SiTime Has Unleashed its Titan MEMS Resonators (Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid) www.eejournal.com/article/siti... At 0.46 x 0.46mm, the Titan consumes 7X less PCB real estate compared to a 1210-size quartz crystal. Additionally, it can be treated like any standard silicon die inside an SiP.

Awesomely Interesting Electronic Projects for Beginners, Part 9 www.designnews.com/electronics/... Using our switches and LEDs to implement a reaction tester.

#MaxCoolBeans: Stop and Smell the Rhapsody www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/st... I know you’re busy. We all are. But you owe it to yourself to take a break, read this blog, and watch the accompanying video.

#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: Fruits and Vegetables of the Season www.hackster.io/news/fruits-... When seasons ruled the greengrocer’s shelves, and new potatoes sparked neighborhood stampedes.

Smarter Human Machine Interfaces at the Edge www.eejournal.com/article/smar... A smarter HMI won’t simply wait for a button to be pressed—it will interpret intent, learn patterns, and deliver feedback in ways that reduce friction and boost productivity.

FPGA-Based Prototyping Like You Wouldn’t Believe www.eejournal.com/article/fpga... One of the keys to Siemens' Veloce proFPGA’s awesomeness is its magnificently modular architecture.

#MaxCoolBeans: Space Cups and High-Voltage Circuit Breakers www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/sp... It saddens me to know that I will only ever scratch the surface of all the amazing things that are out there to know.

#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: Sudsy Stories From the 1960s www.hackster.io/news/sudsy-s... From coal-fired coppers to clattering contraptions, Mondays meant laundry, laughter, and labor when I was a kid.

Migrating SWaP-C-Constrained Aerospace & Defense Apps to VNX+ www.eejournal.com/article/migr... VNX+ retains the small form factor (SFF) footprints of VNX but upgrades everything else.

Meet the ManT1S: Computing, Comms, and Power Over Single Pair Ethernet www.eejournal.com/article/meet... Silicognition's ManT1S is an ESP32 board with 10BASE-T1S Single Pair Ethernet networking built in. It allows daisy-chaining of multiple boards using just pairs of wires to form a network.

#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: The Toys That Made Us Tinker www.hackster.io/news/the-toy... Radios, robots, and retro toys — rediscovering the ingenious playthings that shaped generations of young inventors.

Hardware-Agnostic Sensitivity-Aware Fully-Automated AI Model Optimization is a Game-Changer www.eejournal.com/article/hard... CLIKA supports both PTQ and QAT across model families (including generative and agentic). The differentiator is its ability to perform sensitivity-aware quantization (SAQ).

21st Century Real-Time Navigation for the Visually Impaired www.eejournal.com/article/21st... Eyesynth's NIIRA glasses utilize RealSense depth sensing technology to capture 3D spatial data, which is then processed to generate auditory cues for individuals who are visually impaired.

#MaxCoolBeans: Are AI Web Browsing Agents Rotting Your Brain? www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/ar... I want to be the master of my own destiny when I’m online—not a passive spectator to someone else’s curated feed.

#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: From Gray to Glorious: The Dawn of Color Television www.hackster.io/news/from-gr... As vacuum-tube TVs hummed and children gasped, drab black-and-white worlds erupted into brilliant color.

AI-Based High-Precision Positioning in the World’s Deepest Mines and on the Moon www.eejournal.com/article/high... The FOGs used in Boreas IMUs from Advanced Navigation are so sensitive and accurate that they can detect the Earth’s rotation, so they aren’t subject to drift!

Will New Ultra-High-Performance AI Inference Chips Make AI Data Centers Cost-Effective? www.eejournal.com/article/will... The Jotunn 8 from VSORA provides an eye-watering 3.2 petaflops of fully programmable processing power.

#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: The Grayscale Glory Days of 1960s Television www.hackster.io/news/the-gra... Remembering the days when television was furniture, channels were few, and screens were tiny.

Exceptional Multi-Mode Antennas for Your Inimitable Connected Devices www.eejournal.com/article/exce... With eight sites spanning the globe, Taoglas does everything in-house, including all antenna design, prototyping, mechanical design, RF testing, assembly, and manufacturing.

Flash Memory with a Secure Twist www.eejournal.com/article/flas... Macronix’s security suite of products--ArmorAuthen, ArmorBoot, ArmorFlash, and Armor Quantum--make the company a key player in enabling secure and reliable embedded systems.

#MaxCoolBeans: Retro Rewind: Remembering 1960s Technologies www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/re... When I grew up in the 1960s, the technologies of the time seemed incredibly advanced. Now, in hindsight (the one exact science), I choose to think of them as being "delightfully retro."

Awesomely Interesting Electronic Projects for Beginners, Part 8 www.designnews.com/electronics/... Using the Arduino serial monitor to display text and the values of variables.

#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: Toasty Fridges and Frosty Frozen Peas www.hackster.io/news/toasty-... From gas-powered chillers to pint-sized freezers, a frosty tale of peas, puddles, and progress.

Reinventing the Wheel… and the Motor… and the Powertrain www.eejournal.com/article/rein... The HaloDrive from Orbis Electric offers up to 97% operational efficiency and high torque density (matching a V8, estimated at 100 Nm/kg or more).

