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EU digital single market exit would be a big mistake, says head of web firm

Theresa May’s decision to take the UK out of the EU’s Digital Single Market (DSM) has sent a shockwave through the country’s digital community. The fear is that the technology sector will faces a prolonged period of commerial and trading uncertainty. The head of one the UK’s larger internet hosting firms UKFast believes leaving the ...

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Mobile World Congress: New Radio standard triggers early 5G launch

The mobile industry’s decision at the end of 2017 to agree on millimetre-wave frequency bands for 5G has provided the trigger for an acceleration in 5G network development At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, mobile operators said the ratification of the 5G New Radio (NR) standards will mean they can aim for a ...

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NI brings TSN to CompactRIO

NI’s latest CompactRIO Controllers include NI-DAQmx and Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) to support deterministic communication and synchronised measurements across standard Ethernet networks. TSN has evolved from the IEEE 802.11 Ethernet standard, and it can be used to synchronise distributed systems across networks, which eliminates the need for additional synchronisation cables. A design challenge for industrial ...

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Oxford Instruments sees growth in fast turnaround chips

Semiconductor process technology designed to move devices more quickly from the lab to commercial production is gaining traction with volume chip manufacturers, says Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology. The process equipment supplier said it is seeing growing number of customers converting semiconductor device research from development and pilot facilities into commercially available devices. Paul Davies, sales ...

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Mobile World Congress: Rohde & Schwarz signs 5G lab deal in China

Rohde & Schwarz is working with Chinese fabless chip firm Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA to establish a joint operator test laboratory in China as part of an agreement signed at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The aim s to create wireless communications and test concepts for both Chinese network operators and other global operators. Unigroup ...

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Mobile World Congress: Ceva adds power DSP to Nokia 5G network

Ceva is working with Nokia in the development of baseband system-on-chips (SoCs) for 4.9G and 5G wireless infrastructure. Ceva has adapted its CEVA-XC architecture framework to address the massive increase in signal processing complexity in multi-RAT (Radio Access Technology) network architectures. Nokia’s ReefShark SoC is based on 3GPP 5G New Radio specifications, which help offset ...

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Mobile World Congress: 5G development ramping, says Keysight

The message from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week was that 5G development cycles for chipset, terminal and infrastructure firms are accelerating with first network launches maybe less than two years away. An example of this was the demonstration in Barcelona this week by Keysight Technologies of its first 5G 4Gbit/s data throughput connection ...

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Circular multi-pole connectors are IP68 waterproof, says CamdenBoss

CamdenBoss has launched a range of circular multi-pole connectors that can offer IP68 waterproof sealing. The CamCirc range features multiple options encompassing various body sizes and styles as well as contact configurations from 2 to 19 poles. Applications include broadcasting, military, automotive, medical, robotics and security. CamCirc connectors are based on push-pull technology that creates ...

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Mouser sells tough touch controller from Renesas

Mouser Electronics is stocking the RX130 series of 32-bit microcontrollers from Renesas Electronics which offer a new capacitive touch IP with improved sensitivity and robustness. The MCUs are designed to support nontraditional touch materials or to operate in wet or dirty environments, such as human machine interfaces, household kitchen and bath. The MCUs feature a ...

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Samsung and NI collaborate on 5G New Radio interface tests

NI is teaming up with mobile phone giant Samsung Electronics to develop 5G test UEs for proposed 5G New Radio (NR) radio interface. The first public demonstration of this collaboration will show Samsung’s 28GHz basestation communicating with an NI test UE at next week’s Mobile World Congress (February 26 to March 1) in Barcelona. A ...

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