Development time slashed with Open.MEMS licensing

ST anticipates continued expansion of the programme with additional and complementary software libraries, including, for example, blocks for pedometers, tilted compasses, gesture-recognition, activity monitoring and pedestrian dead reckoning.

The Open.MEMS programme is supported by ST's STM32 Open Development platform, an open, affordable, and extensible platform for product prototyping and development based on ST's industry-leading STM32 ARM Cortex-M processor-core MCUs and integrating a wide range of other ST components for various sense, control, connectivity, power, audio and other functions.

After acquiring an STM32 Nucleo development board and an STM32 Nucleo Sensor Expansion board, developers only need to download and install STM32Cube development tools, STM32 Nucleo expansion software and additional value-libraries. Once an online, click-through license agreement has been checked, they will quickly receive a unique key for their STM32 Nucleo development board. Copying the key into the software will automatically unlock all APIs in each ST value-library, and in as little as 5 minutes, they can be working on their prototype.

"ST has grown to be the leading supplier of MEMS and sensors for consumer, mobile, and telematics and infotainment automotive applications by providing outstanding and innovative products to most of the industry's top companies," commented Benedetto Vigna, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Analogue, MEMS, and Sensors Group, ST. "The "S" in MEMS has traditionally been associated with (Micro-Electro-Mechanical) Systems, and now it also represents our Software, which is ready to enable people all over the world to express their creativity through ST's exciting Open.MEMS programme."