EE Times News
TSMC Chases Soaring AI Demand
Published: April 17, 2026, 8:00 pm
TSMC slams the gas to expand chip production for AI giants, but shortages loom.
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First Take on CadenceLive and Its AI Agent Stacks for EDA
Published: April 17, 2026, 5:22 pm
Discover how Cadence's new AI agent stacks are shaking up system design.
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EU DARE Project Is Scrambling to Replace Codasip
Published: April 17, 2026, 12:08 pm
EU DARE project explores alternatives after Codasip divestment creates uncertainty around roadmap and architectural direction.
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From Vision-Language Models to Physical AI: Embedded Intelligence Enters a New Phase
Published: April 17, 2026, 8:25 am
Embedded AI advances toward practical, multimodal systems, bringing vision-language models into real-world, resource-constrained deployments.
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Canada’s Defense Sector Talks Up Quantum
Published: April 16, 2026, 8:00 pm
Investment, industry, and military must better align to quickly adopt quantum technologies, especially sensors and communications.
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Hackaday News
DJ Controller Modded For Better Scratching
Published: April 18, 2026, 11:00 am
[Jeremy Bell] loves scratching, but he had a problem. His Hercules DJ controller wasn’t really doing a great job at emulating the kind of action one would get with a …read more
Electric Wind-Up Plane Uses Supercapacitors For Free Flight Fun
Published: April 18, 2026, 8:00 am
There’s something to be said for a simple wind-up, free flight model airplane. With no controls, it must be built very well to fly well, and with only the limited …read more
Fixing a GameCube’s Dodgy Optical Drive With Fresh Capacitors
Published: April 18, 2026, 5:00 am
Generally when a game console with an optical drive stops reading discs the first thing that people do is crank on the potentiometer that controls the power to the laser …read more
FRED Comes to Hobby Operating Systems (and Linux)
Published: April 18, 2026, 2:00 am
Those who have worked on a hobby operating system for x86 will have interacted with its rather complex and confusing interrupt model. [Evalyn] shows us why and how to use …read more
Making a Bronze Mirror From Scratch
Published: April 17, 2026, 11:00 pm
Although modern-day silvered glass mirrors have pretty much destroyed the market for bronze mirrors, these highly polished pieces of metal once were the pinnacle of mirror technology. Due to the …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Build a tiny network-wide ad blocker #Raspberrypi
Published: April 18, 2026, 12:00 am
RelfWolf shared this Raspberry Pi ad blocker using Pi-hole tutorial on Youtube! My phone was connecting to thousands of tracking domains. So I built this Raspberry Pi project that stopped it all. Pi-hole blocks ads and trackers across your ENTIRE network – phones, tablets, smart TVs – any device. No browser extensions needed. No monthly […]
No-Code Seedling Frost Alert and New WipperSnapper Components. What’s new with Adafruit IO and the Adafruit Learning System.
Published: April 17, 2026, 7:44 pm
Guide coming soon, No-Code Seedling Frost Alert Device with Adafruit IO and WipperSnapper From Brent: Don’t lose seedlings to an overnight frost, protect them by building a frost alert device! In this project, you’ll use a QT Py ESP32-S3 and Adafruit IO to build a project which ambiently glows blue when it is predicted to […]
Long Live The Cyberdeck #piday #raspberrypi
Published: April 17, 2026, 5:39 pm
The cyberdeck is having a media moment (Or has a new generation just discovered them?). Sparked by viral short form videos, CNN and Yahoo! reported on the growing ‘trend’ of the cyberdeck. Via Yahoo!: Building a portable computer is a “way fringe and anti-establishment engineers and cyberpunks are creating a digital identity all their own,” […]
John Park’s CircuitPython Parsec: DAC Volume Control
Published: April 17, 2026, 4:55 pm
#circuitpythonparsec Adjust DAC audio volume using an analog pot and I2C control. code example To learn about CircuitPython:
mini LEGO Puzzle Box II – LEGO Puzzle Box Idea
Published: April 17, 2026, 4:00 pm
Let’s Do This shared this video on Youtube! Here’s another really easy mini LEGO Puzzle Box you can make with just a handful of LEGO pieces. It’s another LEGO Puzzle Idea to add to your growing collection of Puzzle Boxes. And if you want to see another LEGO Puzzle Box then please like and leave […]
Electronics Weekly News
In-Space Manufacturing Report 2026 identifies emerging UK strength
Published: April 17, 2026, 4:27 pm
Tracxn, the market intelligence company, has released its In-Space Manufacturing (ISM) Report 2026, on the global ISM startup ecosystem. The UK is identified as a “credible secondary hub”, attracting 10% ...
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Supermicro computes edge AI using AMD’s EPYC 4005 processors
Published: April 17, 2026, 1:42 pm
Supermicro has announced a family of compact computers for edge AI built around AMD’s EPYC 4005 series processors. Described as edge-optimised systems, they are designed for AI inferencing and general-purpose ...
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When Wireless Looked Golden
Published: April 17, 2026, 1:23 pm
Massive demand for advanced ICs from the mobile phone industry will drive semiconductor growth for the next few years, according to Sanjay Jha, president of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, speaking to ...
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Microchip DSC eyes AI and complex motor control
Published: April 17, 2026, 12:18 pm
Microchip Technology is releasing dsPIC33AK256MPS306 DSCs (digital signal controllers) as part of its dsPIC33A DSC family. The aim is to combine high-resolution control, high-speed analog and security with support for ...
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Adios secures first £1m order as world markets brace for supply disruption
Published: April 17, 2026, 9:17 am
Outsourcing company, Adios, has secured its first £1m order within a year of its formation. Marketing director, John Bowman (pictured) says Adios has set a target to hit $50m in ...
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