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How the Intel 8088 Got Its Bus
The IBM PC (aka the IBM 5150) had such a massive impact on computing history that origin stories about the machine are legion. Many books…
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Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No, It’s Superflash memBrain!
Have you ever heard people talking about a new star of comedy, music, stage, or screen, describing them as “an overnight success”? If you investigate,…
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An FPGA Flies on Mars
Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids. In fact it’s cold as hell – Elton John, Rocketman Mars is hard. Only 26…
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Kura’s AR Glasses are Meta-Droolworthy!
I was recently introduced to what may be the future (or one future in this slice of the multiverse) of mixed-reality headsets. As a result,…
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Equipment Recommendations for a Home Electronics Lab
A working engineer posted this question, which appeared in my LinkedIn status stream earlier this year: “I want to set up a home electronics test…
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Meet Mythic AI’s Soon-to-be-Legendary Analog AI
A couple of weeks ago, I was waffling on (as is my wont) about something or other, and I mentioned that my chum Jay Dowling…
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Is Ambiq’s Apollo4 Plus the World’s Most Energy Efficient MCU?
The market for low-power microcontrollers (MCUs) used in IoT endpoint devices is fiercely competitive and not for the weak of heart. If you are a…
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I’m Pickin’ Up Bad Vibrations: How to Predict Motor Failure Before it Happens
I’m pickin’ up good vibrations She’s giving me the excitations – Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys I live in a condo. When I drive into…
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Bodaciously Big Brass Balls (or The Royal Order of Adjectives)
As I’ve mentioned on a couple of occasions, one of my back-burner hobby projects is writing a book called Wroting Inglish: The Essential Guide to…
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Can You Insert Hardware Trojan Spyware IP into an IC at the Fab? Yes, You Can
Let me sail, let me sail Let the Orinoco flow Let me reach, let me beach On the shores of Tripoli Let me sail, let…