Chip wars. Probably has something to do with the US telling the Dutch to seize control of Nexperia.
JLCPCB Locking Accounts, Mentions “Risky IP Addresses, Activities” | Hackaday
Submitted 4 days ago by sundray@lemmus.org to technology@lemmy.world
https://hackaday.com/2025/10/19/jlcpcb-locking-accounts-mentions-risky-ip-addresses-activities/
YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Annoyingly, it gets through the entire article pretty much without explaining what the hell JLCPCB is, assuming that you must know what they are. It appears to be a Chinese PCB (printed circuit board) manufacturer, where you can send them a schematic and they will make a PCB of whatever you desire. It appears that they are now limiting who they take orders from, and it seems likely that other Chinese PCB manufacturers will take the same step in the future.
Overall I enjoy reading Hackaday’s articles, But this was too much “inside baseball” since they didn’t bother explaining what JLCPCB was.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Thanks for saying so, because honestly I would have assumed anyone reading hackaday would know who/what they were. Like the author I was clearly wrong.
windowsphoneguy@feddit.org 4 days ago
In no, every article should explain every word! Too hard to google!
Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I mean, basic writing classes tell you to say the entire acronym the first time you use it. But I guess we don’t do education anymore 🤷
Pissmidget@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I chose to read it as JCLDS-PCB, which didn’t help.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
That’s some impressive dyslexia/letter addition you got there!