STMicroelectronics’s SMART SOLUTIONS at IOTSHOW.IN 2020

Under the theme of “If it’s Smart, We are there”, STMicroelectronics, the semiconductor solution leader, demonstrated its latest solutions focused on Security & AI, Automation, Power & Energy verticals at IOTSHOW.IN 2020, India. Along with product showcase, ST technical and marketing team was present to exchange peer-to peer knowledge and networking for visitors. The most significant attraction at ST Booth were:

BLE (Bluetooth low energy) Networking for a Smarter Home

BLE (Bluetooth low energy) networking is the key focused area for ST. Focusing on connectivity, Vishal Goyal (Group Manager – Technical Marketing, South Asia and India, STMicroelectronics Pvt Ltd) demonstrated BLE (Bluetooth low energy) Networking for a smarter home.

BLE Mesh

Vishal stated BLE Mesh can change your home to smart home by connecting all the appliances within a common mesh that can be controlled by app in mobile or laptops. Several sensors can also be used in common mesh and their data is used to extract right information.

STMicroelectronics’s 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 devices in powerful, secure, integrated and range-extending Mesh networks. ST also introduced its tools and enablers supporting BLE Networking.

AI on Edge

Vinay Thapliyal (MCU Marketing Manager, India, STMicroelectronics Pvt Ltd), showcased ST solutions under AI and security. ST is working intensively on AI, by optimizing code and making AI feasible on edge. Vinay, demonstrated some of the solution focusing on AI on edge technology which makes easier to convert captured images into small flash.

Handwriting character recognition

Vinay explained Food recognition applications based on Convolutional Neural Network model and Handwriting character recognition. The examples showed, even with very tiny footprint, ST is can optimize the model and fit it inside microcontroller. Developers can now map and run pre-trained Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) using STM32Cube.AI extension pack, enabling AI on STM32 Arm Cortex-M-based MCUs.

Vinay further explained how TOUCHGFX is revolutionizing HMI of things. TouchGFX is a user-friendly graphical C++ tool integrated as a free tool in the STM32 ecosystem – delivered as a X-CUBE-TOUCHGFX Package

With this tool in hand, one can easily create revolutionizing embedded graphical user interfaces (GUIs) with high-end graphics and maximum performance on energy efficient STM32 microcontrollers.

Smart Charger and Adapters

With the intensive use of smartphones and tablets, Fast charging has become the need of an hour in the day to day life. Venkatraman A (Technical Marketing -South, PDSA, India, STMicroelectronics Pvt Ltd) explained Wireless Charger Based on ST Chip STWBC-MC which is a wireless transmitter and follows Qi protocol. Each coil within the charger has the capability of supporting 5 watts and total 15 watt solution. It can accept input voltage range up to 24V and can go ahead with the charging.

Other attractions from ST includes NFC Dynamic products designed for IoT applications. The category included NFC Dynamic Tag enabled sensor node and Motor control through RFID/NFC.

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