EE Times News
AutoSens 2026: Regulation Drives Automotive Sensing Architectures
Published: October 2, 2026, 3:58 pm
At AutoSens Europe, automotive sensing designs reflected tighter safety standards, advances in AI processing, and growing cybersecurity requirements.
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Continuous Health Monitoring Drives Integrated Wearable System Design
Published: October 2, 2026, 11:29 am
Analog Devices India’s Praveen Jose said device miniaturization is driving higher performance and quality in smaller form factors.
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Qualcomm Doubles Down on Agentic AI at Snapdragon Summit 2026
Published: October 1, 2026, 5:31 pm
Qualcomm introduced two distinct Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 SoCs for high-end smartphones as it expands personal agentic AI across mobile, wearables, and PCs.
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Edge Computing and Security for Access Control Applications: Getting the Best of the Two Worlds
Published: October 1, 2026, 2:01 pm
Join us where attendees will see how on-device processing improves resilience, reduces exposure of sensitive data, counters spoofing, and supports practical deployment across buildings, smart locks, vehicles and appliances.
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PCBA Test Strategies: How to Select the Right Methodology and Tester
Published: October 1, 2026, 1:00 pm
Are you struggling with PCBA defects? Learn how to optimize your PCBA testing strategy by combining In-Circuit Testing (ICT), Functional Testing (FCT with Bed-of-Nails or Flying Probe Testers.
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Hackaday News
Tearing Down a Heavy Oscilloscope
Published: October 4, 2026, 8:00 pm
When [Thomas] showed his 1960s-era Tektronix 545A oscilloscope in a recent video, it made us both nostalgic and happy. Nostalgic because we miss the days when our oscilloscopes were “mainframes” …read more
AVR Laptop Pushes the Limits of 8-Bit
Published: October 4, 2026, 5:00 pm
If you saw a device that had a laptop form factor playing sound and video, alt-tabbing over to play a game or take some notes, then back to the video …read more
Motion Control via Belt
Published: October 4, 2026, 2:00 pm
[Tolko] wanted to encourage kids to have some physical activity, but noted that they only wanted to play games. That led to BlobJump, a Raspberry Pi-based game sort of like …read more
AI on Your Gaming PC
Published: October 4, 2026, 11:00 am
If you want to experiment with LLMs, you typically have a choice of sending your requests to someone else’s computer or fielding a very large GPU and CPU setup to …read more
The Big Moon Plot
Published: October 4, 2026, 8:00 am
When you look into the night sky, you can’t help but wish to bring the outer worlds to your doorstep. One of the best ways to do that is to …read more
Adafruit Blog News
The Aquabots are Swimming
Published: October 4, 2026, 8:00 pm
MIT engineers developed a soft robot that can flap through water in response to flashes of light. Credits: Photo: Melanie Gonick, MIT via MIT MIT engineers have developed a thin, muscle-powered swimming robot. The engineers showed that the paper-thin bot could swim and swivel through a simple watery maze. At its fastest, the robot can […]
Phyllotaxis: An audio-reactive LED display
Published: October 4, 2026, 5:18 pm
A phyllotaxis describes a distinct arrangement of leaves some plants form. It is one of nature’s mesmerizing patterns and one that maker Jagi Natarajan is particularly interested in. In this project they created spiraling audio-reactive LED display. It has 89 individual cells each lit by an addressable LED. The project has already gone through two […]
Celebrate a NASA Halloween
Published: October 3, 2026, 8:00 pm
Hubble has photographed the “Ghost Nebula,” which has eerie, semitransparent flowing veils of gas and dust. The nebula is being blasted by a torrent of radiation from a nearby, blue-giant star. This animation flips between two views from Hubble. The more colorful image is taken in visible light where the glow of hydrogen gas looks […]
NASA Model Wing Lights Up During First Pressure Sensitive Paint Tests
Published: October 3, 2026, 4:53 pm
Image via NASA NASA is using special paint that glows under ultraviolet light to test airflow and pressure. The paint responds to pressure by glowing brighter. This is first test using the “unsteady Pressure Sensitive Paint” that has been in development for a few years. Via NASA: Unsteady pressure sensitive paint is a specialized […]
HalloWing M4 Tombstone
Published: October 2, 2026, 8:00 pm
Build a 3D printed light up tombstone with an animated eye! Use the HalloWing M4 and NeoPixels to make a backlit sign with a custom message or spooky face! Check out the guide from the Ruiz Brothers and build your own this #ElectronicHalloween!
Electronics Weekly News
Most Read – VersaBeam Mini, Micron booming, TSMC fabs
Published: October 2, 2026, 4:42 pm
The most popular ones on the site include Micron having a $54bn revenue quarter, Anthropic revealing the biggest pre-IPO loss in history and TSMC looking to build six fabs in Texas...
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TDK DC-link film capacitors rated for up to +135 °C
Published: October 2, 2026, 2:01 pm
TDK is introducing its B3272*A/G/T series of DC-link film capacitors that are qualified for continuous operation at case temperatures of up to +135 °C, with no derating required up to […]
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US Chip Dominance Will Disappear
Published: October 2, 2026, 1:27 pm
The renowned UK semiconductor expert, Dr Ian Mackintosh, argued in his keynote address at the 1978 International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco, that much of America’s dominance in […]
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SLG46801 ultra-Compact GreenPAK IC offers multi-time programmability
Published: October 2, 2026, 10:10 am
Renesas Electronics is sampling the SLG46801, its smallest GreenPAK configurable mixed-signal device. The 9-ball device combines an ultra-small footprint with multi-time programmability, highlights Renesas. It is aimed at compact products […]
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OpenWorks eyes US market for AI-powered autonomous vision systems
Published: October 2, 2026, 9:25 am
Northumberland’s OpenWorks Engineering, a UK defence technology company, has announced its expansion into the US market. Specifically it is opening a US regional headquarters in Ashburn, Virginia. And future plans […]
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