Electric car sales reached 750,000 vehicles worldwide in 2016[1]. China alone represented over 300,000 vehicles. And there are forecasts of between 40 and 70 million Electric Vehicles being deployed…
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ST Developers Conference: V2X Communications, The Talkative Cars of Tomorrow
August 3, 2017
To ensure developers can deal with the rise of connected cars, Raed (pronounced as “ra’ed”) Shatara from ST will hold a lecture on V2X communication at the next Developers…
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Towards Mission Critical GNSS
July 6, 2017
It wasn’t so long ago that the Global Positioning System (GPS) seemed like the answers to all our navigational nightmares. Originally developed by the US military just for their own…
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Students from the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil came to Lincoln, Nebraska with their electric car to compete in the SAE International Formula program. The design competition challenges…
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STM32 ODE Function Packs: Three Major Updates, New Applications with Sensor Boards and Bluetooth Modules
June 29, 2017
ST has recently updated three STM32 ODE Function Packs to provide more features to their development platforms and simplify the application creation process for developers. The STM32 Open Development…
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Robotic Cars Drive into High Schools
June 20, 2017
It started with an email. Mauro D’Angelo, GNSS Senior System Testing Engineer for ST and founder of the Perlatecnica association, which promotes the teaching of robotics and coding in…
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Expanding STM32 Ecosystem Drives IoT Progress
June 15, 2017
Whether by Smart Balance wheel containing several STM32 components, pedaling on a Mobike, which has STM32 embedded in its design, or by more conventional means, speakers, attendees, and ecosystem…
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Silicon Carbide: Go Beyond Silicon
June 8, 2017
Among a range of options, Silicon is by far the most widely used semiconductor material with good reason. It is easy to fabricate and provides good general electrical and…
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NFC Tag Reading Lands Key Endorsement
June 7, 2017
Many users — and NFC-market leaders — have long awaited an announcement on NFC tag reading from Apple. With just under 20% market share according to Gartner’s 2016 analysis and an…
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Cars electronics are evolving at an incredible pace. We can read something new about autonomous vehicles, car electrification or vehicle connectivity almost every day. With all of this, however,…
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PSI5 : The Simple Bus Interface Going Beyond Airbag Applications
April 28, 2017
Airbags have been around for years, saving lives in the unfortunate event of an accident. Initially only installed for the driver of the vehicle, it’s now common to have…
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Securing the Connected Vehicle with the SPC58
March 30, 2017
Electronics in the car are evolving from stand-alone objects to interconnected objects and objects connected to the Cloud or other cars. Connectivity will enable new functionalities while also creating…
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Embedded World 2017 : 3D Printing in Space or Protecting Cars From Hackers At the ST Booth
March 16, 2017
Embedded World 2017 is closing its doors today, and it has been a great opportunity to show in a very practical way, the many products and technologies we cover…
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Towards an Automotive Mobile World
March 3, 2017
Mobile World Congress originated in Madrid in 1987 as GSM World Congress and moved as it’s grown to Cannes and now to Barcelona. It has also expanded from being…
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28nm FD-SOI Technology is in Pole Position for Automotive Applications
February 15, 2017
When ST originally launched FD-SOI technology, we followed the normal process-technology playbook and focused on high-volume consumer markets. We knew the technology’s intrinsic robustness had broad appeal to the automotive…
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Come See ST at Mobile World Congress
February 10, 2017
In case you hadn’t looked at the calendar recently, Mobile World Congress is coming! Billed as the world’s largest gathering for the mobile industry, the event takes place in beautiful…
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Demonstrating progress in their recently announced collaboration, ST and MicroVision brought Laser Beam Scanning (LBS) technology to CES2017. The incredible technology, potentially used in Heads-Up Displays (HuD), could soon find its…
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Smart Parking becoming a reality
January 25, 2017
Hate wasting time driving around looking for a parking spot? While circling the streets or parking lots, we waste time, add to traffic congestion, increase carbon emissions and, if…
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Wireless charging for electric vehicles (EV) and hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) is coming to market soon, and WiTricity is leading the charge in technology development and standardization with its magnetic-resonance-based wireless…
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Telemaco3 : Driving Car Security Into the 21st Century
January 13, 2017
Cars are undeniably getting smarter, but few people understand why, and even fewer have a grasp on how to make them smarter as ST does. This is because ST has…
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ST Powering Big Trends at CES 2017
January 7, 2017
As the tech masses gathered in Las Vegas this week for the 50th annual CES conference, ST technology was powering some of the hottest trends. AI & Smart Assistants:…
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Low-Power Wide-Area Network Demo Among CES Highlights
January 5, 2017
Executives traveling in ST limos to and from the private STMicroelectronics demo suites at a hotel on the Las Vegas Strip are enjoying an upgrade in service while helping…
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Need a Gift? We’re Here to Help!
December 12, 2016
Tis the season for “peace on earth and goodwill to man.” And as we approach the end of 2016, we’re also entering the traditional season of gift giving around…
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ST’s successful Accordo line of digital-infotainment chips has a new member, the Accordo 5 family. Drivers will appreciate the features that the Accordo 5 devices provide, such as smartphone mirroring…
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ST is Making Everything Smarter — at Electronica and Beyond!
November 8, 2016
Come see ST for: Technologies for Smart Industry… …including many technology building blocks such as advanced power management, smart sensing and motor control, distributed intelligence, and secure wired and…
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Smart Enabling Technologies for Automated Driving presented at Connected Automobiles 2016 – Milan, Italy
October 21, 2016
The 2016 edition of Connected Automobiles took place on October 17-18 in ACI SARA Safe Driving Centre (Lainate, Milan – Italy). The hot topics at this years edition focused on …
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“Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel,” sang The Doors in their 1970 song “Roadhouse Blues.” It was good advice then and it’s still…
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Someday soon, self-driving cars will be a reality everywhere. But even before then, Smart Driving technology will have made them safer, greener and more connected. An important waypoint in…
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Ever since Heinrich Hertz demonstrated that radio waves were reflected by metallic objects, engineers have been putting the discovery to use in many range- and direction-finding applications. The technique…
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STM32 MCUs Are Up to the Solar-Car Challenge
August 15, 2016
The 2016 American Solar Challenge is complete and the winner is the University of Michigan Solar Car team that was sponsored, in part, by ST. The University of Michigan team…
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In 1885 Gottlieb Daimler built what many consider the first gas-fueled internal combustion engine (ICE). Since then engineers have made ICEs vastly more powerful, efficient, and clean. Still, there’s…
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CAN Bus Protection : STMicroelectronics Protects What Protects You
July 15, 2016
STMicroelectronics’s experience includes designing and manufacturing components for the most hostile environments, including Mars itself. It was therefore natural for the company to come up with a comprehensive line…
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New Silicon Carbide Devices increase Electric Vehicle Autonomy
July 13, 2016
If electric vehicles are undoubtedly the future of automotive, it will take ingenuity and new technologies to transition from expensive models and proof of concepts to mass adoption and…
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Traditionally, change in the car industry takes a long, long time. For instance, the internal combustion engine was first used in an automobile in the late 1800s and…