New FPGA Conference and Exhibition coming to the UK and USA www.eejournal.com/article/fpga... With events scheduled in both the UK and the US, this new event will focus solely on FPGA designers and developers. No “marketing poetry”—just nitty-gritty engineering know-how.

#MaxCoolBeans: Accuracy of Google vs. Apple Calculators www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/ac... If you’re like me, all three of these videos will leave your brain buzzing with ideas, thoughts, and unanswered questions.

#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: Magical Monthly Magazines www.hackster.io/news/magical... A nostalgic look back at the monthly magazines of yesteryear that inspired generations of tinkerers.

The Wizard of Oz and Mozart Meet Gen AI and Agentic AI www.eejournal.com/article/the-... I’ve barely managed to wrap my mind around the concept of Generative AI, only to find that the current buzz on the street is increasingly turning to the topic of Agentic AI.

Plug-in Replacement APDs Dramatically Boost the Performance of Optical Systems www.eejournal.com/article/1112... Phlux Technology's Aura Noiseless InGaAsSb APDs significantly enhance performance in optical ranging, imaging, and communication systems.

Awesomely Interesting Electronic Projects for Beginners, Part 7 www.designnews.com/electronics/... Adding switches to our breadboard and using them to control our display.

#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: The Sounds of Yesteryear (Part 2) www.hackster.io/news/the-sou... From shellac to 8-track: A joyride through the golden age of analog audio formats.

Powering the Ambient IoT with Over-the-Air Wireless Power Networks www.eejournal.com/article/powe... RF-based, over-the-air (OTA) wireless power technology for the Ambient IoT—a pervasive network of tiny connected devices embedded in the environment or in everyday objects.

An Awesome Addition to the Power Supply Market www.eejournal.com/article/an-a... The folks at XP Power say it’s time to “up the game” in power supply space (where no one can hear you scream).

#MaxCoolBeans: Don’t Tell Me the Contents Have Settled! www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/do... Manufacturers cover themselves by saying “Contents may settle” in fine print on the package, to which I reply, “Pull the other one—it’s got bells on it!”

Awesomely Interesting Electronic Projects for Beginners, Part 6 www.designnews.com/electronics/... Diving and delving deeper into the C/C++ programming waters.

#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: The Sounds of Yesteryear (Part 1) www.hackster.io/news/the-sou... From groovy grooves to whispering wires, marvel at mankind’s marvelous methods of making musical memories.

Is AI Poised to Run Amok (Part 1)? www.eejournal.com/article/is-a... Like so many other things, the problem with AI is that it’s a double-edged sword.

Simulating Antenna(s) to Bits and Back in Wireless Communication and Radar Systems www.eejournal.com/article/simu... MathWorks provides tools to simulate every aspect of a wireless communication system or radar system, from the antenna(s) to digital bits and back again.

#MaxCoolBeans: Step Away from the Edge (Web Browser)! www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/st... Why do the links in Outlook emails always open in the Microsoft Edge web browser, even if you have another browser set as your default?

Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: Eclectic Electronic Emporiums www.hackster.io/news/eclecti... Let’s take a nostalgic romp through the dusty stores of yore, fossicking for forgotten treasures and techno-mystical wonders.

WTW (“What the What”)? Another 100 Mindboggling Columns! www.eejournal.com/article/wtw-... It’s easy for articles to quietly sink into the digital depths of the interweb, rarely being granted an opportunity to bask once more in the light of day, so let's not let that happen here!

Remarkable Rotary Dial Delights www.eejournal.com/article/rema... Have you ever noticed that nothing is as simple as it seems, and that there’s always more to things than meets the eye? Take rotary telephone dials, for example...

#MaxCoolBeans: The Curious Case of the African Tigger www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/th... Can you help me track down the source of the poem titled “The African Tigger is Fading Away”?

Teaching AI to Semiconductor Students, Engineers, and Fabs www.eejournal.com/article/teac... Having field-tested a core course, PDF and CMU are now collaborating on the curriculum for a new master's degree

#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: Radical Retro Cans www.hackster.io/news/radical... From phonautographs to funky “cans:" Exploring the quirky history, technology, and timeless style of retro headphones.

You May Scoff, But AI-Powered PCB Layout Is Really Real www.eejournal.com/article/you-... From what I’ve seen, Quilter could happily tackle anything in the Really Simple, Low-Medium, and Medium PCB categories. It won’t be long before it starts to extend its reach into higher-complexity boards.

Next-Generation Motion Sensing Facilitates Immersive Spatial Audio www.eejournal.com/article/next... CEVA's MotionEngine Hex tracks 6-DoF, augmenting an IMU with a UWB position sensor, thereby enabling next-gen controllers and RealSpace spatial audio systems.

Retro Gadgets, Gizmos, Tools, and Technologies www.eejournal.com/article/retr... If anyone questions me in the future, I’m going to say, “My retro-styled neo-Victorian retro-futuristic Prognostication Engine sits right at the beautifully hand-carved intersection of retro and steampunk.”

#Throwback_Thursdays on @Hackster.io: Holy Sizzling Soldering Irons, Batman! www.hackster.io/news/holy-si... My first soldering iron was a traditional copper bit device, which I heated over a ring on my mum’s gas cooking stove in our kitchen.

#MaxCoolBeans: Two Things You Don’t See Every Day www.clivemaxfield.com/coolbeans/tw... I don’t know which of these videos is better: humans playing games with water pixels or robots playing games.