
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How To Spot AI-Written Text
Published: September 15, 2026, 1:30 pm
There are several tells that a text may have been written by Al. These are certain types of phrases, words and punctuation that Al tools tend to use much more […]
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ESA, Axiom Space sign a MoU for post-ISS space ecosystem
Published: September 15, 2026, 1:25 pm
The European Space Agency (ESA) and Axiom Space have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a post-International Space Station ecosystem. The agency and the in-orbit infrastructure specialist say they […]
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