Weekly #9

Non-smart TVs, resources for KiCad and a lot more!

Links

CG Power to buy RF components business of Renesas for $36 million - shared by Milind
Govt of India is coming up with design linked incentives for chip designers - shared by Amit
Resources for learning KiCad - asked by Kali
- Electronics Globe on YouTube
- Getting to Blinky - a bit dated now though
- Official KiCad recommendations
ISRO's "if it ain't broke don't fix it" approach about low res cameras shared by Chinmay - discussion here
Trump wants to fix India's high tariffs
Popular Science editions of over a 100 years are available on Google Books
Raspberry Pi launches a SD card (finally!) with support for command queueing (CQHCI)
- Discussion about their upstreaming efforts
Lumafield has come up with ultrafast CT scans - very useful on the assembly line
How a determined DIY photographer built his own full-frame camera
Lap counter for RC cars uses flat cable for RFID antenna
Arduino launches Nicla Sens Env - AI enabled ofcourse 😓
- This sparked a discussion about non-smart TVs and how it's hard to find them now
- Good idea to get your hands on such TVs is renovation sales from hotels
- I posted a link to efforts to root LG TVs
Prusa launched Spool Join feature on their MMU printers

Kali got some AEM1000 for his environment monitoring needs. He's thinking of making his own boards with the same sensors - read more

I am building a motor assembly for an art project, and got some help from Anool and others for the gear design - see my first attempt in action here
PCB circuit card embosser