STMicroelectronics and Telepass, a company that carries out activities related to the distribution, marketing and management of the Telepass and Viacard electronic payment systems, have announced the expansion of a 25 year cooperation on toll collection systems.

The embedded world exhibition, taking place next week in Nuremberg, Germany, will see STMicroelectronics (Hall 4A-138) present a range of solutions for embedded designs across a scope of applications, including industrial, medical, consumer and automotive. The showcase will include demos, technical seminars, and hands-on workshops, hosted by experts who can help attendees release their creativity with ST’s latest embedded technologies, prod...

Strengthening the smartphone’s emerging role as an 'always-on' personal assistant, STMicroelectronics has released two highly miniaturised 6-axis MEMS inertial modules with ultra-low-power design. The LSM6DSL and LSM6DSM enhance user experiences for digital cameras, wearables and remote controls, game consoles, drones and virtual reality.

The ultra-energy efficient ARM Cortex-M0+ STM32L0 microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics have gone into volume production. The boards include an extensive development ecosystem, including minimal cost boards and free software tools that help developers keep tight control of application power consumption and minimise time to market.

STMicroelectronics has taken microcontroller power savings and performance to new heights with its latest STM32L4 series devices. The new microcontrollers also introduce peripheral and package configurations that simplify design and increase flexibility.

STMicroelectronics has extended opportunities to design free of charge with its popular STM32 microcontrollers for Linux system users including professional engineers, academics and hobbyists. Most Linux distributions are free, and open-source application software makes the Linux world attractive to technology enthusiasts. Until now, however, most development tools for embedded computing have been available only for Windows PCs.

Extending its support for the STM32 family of 32-bit Flash MCUs, STMicroelectronics has announced the STM32 Nucleo-144 series of low-cost, compact development boards. The 144-pin boards enhance the existing STM32 development ecosystem through increased connectivity that enables customers to quickly develop applications using any STM32 MCU, from the most power-efficient to the highest-performing devices.

Featuring rich memory, graphics and communication peripherals, the STM32F767/769 MCUs from STMicroelectronics bring ARM Cortex-M7 processing power and efficiency to applications such as consumer electronics, smart-building and industrial controllers, smart appliances and personal or point-of-care medical equipment.

STMicroelectronics and ARM have announced the winners of the ARM - ST University Design Contest 2015 in China. The contest, now in its third year, encourages university students in China to design innovative smart applications using STM32 Nucleo boards as hardware platform and the GCC open-source compiler or the MDK-ARM software development environment.

STMicroelectronics is sampling an STM32 MCU mezzanine board for 96Boards Consumer Edition (CE) platforms that simplifies development of smart mobile, embedded or digital-home devices. One of the first 96Boards CE small-mezzanine specification cards in the market, the B-F446E-96B01A simplifies development of context-aware functionality.

Extending its M24 serial EEPROM family, STMicroelectronics has announced four devices that are fully compatible with the industry-standard 4-ball Wafer Level Chip Scale Package (WLCSP) footprint. The additions enable, for the first time, two or more 4-pin EEPROMs to be connected to the same I2C bus with an individual I2C address hard-wired internally. This allows dedicated devices for specific purposes, such as front/rear camera modules, on the s...

STMicroelectronics will exhibit its latest Smart-Driving solutions at the 8th International Automotive Electronics Technology Expo (CAR-ELE JAPAN) in Tokyo, Japan. ST contributes to the development of cutting-edge Smart-Driving technologies including ADAS, connectivity, and advanced safety/environmental performance, with semiconductors playing a key role in the creation of these technologies.

STMicroelectronics has announced a solution for USB Type-C and Power Delivery with an interface IC aimed at clearing the 'Rat’s Nest' of cables in the office and living room currently used to charge and connect computers, smartphones, tablets, TVs, set-top boxes, gaming platforms, and a broad range of consumer, industrial and IoT smart devices.

A reference design enabling premium 4K video quality over home Wi-Fi networks has been made available from STMicroelectronics and Quantenna Communications. The reference design offers superior indoor coverage, better portability and multi-room usage.

The Cannes/Monaco family of Systems-on-Chips (SoCs) from STMicroelectronics has been chosen for newly announced Sky Q set-top boxes.

STMicroelectronics has announced that its sense, control and communication technologies are being utilised by PIQ in its lightweight and low-power sports wearable device for performance measurement and coaching. By tracking hand and wrist movement in multiple axes for accurate 3D analysis, the PIQ multi-sport sensor helps improve performance and technique. The 44x39x5mm device, weighing just 10g, is worn easily in a wristband, clipped to a golf g...

STMicroelectronics has released its second generation laser ranging sensor based on its FlightSense technology. The new VL53L0 sensor can range faster, over longer distances, and more accurately, thus improving smartphone and tablet camera performance and opening new possibilities and features in robotics, user detection, drones, IoT and wearables.

ClevX, an intellectual property and technology developer for portable storage and mobile device manufacturers, has partnered with STMicroelectronics to develop the DataLock secured encrypted portable storage media with Bluetooth Smart wireless user authentication.

A series of highly integrated automotive-grade power-management devices from STMicroelectronics incorporates multiple voltage regulators on a single die, allowing manufacturers of car-infotainment systems to reduce the cost and size of their products. The first member of the series, the L5963, integrates two switching regulators for step-down DC/DC conversion, a linear LDO regulator, and a high-side driver.

STMicroelectronics is extending its lead in digital automotive-audio technologies by launching a second generation of power amplifiers that simplify design for car-radio system suppliers and deliver better listening experiences to drivers and passengers - even in smaller cars.