- Sigrok, the open-source signal-analysis software, was praised for its Python bindings and ability to stream deep-memory captures from Rigol oscilloscopes; a minimal example script was shared at https://github.com/anfractuosity/scope/blob/master/scope.py.  
- Clock-generation hardware was compared: the TI CDCM9102 (crystal-input, differential-output) versus the Analog Devices ADA2200 (single-ended clock, intended as a configurable analog filter or lock-in amplifier section).  
- nmz787_ recounted prior work on CCD-based spectrometers where low clock-noise was critical, and noted abandoning a planned sigrok driver for an RS-232 sniffer owing to poor upstream documentation.  
- kanzure circulated the 2016 USENIX Security program (https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity16/technical-sessions) and a Nature News survey of post-CRISPR genome-editing techniques, highlighting the newly reported NgAgo system that claims RNA-free, sequence-targeted DNA cleavage.  
- maaku linked an NVIDIA initiative offering deep-learning support and resources to AI startups (http://www.hardwarezone.com.my/m/tech-news-nvidia-pushes-deep-learning-support-ai-startups-new-program).