electronics

OKI's Oki Circuit Technology has developed a 124-layer PCB with a 7.6 mm thickness for next-generation AI semiconductor testing equipment, pushing past the previous 108-layer limit and targeting HBM-related inspection needs, with the technology to be introduced at PCB East 2025.

The article details the creation of an audio-reactive LED display inspired by the phyllotaxis pattern in nature, using coding, 3D printing, and electronics to build a physical art piece.

NAND-16 is a computer built using 277,248 NAND gates, demonstrating the construction of a functional system from fundamental digital logic components.

Roku has launched its first OLED TVs with significant discounts, making the 55-inch model available for $699 and the 65-inch for $799 after applying Amazon codes.

This article explores the underappreciated history of RAM, starting from early electronic memory forms like relays in computers such as Konrad Zuse's Z3, highlighting how RAM constraints significantly impacted personal computing evolution.

This article discusses a method for communication using modulated Johnson noise, likely exploring thermal noise in electrical circuits for signal transmission.

Boox launches the third-generation Palma e-reader and two new color digital notebooks, the Note Air6 C and Mini C, featuring E Ink displays and Android 16 operating system.

The author announces the physical release of their book 'The Secret Life of Circuits', a full-color hardcover guide to modern circuit design and problem-solving.

A tweet highlights the irony that bare PCBs can be more expensive than complete boards on AliExpress, commenting on electronics market dynamics.

This blog post explains the inverse-square law, deriving the surface area of a sphere to show why intensity decreases with the square of distance.

Luxobench is a benchmark for AI models to design an interactive desktop lamp, with criteria covering functionality, cost, manufacturability, and lead time.

The article provides a detailed guide on fabricating a vacuum diode for Make: Magazine, emphasizing the pinch seal process using tungsten and borosilicate glass.

The article argues that coding agents are democratizing electronics customization, making it as malleable as mechanical DIY, and predicts the disappearance of many traditional products as people embrace DIY solutions.

This article explains California's Proposition 65 law, which mandates warnings on products containing certain chemicals, covering its background, purpose, and implications for consumers and businesses.

A circuit-board business card with an NFC chip and batteryless LED that lights up when tapped by a phone, powered by the phone's NFC field.

Trevor's Dev releases Atlas Fields Studio, a free software tool for exploring electromagnetic behavior around PCB designs.

This article describes a DIY business card designed with PCBs that uses NFC energy harvesting to power LED animations without batteries, involving MCU implementation and techniques like Charlieplexing.

MIT engineers have developed a tiny ingestible capsule that can continuously measure core body temperature with high accuracy, enabling improved health monitoring in various applications such as infection detection and fever tracking.

The Adafruit USB Type C CC Resistor Fixer is a small PCB assembly that adds missing 5.1K resistors to fix USB Type C power and data connectivity issues in cables and ports.

An autorouter tool efficiently routes a PCB board in 1 minute on 2 layers, outperforming Freerouting and matching DeepPCB benchmarks with reduced vias.