In collaboration with Italy’s National Institute for Infectious Diseases Lazzaro Spallanzani, STMicroelectronics and Clonit have developed a prototype portable analyser kit which can detect the Ebola virus in less than 75 minutes.

Offering additional choices for designers, the STM32F446 MCUs from STMicroelectronics combine enhanced ARM Cortex-M4 processing performance and compact 256 or 512KB on-chip Flash options with 128KB RAM, efficient memory-extension interfaces and extended connectivity and communication capabilities.

Tiny motion-sensing and data-processing chips from STMicroelectronics have enabled a compact, wrist-wearable heart rate monitor from PulseOn. The stylish and easy-to-use device provides accurate continuous heart-rate measurement without the need for a chest strap, and its sophisticated algorithms transform heart-rate data into meaningful personalised feedback for each individual.

  STMicroelectronics is celebrating the technical prowess achieved by the space satellite Rosetta and its probe Philae. Rosetta and Philae contain over 10,000 radiation-hardened, high-reliability ICs designed and manufactured by ST.

Integrating galvanic isolation with analogue and logic circuitry in the same chip, the STGAP1S advanced single-channel gate driver is the first in STMicroelectronics’ next-gen range of gapDRIVE gate drivers. The devices aim to help simplify driver design while ensuring high noise immunity for safe and reliable power control.

Utilising advanced trench-gate field-stop technology to save more energy and increase reliability, the M-series 1200V IGBTs have been introduced by STMicroelectronics. The devices are suited for use in hard-switching circuits operating at up to 20kHz in applications such as solar inverters, welding equipment, UPS and industrial motor drives.

Providing large on-chip memories and up to eight USARTs, the STM32F091 ARM Cortex-M0 MCU from STMicroelectronics overcomes the resource constraints imposed by similar devices positioned for cost-sensitive applications. This saves multiplexing communication ports in applications such as in-car audio or three-phase power metering.

STMicroelectronics has revealed its automotive-qualified silicon carbide (SiC) diodes for advanced On-board Battery Chargers (OBCs)  in EVs such as Plug-in Hybrids (PHEVs) that demand high power-handing capability within a confined space. These diodes allow designers to build smaller power modules, beneficial for automotive applications and suitable for tackling the Little Box Challenge presented by Google and IEEE.

The ST31G480 dual-interface secure MCU from STMicroelectronics has been selected by Sony to power its micropayment-enabled cards, which are scheduled for release in Japan in H1 2016. Claimed to be the market's most advanced dual-interface (contact/contactless) secure MCU, ST's device combines high computing power and energy efficiency with flexibility and interoperability.

The two winning designs of STMicroelectronics' STM32 Internet-of-Things Design Challenge were announced at an award ceremony during electronica 2014, which took place in Munich this week. ST and it's partners ARM, Farnell Element14, Würth Elektronik and Rubik's Futuro Cube sponsored the contest, which encouraged IoT-related inventiveness.

 STMicroelectronics has announced its Open.MEMS programme to boost time-to-development with quick and easy single-node evaluation licensing. To encourage broad use of its MEMS and sensors to all customers and open-community developers, the programme makes drivers, middleware and application software freely available to Open.MEMS licensees, beginning with sensor fusion for 3-axis accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer, considered vita...

STMicroelectronics has extended its portfolio of environmental sensors with a MEMS pressure sensor that breaks new ground in combining high accuracy and robustness with small physical size; the LPS22HB is the world's smallest pressure sensor.

With its STM32 Open Development Environment, STMicroelectronics has created an efficient development path for innovative products by combining the popular STM32 MCU family with other leading-edge ST components that provide key functions needed for IoT and other applications.

STMicroelectronics is showcasing Life.Augmented from 11th to 14th November at electronica, in A5.207. ST’s offerings aim to deploy microelectronics more widely, creatively, and cost-effectively to address key societal challenges while enriching people’s daily lives.

The Accordo2 family, next-gen processors for car-radio and display-audio applications have been introduced by STMicroelectronics. According to the company, the processors offer a high level of hardware and software integration, enabling the industry’s fastest time-to-market solutions at the greatest value.

STMicroelectronics and Comau are working together to develop next-gen robots, enabled by ST's control, smart power and sensing products, that maximise energy efficiency and improve factory safety. Cooperating since 2006, the companies' latest efforts focus on research for actuation and sensing to improve both the robot's spatial awareness and its interaction with operators. The ultimate goal of the partnership is to develop a new a...

Using the recently qualified, proprietary THELMA60 (60µm Thick Epi-poly Layer for Micro-gyroscopes and Accelerometers) surface-micromachining fabrication process, STMicroelectronics has started the production of MEMS sensors.

An STB platform, claimed to be the first designed for Google’s Android TV based on Android 5.0 Lollipop, has been released by STMicroelectronics. The STiH412 embeds state-of-the-art decoding, transcoding and graphics processing, providing users with access to Android TV, games, applications and services. The platform features multi-decode HEVC combined with ‘Picture in Picture’ support.

STMicroelectronics and Autotalks have announced that they will co-operate to deliver a mass market-optimised V2X chipset, for widespread deployment by 2017. V2X communications, comprised of Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I), are becoming more commonplace, and the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) o...

STMicroelectronics has introduced an extension of its STM32 family of MCUs with the STM32 F7 MCU series, leveraging the ARM Cortex-M7 core, which is hailed as ARM’s most powerful Cortex-M processor. The STM32 F7 series leapfrogs the industry’s previous high-performance 32-bit Cortex-M leader, ST's STM32 F4, delivering up to twice as much processing and DSP performance that is accessible via a seamless upgrade path.