Here at Milliamp we are huge advocates of the Internet of Things, and in particular license free LoRaWAN and The Things Network (including TTN Lancaster), yet many people ask us why we bother with this technology and why we don’t just…
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LoRaWAN FOTA Breakthrough
The Things Network have recently announced a major breakthrough in solving one of the biggest challenges of LoRaWAN: “Firmware Over-the-Air” (FOTA or FUOTA) updates – a killer feature that allows IoT deployed devices in the field to be updated remotely. One of the…
Android Studio 3.0 with IoT
Google has released Android Studio 3.0 (Canary) preview beta, its purpose-built IDE for Android development, with an interesting range of support for new features, in particular support for Android Things, their excursion into the Internet of Things (IoT) development. Core…
ST invest in Decawave
Real time location system (RTLS) and indoor positioning system (IPS) company Decawave has recently received a $2.5M cash injection from ST New Ventures (part of manufacturer ST Microelectronics), which is in addition to the $30M already raised from other partners. This signals…
TTN Lancaster moves to Production Servers
Following on from our recent post announcing that The Things Network production platform has now gone live, we are please to report we have successfully migrated our TTN Lancaster kit to v2.0, with our Multitech Conduit 210L gateways. We are currently…
Semtech brings IoT indoors with SX1308
Semtech has announced it will shortly be releasing the SX1308 picocell digital baseband parts which will bring within reach their LoRaWAN Internet of Things (IoT) gateway technology within the cost bounds of manufacturers of home consumer goods and embedded smart home tech. Combined…
Milliamp evaluating new Murata LoRa modules
For the past couple of months we have been evaluating some interesting new tech from Murata – the CMWX1ZZABZ-078 LoRa wireless module. In a 12.5×11.6×1.76 mm package, this incorporates a SX1276 RF transceiver from Semtech and a STM32L Cortex M0+…
Internet of Things – Is your TV out to get you ?
A few weeks ago a major cyber attack occurred that knocked offline a large part of the Internet including Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, but more seriously public web services and even government infrastructure in Sweden. This attack did not originate from…
Milliamp supports African Yellow Fever Vaccine Monitoring Trial
Milliamp is pleased to be providing ongoing electronics/PCB design and manufacturing assistance to DistriNet @ KU Leuven for a trial involving monitoring the storage and transportation of Yellow Fever vaccines in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The UN World Health Organisation (WHO)…
Milliamp initiates The Things Network Lancaster
We are please to announce we have initiated a local community group of The Things Network (TTN) around Lancaster, UK, joining a rapidly growing number of TTN communities worldwide. The Things Network is a global, open, crowd-sourced Internet of Things (IoT) data…
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