EE Times News
FPGA Maker’s Strategic Pivot into Firmware World
Published: May 6, 2026, 1:32 pm
Lattice acquires AMI to combine its low-power FPGAs with open-source firmware platforms.
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How Spain’s ICFO Helped Build a Quantum Security Startup for the AI Era
Published: May 6, 2026, 8:00 am
ICFO spinoff Quside has developed a quantum random number generator chip for secure cryptography applications.
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Looming Quantum Threat as PQC Market Expands
Published: May 5, 2026, 11:37 am
PQC market will expand from $1.2 billion in 2026 to $13 billion by 2035, driven by "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later."
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The Next Phase of Europe’s Semiconductor Strategy
Published: May 5, 2026, 7:50 am
Europe’s semiconductor future will hinge on aligning geopolitics and industrial strengths into a coherent, long-term strategy.
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AI Accelerator Spec Maintains Rapid Update Pace
Published: May 4, 2026, 6:48 pm
UALink spec 2.0 launches with in-network compute, chiplet support, and smarter management.
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Hackaday News
Direct FDM Printing with Granules
Published: May 6, 2026, 8:00 pm
The idea of FDM 3D printing using granules rather than filament is an appealing one: rather than having to wrangle spools of filament that need to adhere to strict dimensions …read more
Taking Polyphony to a New Level
Published: May 6, 2026, 6:30 pm
There are all manner of musical synthesis techniques, from the early electromechanical instruments through analogue tape systhesis, the all-electronic waveform synthesisers of the 1960s onwards, and Yamaha’s FM systhesis of …read more
AI On Every Machine: The LLM You Probably Didn’t Want
Published: May 6, 2026, 5:00 pm
It’s been a story of the last week or so if you follow the kind of news channels a Hackaday scribe does, that Google have quietly installed an LLM as …read more
Why Opposed Piston Internal Combustion Engines Are Great
Published: May 6, 2026, 3:30 pm
Converting the ignition of a fuel-air mixture into usable mechanical energy lies at the core of a dizzying number of internal combustion engines developed over the course of more than …read more
Retrotechtacular: Julius Sumner Miller Breaks Lamps with Magnets
Published: May 6, 2026, 2:00 pm
If you watched the Mickey Mouse Club way back when, you might remember Professor Wonderful, who was, in reality, physics professor [Julius Sumner Miller]. He also had his own show, …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Building the TD4 4-bit CPU
Published: May 6, 2026, 7:09 pm
Dilshan R Jayakody posts about the story of building the classic TD4 4-bit CPU. he TD4 is a famous 4-bit CPU featured in the book How to Build a CPU by Kaoru Tonami. The book focuses on constructing a functional processor entirely from basic 74-series TTL logic ICs. While the book is unfortunately only available in Japanese, a […]
An Arduino library for the EByte E22-T series LoRa modules
Published: May 6, 2026, 6:58 pm
LoRa-E22T is an Arduino library for EByte E22-T series LoRa modules based on the Semtech SX1262/SX1268 chipsets. It supports the full range of E22-T module variants across the 230 MHz, 400 MHz, and 900 MHz frequency bands, at both 22 dBm and 30 dBm output power levels. The library provides a complete API to configure the module, send and receive data in Transparent or Fixed addressing modes, use […]
A mini electronic saxophone
Published: May 6, 2026, 6:37 pm
The Circuit Sax (v2) by Nigel is a mini electronic saxophone. It’s made with mechanical switches, custom 3D printed keycaps, and breath input. It’s designed to feel as close to a regular saxophone as possible. Almost anything you can play on a real saxophone, you can translate to the Circuit Sax. Features Mechanical key switches […]
Steam Controller CAD Files Made Available Under Creative Commons
Published: May 6, 2026, 5:58 pm
Apparently Valve created a pretty good controller. Released with high praise from reviewers, the Steam Controller sold out nearly instantly (with more on the way). Valve has now released the CAD files for the Steam Controller for modders and hackers. From Steam Community: Today we’re making the CAD files for the external shell (surface topology) […]
Starlight Groove Tutu – Sound-Reactive LED Skirt #LED Pixels #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
Published: May 6, 2026, 4:57 pm
Turn your outfit into a wearable light show with the Starlight Groove Tutu from Erin St Blaine. This beginner-friendly project combines glowing star-shaped NeoPixels, a Mini Sparkle Motion board, and WLED’s sound-reactive effects to create a dazzling animated skirt that pulses and sparkles to your music. The project is designed to be approachable for makers […]
Electronics Weekly News
Portwell PSD-AN2P0-EXP expansion card for intelligent edge networking
Published: May 6, 2026, 2:42 pm
Portwell, the industrial and embedded computing specialist, has launched its SD-Branch Solutions portfolio, which features the PSD-AN2P0-EXP AI expansion card for intelligent edge networking. The PSD‑AN2P0‑EXP AI features Nvidia’s Jetson ...
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Derivatives
Published: May 6, 2026, 1:12 pm
The derivatives market is growing around the world, with energy and agricultural commodities leading the way. Derivatives allow investments in different commodities without buying these directly. They are also used ...
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MediaTek Genio 510 powers VC EvoCam for image acquisition and processing
Published: May 6, 2026, 10:59 am
Vision Components’ VC EvoCam features a 65 x 40mm camera, the MediaTek Genio 510 processor and all other components required for image acquisition and image processing. Aimed at applications in ...
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DARC deep space radar gets early green light
Published: May 6, 2026, 10:10 am
The U.S. Space Force has fast-tracked the employment of the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC), which involves a partnership of Australia, the UK and the United States. It says ...
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Happy 12th Birthday, MicroPython!
Published: May 6, 2026, 10:03 am
MicroPython is now 12 years old! Created by Damien George, it's the version of the popular Python programming language that is optimised to run on an MCU.
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