Like many nerds, I have an interest in cryptography rooted in the wartime exploits of codebreaker and Ur-computer scientist Alan Turing. So I’ve followed with interest IEEE Spectrum’s reporting on the ...

I continue to be surprised by how many equipment designers are confused by UL circuit protection standards. In trying to meet conflicting standards, engineers may actually decrease the level of ...

Fadnavis describes tunnel system as ‘pataal lok’ — underground web of corridors Fadnavis said nearly 60% of Mumbai’s traffic load currently depends on the Western Express Highway (WEH), making ...

Quilter's AI designed a working 843-component Linux computer in 38 hours—a task that typically takes engineers 11 weeks. Here ...

A year ago, I’ve design reviewed an MCU module for CAN hacking, called TinySparrow. Modules are plenty cool, and even more so when they’re intended for remaking car ECUs. For a while ...

In January 1993, a gunman murdered seven people in a fast-food restaurant in Palatine, a suburb of Chicago. In his dual roles as an administrative executive and spokesperson for the police department, ...

A simple, low cost, and precision frequency meter uses only two pins of a pc parallel port (Figure 1). The TTL-level periodic input signal with frequency f IN connects to the ACK pin of LPT1. This ...

One part wants 3.3V logic. Another wants 5V. What do you do? Over on the [Playduino] YouTube channel, there’s a recent video running us through a not-so-recent concern: various approaches to ...