EE Times News
How Nidec Is Rethinking Gear Design for Humanoid and Mobile Robots
Published: July 15, 2026, 9:06 pm
Nidec tackles the brutal gearbox tradeoffs behind humanoid robots, from zero backlash to lighter integrated actuators.
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TYLsemi De-Risks Chiplets With New Business Model
Published: July 15, 2026, 7:00 pm
Startup TYLsemi wants to address the gap between ASIC houses and design services, taking on the risk of developing large chiplet-based chips for AI infrastructure customers.
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Why TL3228 Is the Go-To Standard Chip Powering True 8K Wireless Gaming Peripherals
Published: July 15, 2026, 1:00 pm
The TL3228 integrates a dual-core RISC-V processor consisting of a high-performance D25F core and an energy-efficient N22 core.
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Massive Stock, Full-Chain Service — Your Global Semiconductor Partner
Published: July 15, 2026, 1:00 pm
Discover how New Ideas Industrial can stabilize your semiconductor supply chain for AI, storage, and UAV applications.
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After Magdeburg, Intel Builds on Ireland’s Existing Strength
Published: July 15, 2026, 11:24 am
Leixlip cannot replace Magdeburg, but it shows the value of expanding where fabs, demand, and ecosystems already exist.
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Hackaday News
Chromatography as Art
Published: July 16, 2026, 5:00 am
You may or may not remember in some ancient chemistry class studying or even performing chromatography. The short definition is using media like paper or powder to separate a mixture. …read more
Pinch Puts an Arduino On a USB-C Connector
Published: July 16, 2026, 2:00 am
Compared to the Arduino Uno of old, modern microcontrollers are absolutely tiny — especially for the amount of processing power and I/O you get. But if you need something really small, …read more
DOOM runs (slowly) in a IBM PC-Compatible CSS Sheet
Published: July 15, 2026, 11:00 pm
Just when you thought we’d run out of things to port DOOM to, here comes [Ahmed Amer] with his CSS-DOS, a massive 300 MB CSS style sheet, that runs not …read more
Cut And Fold Your 3D Printer’s Next Cover
Published: July 15, 2026, 8:00 pm
[cmh]’s ultra-simple top cover for the Snapmaker U1 3D printer has a 3D model, but don’t let that fool you. There’s no 3D printing at all involved in this project. Rather, …read more
FLOSS Weekly Episode 875: JavaScript as a Systems Language
Published: July 15, 2026, 6:30 pm
This week Jonathan chats with Nariman Jelveh about Puter! It’s the project that takes the idea of the Browser-as-the-OS seriously. Why did a simulated desktop on the web take off, …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Color Gradient LED Lamp WLED #3DPrinting #3DThursday
Published: July 16, 2026, 5:00 am
CapitalFault shares: A modern RGB LED lamp fully printable on the Bambu A1 Mini. Uses 144 LEDs/m strip for smooth color transitions, fits up to 12mm LED strips, built-in cable management (USB-C openings), and a spacious base for ESP32 and wiring. WLED controlled. By CapitalFault download the files on: Every Thursday is #3dthursday here […]
SHOW and TELL 7/15/26 with @johnedgarpark #ShowandTell @adafruit
Published: July 15, 2026, 11:30 pm
The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE! 7/15/2026 at 7:30pm Eastern. Video. Hosted this week by John Park
Reminder: SHOW and TELL 7/15/26 with @johnedgarpark #ShowandTell @adafruit
Published: July 15, 2026, 10:13 pm
The biggest and longest running worldwide online Show and Tell LIVE! 7/15/2026 at 7:30pm Eastern. Video. Hosted this week by John Park
LibrePods: use AirPods features that are exclusive to Apple devices
Published: July 15, 2026, 9:53 pm
Kavish Devar is the author of LibrePods which allows you to use AirPods features that are exclusive to Apple devices. It implements the proprietary protocol used to exchange data between AirPods and Apple devices, enabling features like changing noise control modes, fast ear detection, accurate battery status, head gestures, conversational awareness, and more on non-Apple […]
Raspberry Pi Pico software development kit version 2.3.0 released
Published: July 15, 2026, 9:25 pm
Raspberry Pi Pico software development kit pico-sdk version 2.3.0 has been released. This is a minor release of the SDK with many bug fixes and documentation improvements, along with some new features. More board configurations Modified configurations with PSRAM constants P2350’s XIP cache can now be used as additional SRAM via pico_use_xip_cache_as_ram() New libraries: […]
Electronics Weekly News
Vaccines: Profits, Abundance, Affordability
Published: July 16, 2026, 12:11 am
The three largest Indian vaccine producers accounted for more than 40% of the global total of vaccine output in 2024, whereas Merck and Pfizer sold more than 40% of the ...
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Published: July 15, 2026, 2:17 pm
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When Populations Decline
Published: July 15, 2026, 1:27 pm
Across Europe and developed Asia population decline is a consequence of declining birth rates and ageing populations and poses significant challenges to the countries affected. In countries like Japan and ...
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Gadget Watch: Clicks Communicator device ticks Blackberry vibes
Published: July 15, 2026, 1:24 pm
Check out this Blackberry-like device from Clicks - the Clicks Communicator. Maybe a nostalgic one for those who were power emailing on the go in the Noughties!
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Seeed Studio devboards use Nordic’s nRF54LM20A for low-power IoT
Published: July 15, 2026, 11:09 am
Seeed Studio is releasing its XIAO nRF54LM20A and XIAO nRF54LM20A Sense development boards, which are based – as the names suggest – on Nordic’s new nRF54LM20A SoC. They are aimed ...
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