For our 2025 Component Abuse Challenge there have been a set of entries which merely use a component for a purpose it wasn’t quite intended, and another which push misuse of a part into ...

One of the lost pleasures of our modern world is the experience of going shopping at a grocery store, a mall, or a drugstore, ...

Qualcomm's acquisition gives it access to millions of developers in the Arduino ecosystem while also supporting its platform strategy for embedded devices, which now extends across hardware, software, ...

Smartphone processor and modem maker Qualcomm is acquiring Arduino, the Italian company known mainly for its open source ecosystem of microcontrollers and the software that makes them function. In its ...

A Planet Analog article, “2N3904: Why use a 60-year-old transistor?” by Bill Schweber, inspired some interest in this old transistor and how it’s commonly used, and if any uncommon uses might exist.

Transistors, the building blocks of modern electronics, are typically made of silicon. Because it's a semiconductor, this material can control the flow of electricity in a circuit. But silicon has ...

A collaboration in the US aims to create a detection system that can identify pre-ignition in hydrogen internal combustion engines (H2-ICE). The Connect project brings together a multidisciplinary ...

Vancouver startup acquires the San Francisco-based go-to-market platform months after going “AI-first.” Vancouver-based Klue is bolstering its AI capabilities through the acquisition of San ...

Launch delayed following ignition issue. Launch window closed at 7 p.m. NT, likely moving launch to September. Issue likely caused by a software glitch, CEO says. The launch of Canada's first-ever ...

Faster, more intuitive web interface with integrated search, improved visual organization and unified configuration/diagnostic tools eliminate time-consuming ...

Shrinking silicon transistors have reached their physical limits, but a team from the University of Tokyo is rewriting the rules. They've created a cutting-edge transistor using gallium-doped indium ...

When General Motors introduced the High Energy Ignition (HEI) distributor in the mid-1970s, it was revolutionary. So much so that it still has a strong following among today's hot rodders. Like other ...