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Nordic Semiconductor Release First Wi-Fi Chip

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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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

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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

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The Things Network get a new Outdoor Gateway !!!

A bit of spring excitement over at Milliamp Technologies – we’ve managed to get our hands on one of the first The Things Outdoor Gateway (TTOG) units in the world !!! The original TTN v1 Gateway was successfully Kickstarted back

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The Things Network v3 Stack – It’s Here !!!!

As some of you IoT people out there will be aware, The Things Conference 2019 finished yesterday in Amsterdam.  And one of the major announcements of the event was the availability of The Things Network Stack version 3.  This is

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The Things Network partners with UK Digital Catapult

Some exciting news just in !!  The Things Network has partnered with UK based Things Connected Digital Catapult in an exciting new development for LPWAN and IoT development in the United Kingdom.  For some years now both initiatives have been

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Open Sesame for House Burglars via Z-Wave & Smart Locks

With the recent advent of more consumer smart tech, including personal assistants such as Alexa, smart fridges and smart locks, our lives and our property are becoming more reliant on tech with the aim of making our lives simpler and

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Shiver Me’ Tech Timbers – Pirates Ahoy !!

As we approach the seasonal holidays, and competition online to sell the latest gadgets and tech hots up, one thing keeping product manufacturers up at night is how long they are able to hold on to an exclusive market of

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Cyber Monday & Internet of Insecure Things ?

We hope everyone had a good Cyber Monday and bought lots of cool, discounted tech off the Web.  The question is have you inadvertently invited a criminal or foreign government into your house ? As more products become Web enabled,

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30cm GPS Accuracy Gamechanger by Broadcom

In an earlier than expected move, Broadcom have just announced the imminent availability of the dual band L1/L5 BCM47755.  Whilst this may not mean much to many people, it will be a future gamechanger for consumer tech currently in development that

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