STMicroelectronics has extended and enhanced its STMTouch capacitive touch-sensing firmware library allowing designers to add advanced user-interface features to applications using 8-bit STM8 microcontrollers. The second-generation STMTouch firmware now supports over 200 STM8 part numbers, including the advanced STM8S family and the STM8L, featuring ultra low-power EnergyLite™ technology. Another new feature is support for touch detection via c...

An innovative RFID device from STMicroelectronics now allows technical equipment to ‘talk back,’ providing detailed information, such as a full maintenance history, to speed up servicing and simplify record keeping for OEMs and equipment operators.

STMicroelectronics has simplified design and reduced the real-estate needed to protect the electronics behind the latest high-speed multimedia connections, with an all-in-one device compatible with today’s highest signal speeds and featuring the smallest package dimensions currently on the market.

STMicroelectronics announced that it has won a prestigious ‘Sesames Award’ in the ‘Production & Test’ category for its UTAMCIC (UHF TAG Antenna Magnetically Coupled to Integrated Circuit) project. The highly innovative UTAMCIC project has delivered a proof-of-concept R&D demonstrator solution for semiconductor production that can be applied to a wide range of applications. The solution uses a single-metal-layer UHF antenna on a plastic f...

The latest secure microcontrollers and non-volatile memory technologies from STMicroelectronics open new possibilities for interaction between mobile phones and other electronic devices. Equipped with ST’s NFC chip, a mobile phone can easily upload and download data over the air from any equipment fitted with ST’s industry-unique RF-enabled EEPROM memory, from personal health monitors to TV sets and washing machines, without consuming any on-...

Oberthur Technologies, the world's second largest provider of smart card based solutions, and STMicroelectronics today announced that they are working together to provide a new highly secure SIM solution that will allow travelers and commuters to use their NFC enabled mobile phones as an electronic ticket.

As mainstream demand for high-definition movies, games and other entertainment forces down prices of Blu-ray equipment, STMicroelectronics is helping manufacturers respond to market pressures by introducing a new chip enabling smaller, lower-cost Blu-ray players and recorders.

STMicroelectronics today announced that the roadmap for its breakthrough STM32 family of 32-bit MCUs based on ARM Cortex-M processor cores is to include new devices centered on the Cortex-M4 and the Cortex-M0 cores from ARM. In addition, ST also announced today availability of its new STM32 F-2 series MCUs that fully unleash the performance of the Cortex-M3 core.

De 750 mètres en-dessous du niveau du sol au sommet de l’Everest, les smartphones et autre terminaux portables seront bientôt capable de localiser leurs altitudes par rapport au niveau de la mer avec une précision inférieure à un mètre, grâce au tout nouveau capteur MEMS (microsystème électromécanique) de STMicroelectronics, premier fournisseur mondial de capteurs MEMS pour applications portables et grand public1.

From 750m below ground to the top of Mount Everest, smart phones and other portable devices will soon be able to pinpoint their height variation relative to sea level to better than one meter, thanks to the most recent MEMS sensor from STMicroelectronics.

Tomorrow’s home audio-video equipment and set-top boxes that feature the TS4604 stereo audio amplifier from STMicroelectronics will combine several audio improvements contributing to enhanced ownership experience.

STMicroelectronics, l’un des premiers fournisseurs mondiaux de microsystèmes électromécaniques (MEMS) pour applications portables et grand public1, annonce avoir livré un milliard de ses capteurs MEMS. Les gyroscopes et accéléromètres micro-usinés de ST ont permis d’intégrer des interfaces utilisateur activées par mouvement dans un grand nombre d’appareils très populaires auprès du grand public, tels que les consoles de jeu, les...

STMicroelectronics today announced it has shipped its one billionth MEMS sensor. ST’s micro-machined accelerometers and gyroscopes have enabled motion-activated user interfaces in a number of popular consumer devices, such as game consoles, smart phones and remotes, making these more accessible and appealing to people.

STMicroelectronics today announced an industry first with the unveiling of a customizable high-end motor-control module that is small enough to mount directly on the motor, in addition to providing connection via industrial Ethernet. The new module will enable faster delivery of elegant cost-effective industrial solutions such as multi-axis robotics, conveyors, packaging machines, and process automation equipment.

STMicroelectronics and IAR Systems, a world leading provider of software development tools for embedded systems, announced today development tool support for ST’s SPEAr® family of microprocessor units (MPUs). This extends IAR Systems development tool support for ST products, which is already established with support for ST’s STM32 and STM8 microcontroller families.

High-performing motor drives for equipment such as security cameras, cash dispensers, ticketing machines, stage-lighting, printers and vending machines can now be realized more quickly, at lower cost and higher performances using a complete motor-control system on a chip perfected by STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a world leader in intelligent power ICs.

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a leader in automotive ICs and in MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) sensors, has introduced a new family of high-g acceleration sensors for advanced airbag systems. These micro-machined devices detect the rapid deceleration of the vehicle during a crash and send instant information to the airbag control unit.

The Americas Region of STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a world leader in microcontrollers, today launched the STM32 Design Challenge (www.stm32challenge.com), a contest for the design of innovative microcontroller applications across different industry segments. The three-phase competition, acknowledging the most creative, design-efficient and useful embedded system concepts built around ST’s cutting-edge 32-bit microcontrollers, will run for 6...

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global leader in semiconductor solutions, today announced the launching of its new and improved website, ST.com. Driven by an easy-to-use visual navigation system, the new ST.com uses an all-dynamic, modular infrastructure that builds pages from the latest content elements, such as text, photos, video, and templates as the pages are requested.

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a leading supplier of IC solutions for metering applications, and Omron, a world leader in automation technology, today announced that the two companies have collaborated to provide a complete solution for electronic gas meter flow sensors. The flow sensor they have developed is a key component for the smart turn-key gas meter solution that ST is developing.