UK allocates £100m for independent GPS plan

The government has allocated £100 million to come up with a plan for a UK GPS system, according to the Sunday Telegraph. The Continentals are threatening to ban the UK from using the military encrypted signals from the EU Galileo satellite constellation. Richard Wimmer, Project Manager of the Aeolus satellite at Airbus in Stevenage, told ...

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50v/5A rated bipolar stepping motor driver supports 1/128 microstepping

Toshiba is sampling a 50V / 5A rated bipolar stepping motor driver that supports 1/128 microstepping. The TB67S128FTG meets the often conflicting requirements of high speed, high performance and reduced power consumption making it suitable for a variety of modern applications including 3D printers, office equipment, cash dispensers, amusement machines and home appliances. At the ...

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Government opens Digital Skills Innovation Fund for bids

The government’s £1 million Digital Skills Innovation Fund is now open for bids from Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and Combined Authorities for initiatives which specifically aim to help people take up digital roles. The funding will be used to help women, disabled people, people from minority backgrounds or those living in lower socioeconomic areas to ...

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LED backlight driver for large auto displays

Automotive infotainment designers can upgrade to bigger, higher resolution displays with Maxim’s MAX20069. The MAX20069 integrates four I2C-controlled, 150mA LED backlight drivers and a four-output thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display (TFT-LCD) bias in a single chip. The chip  supports larger screen sizes and higher resolution by providing positive analogue supply voltage (PAVVD) and negative analogue supply voltage ...

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