STMicroelectronics , a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, showcased its latest solutions for Internet of Things and Connectivity Technologies.
ST had a series of latest IoT demos at their open booth at IOTSHOW.IN tradeshow in Bengaluru, India, with a range of solutions and services designed to meet the IoT challenges of today. The company has over 30 years of continuous investment and experience in developing a portfolio of technologies, products and solutions for different applications.
Smart Mobility
- Global Navigation System (GNSS) for STM32 and STM32MPU
- BLE based Smart Plug
- BLE Mesh lighting
Power & Energy
- L3751 – DC DC Converter for Automotive applications
- ST and WE USB Type C dev Kit
- USB Type-C and Power Delivery
- Power management Solutions for wearable and IoT
- Wireless Charger 100W
- 65W Mastergan USB PD adapter
- 50W ViperGAN USB PD adapter
Internet of Things & 5G
- MP1 LoRa Gateway Demo – Long distance connectivity Demo
- Nano Edge Fan Demo – Nano Edge AI Demo – “Now everyone can be AI expert”
- Face Detection Demo – STM32Cube.AI experts can make use of ST AI ecosystem for Deep Edge AI applications
- WB BLE Mesh new Demo – BLE Mesh now more accessible with STM32WB
- STM32U5: Product Description and U5 Disco kit
- STM32WL: Dual core product description and WL Disco kit
- STM32WB : Product description and WB module and disco kits
- ST25 NFC Reader + Tag Solutions
- ST25 Dynamic NFC Tag
Key demos were:
FP-AI-FACEREC – Face Recognition Demo
Application key feature:
- FP-AI-FACEREC is an STM32Cube function pack featuring face recognition application examples running on STM32 products.
- FP-AI-FACEREC is composed of software components generated by the X-CUBE-AI STM32Cube Expansion Package for Artificial Intelligence (AI).
- FP-AI-FACEREC enables the development of advanced features based on face recognition on STM32H7 MCU or STM32MP1.
- Cost-optimized solution based on microcontroller and low-resolution camera
- No loss of privacy by virtue of the local image processing
- Standalone solution, which remains fully functional and reactive even without Cloud connectivity
Link for more details: https://www.st.com/en/embedded-software/fp-ai-facerec.html
NeoChrom GPU, New 2.5D Accelerator With Massive Hardware Optimizations on STM32U599J-DK
STM32U5 Series microcontroller featuring an Arm® Cortex®-M33 core with Arm® TrustZone® + FPU , 240 DMIPS, Ultra low power MCU ,upto 4 MB Flash / 2.5 MB SRAM.
This demo showed the performance of TouchGFX with the ThreadX operating system on the STM32U599J-DK ( Discovery kit ) with 2.5 inch round display. A NeoChrom GPU, a new graphic processing unit within certain STM32U5. The technology optimizes animations such as flips, spins, scaling, zooms, and more. In a nutshell, the new hardware IP accelerates texture mapping and alpha blending.
STM32U5 is PSA level 3 and SESIP level 3 certified.
Wireless Charger 100W
This demo highlighted the capability of STWBC2 -HP, Which is a digital controller dedicated to design Qi-certified Wireless Power TX applications and also the capability of STWLC98, Which is the receiver that is capable to harvest upto 70W;
The STWBC2-HP is a SiP that embeds the STM32G071, it is an ARM Cortex™-M0+ CPU with up to 128 k Flash memory and up to 32 k of SRAM with parity check, with a clock frequency up to 64 MHz.
It also embeds a 12-bit, 0.5 μs ADC and provides UART, I2C, SPI and GPIOs. The STWBC2-HP is capable of driving the DC-DC stage and the half- or full-bridge inverter stage of a generic Qi wireless battery charging TX. The STM32G071 embedded in STWBC2-HP also provides two 12-bit DACs and USB-PD controller.
STWBC2-HP based wireless charger TX demo displayed here supports up to a TX power of 100W+ with ST proprietary protocol (STSC) it also complies to Qi V1.3 EPP 15W with MP-A2 topology, and authentication with STSAFE-A110. The Type-C input interface supports USB-PD 3.0, including PPS, and so on, the Innovative Q factor measurement for high accuracy QFOD (Foreign Object Detection), it also embeds Rich protections with static and dynamic OVP, OCP, OTP and power balanced FOD, there is also an Optional proprietary extension for wider spatial freedom (X-Y-Z)
The Receiver portion is wired around STWLC98 is a highly integrated wireless power receiver suitable for applications delivering an output power up to 70W.The chip has been designed to support Qi specifications 1.2.4 and 1.3 for inductive communication protocol with Extended Power Profile (EPP) and proprietary ST Super Charge(STSC) protocol for fast charging. With integrated low-loss synchronous rectifier and low drop-out linear regulator, STWLC98 achieves high efficiency with low power dissipation. We do have a receiver solution based on STWLC99, that is capable to support upto 100W receiver applications.
Through I2C interface the user can access and modify the configuration parameters for customized applications, the final configuration parameters are stored in embedded Few Times Programmable(FTP) non-volatile memory and automatically retrieved at power-up. The device can also operate as wireless transmitter up to 15W (coil dependent) Chip-Scale Package and low BOM count makes it very suitable for compact applications.
Power management Solutions for wearable and IoT
ST offers state-of-the-art power management solution for portable and wearable devices,
Short specs of the devices listed in this demo panel.
- LDLN025 250 mA ultra-low noise LDO for noise sensitive data processing applications
- LDBL20 200 mA very low quiescent current linear regulator IC meant for battery operated applications, and helps extending the battery life.
- LD39130S 300 mA very low quiescent current Linear regulator IC,
- STLQ020 200 mA ultra-low quiescent current LDO
- ST1S15 500 mA, 6 MHz synchronous step-down converter, for various step down low power applications.
- ST1S12 0.7 A, 1.7 MHz adjustable, step-down switching regulator
- STBC02 Li-Ion linear battery charger with LDO, load switches and reset generator for portable applications.
- STC3115 Gas gauge IC with alarm output for handheld applications
- STC3117 Gas gauge IC with battery charger control for handheld applications.
The panel displayed the battery efficient power management LDO, DC-DC and Small battery charging and Fuel gauge eval boards like
STEVAL-ISB017V1 – STC3117 battery fuel gauge evaluation board,
the STEVAL-ISB041V1- battery power management evaluation board based on STBC02 and
STEVAL-LDO001V1 – Evaluation platform for LDBL20, LDLN025, LD39130S and STLQ020 LDO’s,
NFC Readers for the IoT applications
The ST25R3918B is a multipurpose NFC transceiver supporting NFC reader, passive peer-to-peer functionality and NFC card emulation mode.
It is optimized to achieve good read ranges with low output power, even under noisy and harsh environments, using noise reduction receiver technology.
This IC is optimized for IoT and industrial applications where excellent analog performance is required.
Key features of ST25R3918
- Noise suppression Receiver (NSR)
- Reduces interference from noise sources and increases immunity
- Ensures electromagnetic immunity and eases certification
- Active Wave Shaping (AWS) makes over- & under-shoot smoothing easier
- Dynamic Power Output (DPO):0.5W output power with dynamic power adjustment to optimize power transfer
- Low power card detection achieves market-leading power consumption using inductive wakeup
BLE mesh lighting demo
- Bluetooth Mesh 1.0.1 certified solution (QDID 146387)
- Bluetooth Mesh Models Client Server 1.0.0 certified solution (QDID 151209)
- Mesh created over BLE connected nodes
- Examples for Mesh models : Lighting, Generic, Sensor & Vendor
- Secure communication
