The STM32G0 is our newest series of mainstream microcontrollers (MCU) for cost-oriented consumer and industrial applications. This new generation offers an Arm® Cortex®-M0+ core at 64 MHz as well as a…
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The First Electronic Power Breaker for 12 V bus Keeps Home Appliances in Check
January 17, 2019
The STPW12 is an electronic power breaker that connects in series to the 12 V DC rail and disconnects the load if the power exceeds a certain threshold that…
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Compelfest, ST Ignites the Cloud and IoT Revolutions in Russia
January 16, 2019
ST will lead more than half of the time allotted to talks and presentations at the sixth Compelfest conference that will take place from January 22 to January 25,…
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Moving to USB-C, The STUSB45 and Its Reference Design in a Video
January 14, 2019
Update January 14, 2019: We recently published the video below showing how easy it is to migrate to USB-C charging solutions thanks to the STUSB4500. Regardless of the application,…
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Shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders with STM32 and AliOS Things
January 7, 2019
STMicroelectronics and Alibaba are combining their hardware and software solutions to help students from universities in China learn all the aspects of cloud computing. Dubbed “Future Engineers,” the initiative…
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STM32Cube.AI: Convert Neural Networks into Optimized Code for STM32
January 4, 2019
As the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019 is about to open its doors in a few days, we are launching STM32Cube.AI, the industry’s most advanced toolkit capable of interoperating…
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2019: Trends and Innovations, What to Look for This Year?
January 2, 2019
2019 already looks like a fantastic year, and some significant trends and innovations seem to be transforming the industry in more ways than one. As a result, we thought…
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Happy New Year! The Best Blog Posts of 2018
December 31, 2018
Happy New Year to all our partners, readers, and friends. The team of the Life.Augmented blog wishes you a great 2019 full of innovation, passion, and satisfaction. We thank…
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2018: Testimonials, The Best Stories From Our Customers
December 27, 2018
The Life.Augmented Blog loves to share the stories of ST partners that use our solutions in the most unexpected way. Here’s a look at the most memorable testimonials of…
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2018: Power Devices, The Year of Efficiency and Integration
December 26, 2018
Too often, engineers view power devices as simple commodities and look for the cheapest component they can get. However, what few realize is that these tiny devices can make…
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2018: Education, the Year of ST Technologies in Universities
December 24, 2018
As 2018 comes to a close, we want to take this time to look back at what made this year truly special. One of the pillars we live by…
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First ESD Protection With Filtering and Control Line Against Bad HDMI Cables
December 19, 2018
Our integrated solutions for HDMI ports against electrostatic discharge protection (ESD), common mode filtering and control line functions are so popular, you can find them in TVs, game consoles,…
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The Smartest Sensor Ever, First Accelerometer with 16 Finite State Machines
December 18, 2018
Update February 11, 2019: This article is about the LSM6DSO, the first inertial sensor with 16 Finite State Machines. We also have another blog post about the LSM6DSOX, the…
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3 Reasons Our Touch Screen Controller Is in Flagship Smartphones
December 17, 2018
Our FingerTip Touch Screen Controller is in many of the flagship phones that will adorn this year’s Christmas trees, which is why we decided to delve deeper into the…
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The New Swiss Army Knives of Dual Operational Amplifiers
December 13, 2018
The TSB712 and TSB7192 are our newest dual operational amplifiers (op-amps) that distinguish themselves thanks to a wide range of supply voltages (from 2.7 V to 36 V), as…
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Bringing Contactless Payment to All Wearables With ST and Fidesmo
December 11, 2018
Making a wearable with payment functionality is now easier than ever thanks to our new partnership with Fidesmo, a Swedish Trusted Service Manager (TSM) that implements an over-the-air personalization/tokenization…
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Our First Quad Low-Side Power Switch, The All-In-One Solution
December 6, 2018
The IPS4260L is our first integrated quad low-side power switch, and its recent launch enables us to better address markets and designs that tend to steer away from high-side…
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Get Shopping! Here’s the Ultimate 2018 ST Holiday Gift Guide!
