EE Times News
The Story Behind Fuse EDA AI system
Published: July 23, 2026, 7:35 pm
What does it take to build agentic AI for EDA that users can trust and verify? Listen in on this behind-the-scenes conversation around the development of a groundbreaking new platform.
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Etched Raises $300M with $1B in Pre-Orders
Published: July 23, 2026, 3:00 pm
AI chip startup Etched will start shipping its racks this summer.
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DAC 2026: Users Are Not Waiting; DIY AI Is Now in Vogue
Published: July 23, 2026, 7:45 am
At DAC 2026, chip giants stop waiting for EDA vendors and build their own AI brains—see who’s seizing control.
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From Rhetoric to Metrics: Raghib Hussain’s First Year as Altera CEO
Published: July 22, 2026, 10:00 pm
Altera has taped out six chips in nine months, three ahead of schedule, as new CEO focuses on execution.
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AI in EDA Is Real, It’s Now, and It’s on Show at DAC 2026
Published: July 22, 2026, 6:00 pm
AI in chip design has left the slide deck and hit DAC 2026’s floor—walk the stack and test the hype.
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Hackaday News
A Train Departure Board For The Home
Published: July 23, 2026, 8:00 pm
Trains are a great way to get around. You just have to make sure you’re across the schedule if you intend to get where you’re going in a timely manner. …read more
Mic Jammer Relies on Ultrasound
Published: July 23, 2026, 6:30 pm
Today’s phone microphones are perfectly adept at picking up sound in all sorts of conditions, and they’re backed by all kinds of processing techniques to filter out noise and capture …read more
Hackaday Europe 2026: Half Quad, Half Blimp: Test. Fly. Survive.
Published: July 23, 2026, 5:00 pm
A great many drones out there, whether homebuilt or store-bought, follow the same basic format. Four motors, some kind of controller, and a lithium-polymer battery supplying the juice to keep …read more
Running DOOM on a Custom CPU Built From Scratch
Published: July 23, 2026, 3:30 pm
Running DOOM on weird obscure hardware is a fun hacker pastime that’s been around for a long time now. It’s always enjoyable to see someone port it to an egg timer, …read more
Encryption in the 1790s
Published: July 23, 2026, 2:00 pm
For as long as humans have had writing, there’s been a need to send secret messages. It is easy to think that Enigma machines and their immediate predecessors are old …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Adafruit QT PY ESP32-C3 Case – No Buttons Wire Passthrough #3DThursday #3DPrinting
Published: July 23, 2026, 10:00 pm
Eric_250094 shares: A simple, functional box for the Adafruit QT PY ESP32-C3 (no button cutouts) with wire passthrough openings and an optional solid lid variant. Direct-fit for one of Adafruit’s most popular tiny form-factor ESP32 boards — perfect for permanent sensor or STEMMA QT deployments. By Eric on Printables download the files on: Every […]
Articulated Spider – Print-in-Place Halloween Decoration #3DThursday #3DPrinting
Published: July 23, 2026, 9:04 pm
Shared by Lucky 13 Toys on MakerWorld: A fully articulated spooky spider that can dangle from a web of filament. Print-in-place, no assembly required. Includes a 3MF with all parts, plus optional separate-eye printing (no MMU/AMS needed) for a two-color look. Test-fit one leg set before committing to the full print. Download the files and […]
The Smart Lamp – Minimalist WLED + Home Assistant Notification Nightlight #3DThursday #3DPrinting
Published: July 23, 2026, 8:00 pm
danuvius shares: A minimalist DIY smart lamp using WLED with Home Assistant. Designed for hallway nightlight duty with 2 LEDs reserved for notifications (garbage reminders, etc.). Snap-together assembly with WAGO connectors — press USB-C into place, click LED ring in, no soldering. Full Home Assistant automation walkthrough included. By Danuvius download the files on: […]
Gridfinity Electronic Component Holder – Breadboard-Style Storage #3DPrinting #3DThursday
Published: July 23, 2026, 7:00 pm
Min.R shared this project on MakerWorld! Description No Support, No Wrapping, Fast Print A breadboard-style, Gridfinity-compatible component holder/storage The hole sizes and spacing are compatible with breadboard standards. It securely holds pins and allows easy detachment. Resistors, diodes, transistors, and capacitors are loosen due to varying lead diameters. 2×2, 3×2, 3×3, and 4×4 Gridfinity compatible […]
CircuitPython 10.3.0-alpha.4 Released!
Published: July 23, 2026, 6:04 pm
From the GitHub release page: This is CircuitPython 10.3.0-alpha.4, 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 audiofilewriter. Add audiodelays.GranularPitchShift. Add sdioio, audiodelays, audiofilters, and audiofreeverb on RP2xxx. Add CIRCUITPY_BLE_WORKFLOW, CIRCUITPY_SAFE_MODE_DELAY, and CIRCUITPY_WIFI_HOSTNAME to settings.toml. Add storage.unsafe_disable_usb_drive(), to […]
Electronics Weekly News
What caught your eye? Quantum computing, CuspAI discovery, Invisible drone
Published: July 23, 2026, 2:23 pm
What caught our eye this last week? There's SaxonQ quantum computing, a Cambridge startup using AI to discover new materials, and a Phantom Twist drone bidding for invisibility...
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Fable: The Designer Who Became A God
Published: July 23, 2026, 1:30 pm
This guy is credited with being the designer and builder of the world’s first stone building. So impressed were his contemporaries that they dubbed him the God of Wisdom. Moral: […]
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UK government funding to boost domestic space sector
Published: July 23, 2026, 11:03 am
The UK government is using its C-LEO and NSIP programmes to provide £62 million of funding to develop homegrown space technologies and boost the UK’s national resilience. And a further […]
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Raspberry Pi-based Strato Pi Plus shipping for industrial edge servers
Published: July 23, 2026, 9:36 am
Sfera Labs is shipping its Strato Pi Plus, a hybrid industrial edge server that combines the Raspberry Pi 4B or 5 with a dedicated RP2354 co-processor in a compact 4-module […]
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Barclays joins fusion consortium
Published: July 23, 2026, 6:43 am
Barclays is supporting the UK Infinity Fusion Consortium, a private sector-led collaboration to establish a commercial fusion power plant project in the UK. Barclays brings expertise in energy, infrastructure, project […]
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