On Tuesday 16th August, Nordic Semiconductor announced their first Wi-Fi product, the nRF7002. Nordic Semi now covers all 3 major IoT communications protocols. Bluetooth, Cellular and now Wi-Fi. The technical expertise required to create this silicon came from Nordic’s acquisition…
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Nordic Semiconductor Release First Wi-Fi Chip
Posted in Design News, Tech News Tagged with: design, electronics, IoT, network, nordicsemi, nordicsemiconductor, Technology, wifi
Low Cost CubeSats
A CubeSat is a miniature satellite that measures only 10cm on each side and weighs no more than 2kg. These small cubes often use Commercial Off-The-Shelf components (COTS) for the whole build, which makes them a lot cheaper than our…
Posted in Design News, Tech News Tagged with: CubeSat, electronicdesign, electronics, Microchip, satellite, space
Launch of the NW Space Cluster
The aim of any kind of an organisational cluster is to bring companies together in an effort to make certain operations easier and more recognisable. The space sector has tripled in size since 2000 and is generating an annual income…
The MANY Benefits of IoT
Milliamp took part in the closeout event of the Mobile Access North Yorkshire (MANY) 5G project in the beautiful surroundings of Forbidden Corner in North Yorkshire. This project has focused on developing 5G and IoT testbeds in rural communities around…
Posted in Design News, Tech News Tagged with: 5g, ForbiddenCorner, IoT, LoRaWAN, MANY5g, network, remote, rural, Technology
Bluetooth LE Audio takes audio devices to new levels
Bluetooth LE Audio is the latest addition to the Bluetooth standards, and this new technology will bring higher quality, seamless listening to devices, while also minimising battery usage. Bluetooth LE Audio is based on the popular Bluetooth standard Bluetooth LE…
Posted in Design News, Tech News Tagged with: audio, bluetooth, bluetoothle, bluetoothleaudio, design, electronics, engineering, Technology, wireless
AlphaCode AI out to take over Milliamp’s work?
Google’s UK-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) unit DeepMind has created a tool that can solve programming problems on its own and write code. They even put it to a test in a programming competition with people and the AI named AlphaCode…
Posted in Design News, Tech News Tagged with: ai, artificialintelligence, coding, codingproblems, DeepMind, programming, programmingcompetition, software, softwaredevelopment, softwareengineering
Santa delivers KiCad 6
Last month during the holiday period, alongside festive joy brought by the big man in the red coat delivering Coca Cola, excitement was also brought to the electronics world with the unveiling of KiCad 6, our electronics and PCB design…
Posted in Design News, Tech News Tagged with: design, EDA, electronic, KiCad, OpenSource, PCBLayout, software
COP26 ends but no discussions on e-waste
Last week, COP26 drew to a close with an extended day, but many have been left rather disappointed by the outcome. This was the first climate deal ever that planned explicitly to reduce coal – the worst fossil fuel for…
Posted in Design News, Tech News Tagged with: carbon footprint, COP26, design, electronic, electronics, ewaste
Lancashire becomes home to the National Cyber Force
A few weeks ago the UK Government quietly announced that Preston in Lancashire would become the home to a new organisation tasked with protecting the UK against hostile cyber threats — the National Cyber Force or NCF for short. This…
Posted in Lancaster, Tech News Tagged with: cyber security, design, electronics, IoT, Lancashire, National Cyber Force, Samlesbury, Technology
Milliamp Features in Digital Economy Report
Over the past few days we’ve been digesting the Lancashire Digital Economy Report 2021 published last week during the Lancashire Innovation Festival. This showcases our thriving tech industry in Lancashire and really shows particular activity around the Lancaster district and…
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