December 5, 2018
The end of the year is a time to share and celebrate. We share precious moments, spend time with one another, and celebrate the accomplishments as well as people…
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STM32G0: 1st Mainstream 90 nm MCU, One Power Line, So Many Possibilities
December 4, 2018
The STM32G0 is our newest family of mainstream microcontrollers (MCU) for cost-oriented consumer and industrial applications. This new generation offers a Cortex-M0+ core at 64 MHz as well as…
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Predictive Maintenance Solutions – Not Just for Industrial Applications
November 30, 2018
Predictive maintenance (PdM) is outgrowing industrial applications to transform consumer products in part because our products make this new field more accessible and cost-effective, thus enabling makers and startups…
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Predictive Maintenance with Capacitive MEMS, Impossible a Few Years Ago
November 28, 2018
Capacitive MEMS accelerometers now have features and advantages that make them a great alternative to the more expensive piezoelectric sensors, according to a recent white paper from our Alessandra…
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Getting started with AEKD-USBTYPEC1 evaluation kit for USB power delivery protocol stack
November 22, 2018
How to use the AEKD-USBTYPEC1 USB Power Delivery evaluation kit The USB Power Delivery evaluation kit is designed to help you evaluate the functions of the USB Power Delivery…
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NeaPolis Innovation Technology Day 2018: Local Initiative, Global Impact
November 15, 2018
The NeaPolis Innovation Technology Day 2018, a conference that brings industry leaders, universities, partners, and local businesses together around critical innovations and ST technologies, will take place on November…
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Our First EMVCo 3.0 Demo and the 3 New Challenges of NFC Card Payment
November 13, 2018
As electronica 2018 opens its doors, ST will hold its first demo of an NFC reader compatible with the EMV Contactless interface specification v3.0 (EMVCo 3.0). Our new component…
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Silicon Carbide in Cars, The Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Revolution
November 12, 2018
On November 12, a day before electronica opens its doors to industry leaders and experts from around the globe, Michael Lütt will give a presentation on Silicon Carbide (SiC),…
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Launching the STM32F4 at 30,000 Ft Inside a Canadian Rocket
November 7, 2018
A group of engineering students at the University of British Columbia, Canada, called UBC Rocket, continues to make the news with impressive rocket designs, and we are glad to…
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An STM32F7 At 200 mph, Check Out the 2019 Hornet Hyperloop Pod
November 5, 2018
A team of students from the Sacramento State University, called the Hornet Hyperloop, is developing a pod that will compete in the SpaceX Hyperloop Competition in the summer of…
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Smart Barakà: The First SensorTile Jewel, A Golden Opportunity
October 29, 2018
The SensorTile development kit continues to pop up in an eclectic selection of applications, from basketball and tennis to the medical field. And now, for the first time ever,…
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TomTom on ST Platforms, Track Assets with Our GNSS/GPS Expansion Board
October 24, 2018
The new STM32ODE Function Pack, the FP-ATR-TOMTOM1 is the first software package for embedded systems to bring multiple TomTom Maps APIs to IoT development platforms, and we’re announcing today…
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Sensolus Connects Non-Powered Assets to the Industry 4.0
October 22, 2018
Stickntrack from Sensolus, a Belgium company, is a family of geolocation trackers that sticks to assets to connect them to a Low Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN), such as Sigfox,…
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STYL Takes the WESU Reference Design for a Spin, in a Pen
October 17, 2018
The ST wearable sensor reference design (STEVAL-WESU1) has a wide range of applications, including one that few had thought of: pen spinning, also called pen mawashi! Meet STYL (Smart…
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Journey Organizer, When ST’s Power Components Drive a GPS Logger
October 16, 2018
The South African company Sanji is changing how businesses and professionals log their car trips with Journey Organizer, or JO, a GPS dongle that connects to a vehicle’s cigarette…
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Getting started with BlueNRG-Mesh
October 15, 2018
BlueNRG-Mesh is a software solution for connecting multiple BLE (Bluetooth low energy) devices in Mesh networks for Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. It enables true two-way communication between Bluetooth-enabled…
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Getting Started with the VL53L1X, fastest miniature ToF sensor on the market
October 9, 2018
Introduction The VL53L1X is a state-of-the-art, Time-of-Flight (ToF), laser-ranging sensor, enhancing the ST FlightSense™ product family. It is the fastest miniature ToF sensor on the market with accurate ranging…
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STM32 Step-by-Step is the first initiative focusing on making our STM32 development platforms and microcontrollers (MCUs) accessible to all enthusiasts and professionals by offering a step-by-step beginner’s guide. This…
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2 New Motors Drivers with So Many Applications It’ll Make Your Head Spin
October 3, 2018
A few weeks ago, we launched the STSPIN830 and the STSPIN840, and we decided to dig deeper into what makes these two components unique. The STSPIN830 is also one…
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Nwave: The Thinnest Smart Parking Solution, with S2-LP and STM32F7
October 2, 2018
Nwave, a company with offices in England and the United States, made the world’s thinnest surface-mount parking sensor at only 20 mm (0.75 in), and it relies on our…
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The NUCLEO-8L152R8 and the NUCLEO-8S208RB are the first Nucleo-64 boards integrating an STM8 microcontroller (MCU), enabling flexible prototyping with slim MCU configurations. The significant difference between the two models…
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The Smallest 45 V / 256 Microsteps Motor Driver, Now in World’s Top 10
September 27, 2018
Update September 27, 2018: A few weeks ago, the STSPIN820 won the 2018 Top 10 Power Product award from 21ic.com and Electronic Products China (EPC), both top Chinese media.…
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ST’s First 3-Coil Qi Wireless Charging Transmitter, More Power Less Problems
September 26, 2018
The STWBC-MC is our first Qi Extended Power Profile (i.e., EPP or 15 W) 1.2.4 wireless charging transmitter and our first device to manage up to three coils to…