EE Times News
ASML Raises Outlook, Plans More EUV Capacity
Published: July 17, 2026, 2:00 pm
ASML raised its full-year outlook as AI demand prompted plans to expand lithography capacity through at least 2028.
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TSMC Boosts 2026 Expansion Budget, Adds $100B to U.S. Investment
Published: July 17, 2026, 5:55 am
TSMC is raising its 2026 capital budget to $64 billion and adding $100 billion to its U.S. investment for AI.
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AI Data Centers Push Silicon Photonics Toward 300-mm Scale
Published: July 16, 2026, 2:00 pm
AI data centers are torching copper’s reign as ST pushes 300-mm silicon photonics for faster, denser optical links.
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India Adds Pieces to Strengthen Its Electronics Supply Chain Puzzle
Published: July 16, 2026, 7:00 am
India races to own more of its electronics value chain, from OSATs to PCBs, but imported materials still hold the leash.
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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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Hackaday News
MacSurf Hits 2.0 To Bring PowerPCs back Online
Published: July 17, 2026, 3:30 pm
There’s an interesting thing about retrocomputing — the moment that you realize your 25-year-old machine can do almost everything your average person uses a computer for. The problem is that the …read more
This Week in Security: Another Record Patch Tuesday, LAME is More Secure, Secure Boot is Less Secure, and Milk Malware
Published: July 17, 2026, 2:00 pm
Following the reports last week using the Windows Global Device ID (GDID) in tracking a malware operators behavior, here is a comprehensive write-up about what goes into the GDID and …read more
EU Adds Exemptions to User-Serviceable Batteries Rules
Published: July 17, 2026, 11:00 am
Built-in batteries put a timebomb inside devices, with especially the calendar aging feature of Li-ion chemistries setting a hard limit on when you’ll have to toss the device or figure …read more
Wireless LCD Streaming for the ANENG AN870 Multimeter
Published: July 17, 2026, 8:00 am
Having the information shown on the display of a digital multimeter also recorded off-screen can be incredibly useful, but unless the device exposes something like SCPI on a network interface, …read more
A Sloshing-Mercury-Powered Neon Light
Published: July 17, 2026, 5:00 am
In 1675, while transporting a barometer by night, the astronomer Jean Picard noticed a glow inside its glass tube, just above the mercury. As the mercury sloshed and splashed across …read more
Adafruit Blog News
How to Stay Cool in Extreme Heat
Published: July 17, 2026, 2:00 pm
image via Malaka Gharib/NPR Gulrez Shah Azhar shares tips learned from their elders back home in India on how to stay cool in extreme heat for NPR: I know that each of these tips on its own may seem trivial. But as a heat wave researcher, I can tell you that done together, they […]
The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
Published: July 17, 2026, 1:51 pm
The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi). This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no […]
NEW PRODUCT – NeoPixel Stick – 8 x 5050 WWA White LEDs with Integrated Drivers
Published: July 17, 2026, 1:10 pm
NEW PRODUCT – NeoPixel Stick – 8 x 5050 WWA White LEDs with Integrated Drivers __________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is better than smart LEDs? Smart WWA LEDs! These NeoPixel sticks now have 3 white LEDs in them in three tints (also known as ‘color temperatures’): warm white, cool white and amber, great for excellent lighting effects that want pure white […]
The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
Published: July 17, 2026, 12:50 pm
The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi). This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no […]
ESP8266 NodeMCU Case – Fully Customizable + Ready-to-Print Profiles #3DPrinting #3DThursday
Published: July 17, 2026, 12:00 am
Derek3Rosen shares: A parametric ESP8266 NodeMCU case with in-slicer Customize mode plus multiple ready-to-print profiles. Tight snap fit for the MCU, optional wall-mount ball joint screw hole, and Gap parameters for extra internal room for sensors. Wall thickness, lid thickness, and radius all tunable. Part of the designer’s 200+ box variations. By Derek download the […]
Electronics Weekly News
Samtec angled launch connectors for precision RF
Published: July 17, 2026, 1:33 pm
Samtec is announcing full production availability of its 185-AL series of 1.85 mm 30-degree angled launch board connector (185-AL Series). The angled launch is to allow cables to exit PCBs […]
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Tales In Sintra
Published: July 17, 2026, 1:02 pm
The concerns of the day were aired at the1999 9th Future Horizons Electronics Forum in Sintra, Portugal. For Wally Rhines, CEO of Mentor Graphics, the concern was the HE/SW interface. […]
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Most Read – Intel Leixlip, Tesla A15 chip, MicroLED manufacturing
Published: July 17, 2026, 9:05 am
The stories cover MicroLED manufacturing, fabbing the Tesla A15 chip, and Bosch starting semiconductor production in the U.S. And there's also a major landmark for the Chinese space industry and Intel announcing a $5.7 billion capital investment in Fab 34 at Leixlip, Ireland...
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China H1 exports driven by chips
Published: July 17, 2026, 5:28 am
Chips were a key element of. China’s first half export surge, reports the South China Morning Post. China exported 179.44 billion chips in H126 with a value up 96%YoY at […]
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Micron inks longterm supply deals with seven customers
Published: July 17, 2026, 5:24 am
Micron says it has finalised memory supply deals with Qualcomm, Visteon, HARMAN, JOYNEXT, DENSO, Astemo and Hyundai Mobis, all of which are suppliers to the automotive industry. “These agreements are […]
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