Electronics Design

UK fuel theft

claims this is a problem. Do you not have automated stations? Can't station owners set their pumps to "prepay only"? (i...

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A personal laptop helped solve a quantum physics problem once claimed to be beyond the reach of classical computers

From: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260719040000.htm An ordinary laptop solved a problem thought to req...

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posted by alien

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Size estimation from photo

I'm trying to guesstimate the size of this thing: It seems reasonable to expect it to be ~24" wide. And, as it is "shor...

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posted by blockedofcourse

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Design Security For IC Supply Chain

This is not uncomplicated and, surprisingly, well-developed. When a business relies on electronic components manufactur...

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jacks

I got a email from a microwave site about jacks. As the mate for plugs? https://www.microwavejournal.com/articles/45986...

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posted by jl

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Open Source/Weight AI models

So, any prediction as to when the goobermit will decide the chinese offerings are "a threat to national security" (inst...

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Offline media storage

In an ongoing push to get rid of kit, I've been tearing down file servers with the thought of discarding the "hardware"...

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A tiny universe in a bottle reveals clues to the origin of life

From: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260718010156.htm A tiny universe in a bottle reveals clues to the o...

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posted by alien

37 comments posted 3w posted by alien

portable audio/visual recorders

Dear all: I am interested in portable audio or video or audiovisual recorders which are smaller than a tablet and whose...

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Improved atomic clocks

The best cesium clocks are good to ~one second every 300 million years, now surpassed by optical lattice clocks. from :...

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Scientists build a camera that can track invisible particles in 3D

From: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/07/260716023610.htm Scientists built a camera that can track invisible...

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posted by alien

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need an ARB

We're designing a fancy teach module and we need an ARB to test the code and stuff. We need to make some goofy waveform...

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posted by jl

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Re: TSMC's 2nm (N2) node and the 7 GHz target (Re: Creating a "European CMOS 2.0 Army")

>>Hi, > >TSMC's 2nm (N2) node and the 7 GHz target >represent a monumental milestone in silicon >manufacturing, shiftin...

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CMOS 2.0

CMOS 2.0 https://www.imec-int.com/en/press/imec-launches-university-consortium-around-next-generation-chips UVEN (Belgi...

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posted by alien

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fast flop NB7V52

Somewhere up there we were discussing fast logic. We took an NB7V52 DFF an clocked it and walked the D input across the...

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posted by jl

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