miniaturization
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Murata's New NTC Thermistor Is 0.25 mm Long, Small Enough to Sit Right Next to the Hot Spot Temperature sensing on a crowded board usually means putting the thermistor wherever there is room, not where the heat is. Murata has announced the NCU01 series, an NTC thermistor in the 008004-inch size (0.25 mm × 0.125 mm, called 0201M in metric), which the company says is the world's smallest based on its own research as of 19 October 2026. Compared with its previous smallest 01005-inch… |
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A Tiny Robot Hides Inside a 3.5-mm Poker Chip to Cheat at Roulette With 433 MHz Radio and a Custom PCB Kevin Coda of Concept Bytes Youtube channel built a tiny remote-controlled robot inside a poker chip for Mark Rober's CrunchLabs casino challenge. The project turns a standard poker chip into a miniature mobile robot that can move across a roulette table after receiving a wireless command. To make room for the electronics, the chip was hollowed out using CNC machining and its internal steel… |
