Budget has not addressed Brexit fears of tech sector

If the Chancellor hoped to woo the tech sector with £500 million support for AI and handouts for broadband, 5G and smart cities he will be disappointed. The tech sector may find it difficult to see the positives in Philip Hammond’s ‘tech-boosting’ Autumn Budget. The tech sector seems to be unimpressed and it still has ...

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Degree apprenticeships build links with industry

The University of Hertfordshire is launching an engineering degree-level apprenticeship programme. Trainee engineers will be able to combine work and study, from September 2018, with an Engineering Degree Apprenticeship. The University is offering engineering courses in mechanical, manufacturing, automotive, aerospace or electronic engineering. Degree Apprenticeships are a pathway to gaining a degree-level qualification, while also ...

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3GPP tester goes sub-6GHz for early 5G

Rohde & Schwarz has a test instrument which can be used for validation of radio devices using the sub-6GHz 3GPP 5G new radio (NR) protocol. 3GPP’s 5G NR protocol will ultimately support frequency ranges up to 52.6GHz, but initial 5G designs will use frequencies below 6GHz with a focus on 3.5GHz. For these sub-6 GHz ...

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Computer modules fast-track ARM Cortex A53/A72 processors

Single board computer firm Congatec is now offering Qseven and SMARC standard modules with 64-bit NXP i.MX8 processors. These are based on the new ARM Cortex A53/A72 based processors. These processors integrate up to four cores and along with graphics for up to four independent displays. Since the modules are designed for the extended ambient ...

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Anglia grows small order split reel offering for prototyping

Anglia Components is extending its small order split reel service to cover more stock items. The distributor says customers can order low volumes for design and prototype phases on commodity surface mount parts in small quantities supplied in cut tape format.  Up to ten breaks can now be shown for each part. The distributor is ...

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Toshiba sampling constant current 2-phase stepping motor

Toshiba is sampling a constant current 2-phase stepping motor driver for automotive applications and a range of general uses, including adjusting the mirror for projection of heads-up displays, motorcycle valves and valve / damper controllers in HVAC applications. Production is scheduled to, start in July 2019. The TB9120FTG IC provides PWM 2-phase constant current control from ...

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Thermal simulation compromised by hardware limitations

29% of thermal engineers are having to compromise the accuracy of their simulations due to hardware limitations, according to The State of Thermal, a survey of over 170 thermal engineers conducted by simulation software vendor 6SigmaET. Thermal simulation is integral to the design process for electronics devices – and yet a quarter (24%) of thermal ...

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Cypress and Arrow develop WiFi/BLE/LPWAN board

Cypress and Arrow have got together to develop the Titanium board, a technology ecosystem designed to enable developers to create products musing Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE),  LPWAN  and low-power edge computing. The board is designed to the Linaro 96Boards IoT edition specification, and features Cypress’ new PSoC 6 MCU with dual-core processing and BLE ...

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