Hackaday

This 8-Bit Commodore PET Was Hard To Fix

Over on [Ken Shirriff]’s blog is a tricky Commodore PET repair: tracking down 6 1/2 bad chips. WARNING: contains 8-bit ...
IEEE

A Sub-0.8-pJ/bit Universal Soft-Detection Decoder Using ORBGRAND

Abstract: Guessing random additive noise decoding (GRAND) has enabled the practical implementation of maximum likelihood (ML) or near-ML decoding, shifting the paradigm of code-specific decoder design ...
CNX Software

Open-source hardware USB to GPIB adapter connects legacy GPIB/IEEE-488 instruments to modern hosts

XyphroLabs's UsbGpib is an open-source hardware, inexpensive, and portable USB to GPIB adapter aiming to provide "access to ...
PC World

Meet Wi-Fi 8, which trades speed for a more reliable experience

The next generation of Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi 8, is currently being developed behind closed doors. This time, the emphasis isn’t on pure speed, but instead on improving the user experience. Wi-Fi 8, known right ...
IEEE

An 8-Bit 1-GS/s Asynchronous Loop-Unrolled SAR-Flash ADC With Complementary Dynamic Amplifiers in 28-nm CMOS

Abstract: An 8-bit 1-GS/s asynchronous loop-unrolled (LU) successive approximation register (SAR)-Flash hybrid analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with complementary dynamic amplifiers (CDAs) is ...
Electronic Design

16-Bit MCU Invades 8-Bit Territory With 4- By 4-mm Chip

The very small has been the realm of 8-bit microcontrollers. But Texas Instruments is pushing its MSP430 line where it has never gone before. The 16-bit MSP430F20xx microcontroller is available in a ...