Electronics Design

flimsy UFOs

https://www.aol.com/news/4-alien-species-pulled-crashed-125055750.html If they can fly around the galaxy, presumably fa...

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posted by jl

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NASA's new AI chip could let spacecraft think for themselves

NASA's new AI space chip could let spacecraft think for themselves Forgot the link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas...

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NASA's new AI chip could let spacecraft think for themselves

NASA's new AI space chip could let spacecraft think for themselves Date: May 15, 2026 Source: NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab...

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posted by alien

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color codes for identifiers

I need a scheme to encode ~50 *unique* identifiers that can be applied to a variety of objects. None will be smaller th...

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posted by blockedofcourse

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slick swtcher

TPSM65620 It's a tiny synchronous buck switcher with internal magnetics and bootstrap cap. Input is 3 to 65 volts, out...

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posted by jl

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Boost chip ID

Can anyone ID this for me? I've looked on SM parts ID but it's not there. The chip is SOT 23 6 pin. Marked with A28511....

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posted by kraken.sankey

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Scientists "bottle the sun" with a liquid battery that stores solar energy

From: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260513221821.htm Scientists “bottle the sun” with a liquid battery...

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posted by alien

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semi fab in USA

https://www.bosch-presse.de/pressportal/de/en/a-leap-in-semiconductor-efficiency-bosch-introduces-third-generation-of-s...

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posted by jl

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it's all your fault, guys

https://phys.org/news/2026-05-masculine-behavior-bad-planet.html John Larkin Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center Lun...

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posted by jl

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posting to usenet . . . not the same as reading

e.g. "newsgrouper", and now "csiph", provides a convenient means for posting to usenet newsgroups via any device with i...

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posted by J

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thermal shutdown

Here's an LT Spice model for a thermal shutdown. I'm designing a pulse generator with a 50 ohm thick-film DPAK output r...

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posted by jl

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2C C power DAC

Let's say for example it's audio, driving a loudspeaker. Fairy Nuff, we could use class D, but has anyone tried a high...

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posted by nothanks

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The hidden atomic gap that could break next-generation computer chips

From: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260508003125.htm The hidden atomic gap that could break next-genera...

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posted by alien

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Google's AlphaEvolve

This is like a theory of everything in the making. Google recently announced the discovery of a quantum-computer-based...

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Another question

Can anyone explain to me why an FFT on the output from this circuit shows a comb of frequencies starting at 2 kHz but w...

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