GoKawiil - Tech News

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PCB prices are up 40% in a month because of a material most people have never heard of (techspot.com)

2026-06-15 | by Skye Jacobs | get PCB Manufacturing Kit → | tags: pcb, polyphenylene ether, saudi aramco

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Show HN: Capacitor Alarm Clock (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-14 | get Digital Alarm Clock Kit → | tags: capacitor, esp32, jlcpcb

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Adafruit Pauses Blog After Demand Letter From Flux.ai's Lawyers (slashdot.org)

2026-06-02 | get Adafruit Circuit Playground Express → | tags: adafruit, flux.ai, pcb design

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Prototype of the ‘world’s first fluid circuit board’ can be physically rewired in less than a minute, startup claims — could make hardware iteration 1,000 times faster than traditional PCB (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-27 | by Mark Tyson | get Rewritable Fluid Circuit Board → | tags: fluid circuit board, electrowetting, itera

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Dimensions of Geiger-Muller tube holder on GGreg20_V3 Geiger counter PCB (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-25 | tags: geiger counter, ggreg20_v3, sbm20

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Dimensions of the Geiger-Muller Tube Holder on the GGreg20_V3 Geiger Counter PCB (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-25 | tags: geiger-muller tube, ggreg20_v3, sbm20 tube

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Electronics buff hand-draws and etches custom PCBs at home — functional home-etched PCB runs a 3D-printed fume extractor fan (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-24 | by Mark Tyson | get 3D-Printed Fume Extractor Fan → | tags: pcb etching, altco, copper-clad circuit board

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A self-powered computer in actual credit-card size (~1mm thick) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-23 | tags: esp32-c3, epaper display, lipo battery

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Fully-functional RTX 3070 16GB gets frankensteined into existence by harvesting dead PCBs and RX 6800 XT's VRAM chips — doubles frame rate in games like Spider Man 2 at 4K and includes switch for 8GB mode (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-14 | by Mark Tyson | tags: nvidia geforce rtx 3070, amd radeon rx 6900 xt, vrm chips

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Creating for a niche (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-07 | get Niche Content Creator Kit → | tags: mtnkbd, mechanical keyboard, pcb

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Retailer selling broken RTX 5090 GPUs for as low as $1,760 — GPUs were damaged during transport, but include all components on the PCB (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-02 | by Hassam Nasir | get RTX 5090 GPU Repair Kit → | tags: nvidia geforce rtx 5090, ldlc, msiventus 3x oc

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Show HN: nfsdiag – A NFS diagnostic application (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | get NFS Diagnostic Tool Kit → | tags: nfs, rpcbind, mountd

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Show HN: nfsdiag - a NFS diagnostic application (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-02 | get NFS Diagnostic Tool → | tags: nfs, rpcbind, mountd

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Complex that supplies 70% of global critical PCB base targeted in Iranian strike — attack could fracture the already disrupted electronics supply chain (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-27 | by Etiido Uko | tags: sabic, pcb, iran

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Hacktivists share a guide on making working electronics PCBs made from natural clay with prehistoric technique — ethical hardware tutorial explains how to find clay, stamp 3D printed circuits, paint traces, and fire tablets (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-27 | by Mark Tyson | tags: feminist hacking, clay pcbs, prehistoric firing

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How I leared what a decoupling capacitor is for, the hard way (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | by Nickolai Belakovski | get Electronics Decoupling Capacitor Kit → | tags: magnetometer, qwiic, pcb

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A $7,000 DIY radar project is taking on hardware that usually costs over $100,000 (techspot.com)

2026-04-17 | get DIY Radar Kit → | tags: motii, aeris-10, radar

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PROBoter – Open-source platform for automated PCB analysis (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-17 | by Fabian Weber | get PCB Design Software Kit → | tags: pcb analysis, proboter, embedded security

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Non-functioning counterfeit Samsung 990 Pro SSDs are circulating in Europe — Despite convincing packaging, blue PCB easily gives away the dupe (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-16 | by Hassam Nasir | get Samsung 990 Pro SSD → | tags: samsung 990 pro, counterfeit ssds, europe

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Show HN: I made open source, zero power PCB hackathon badges (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-04 | get Zero Power PCB Badge Kit → | tags: rp2040, overglade, hackathon badges

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Modder creates hybrid PlayStation, combining the guts of two original PS1 consoles into one custom PCB — system features native microSD card & HDMI support (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-03 | by Hassam Nasir | get PlayStation Classic Mod Kit → | tags: playstation, ps one, custom pcb

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Modders use jumper wires and a custom BIOS to save a damaged RTX 4090 from the trash — resurrected Nvidia gaming GPU loses 4GB of VRAM to overcome terminal PCB sagging (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-02 | by Ben Stockton | get GPU Repair Kit → | tags: nvidia, rtx 4090, geforce

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Sequential Optimal Packing for PCB Placement (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-01 | by Seve Ibarluzea | get PCB Component Organizer → | tags: pcb placement, signal integrity, force-directed packing

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PC makers report surging prices across different components — increasing costs are going beyond memory chip and processors, now affecting PCBs, plastic materials, and more (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-01 | by Jowi Morales | get Computer Component Price Tracker → | tags: broadcom, pcb, lite-on

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This Frankenstein PlayStation PCB reads games from microSD and outputs video over HDMI (engadget.com)

2026-03-30 | get MicroSD to HDMI Adapter → | tags: playstation, microsd, hdmi

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RTX 5060 in a house fire suffers melted shroud and fans, but survives with PCB intact — scorched GPU just needed a cleanup and a new cooler for full restoration (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-23 | by Hassam Nasir | get GPU Cleaning Kit → | tags: rtx 4060, asus, house fire

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Conway's Game of Life, in real life (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-19 | get Game of Life Board Game → | tags: conway's game of life, nkk jb15lpf-jf, avr128da64

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AMD claims it had no knowledge of fake Ryzen 5 7430U CPUs in Chuwi laptops — Chinese vendor announces recall of products and refunds, PCB manufacturer could be culprit (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-18 | by Aaron Klotz | get Ryzen 5 7430U CPU → | tags: amd, ryzen 5 7430u, chuwi

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PCB Rework and Repair Guide [pdf] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-02-14 | get PCB → | tags: guide, guide pdf, pcb rework

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Zotac denies RTX 5070 Ti fan-related RMA and then offers to dispose of the GPU free of charge — the company claims 'irreversible' PCB damage and 'limited tools' for repair (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-06 | by Jowi Morales | get GPU → | tags: caused, damage, pcb damage