Solutions for IoT exhibited at TECHNO-FRONTIER 2015

At the event, ST and Paradox Engineering will demonstrate a smart city solution based on ST’s development boards for 32-bit MCUs and various sensors combined with Paradox Engineering's wireless lighting-control boards and its communication platform for the efficient operation of wireless mesh networks.

A wireless mesh network installed at ST’s booth will allow the detection by proximity-sensor nodes of a radio-controlled model car to adjust road lighting in response to the position of the vehicle, in-door vibration detection by acceleration-sensor nodes combined with temperature, humidity and pressure measurements at multiple environmental sensor nodes installed around the booth. All the sensor data is displayed on a screen.

In wireless power supplies, ST will show advanced multi-platform digital power-controller IC which is compliant with the Qi and PMA standards. ST will also introduce a USB PD controller IC that conducts protocol communication between a host and terminals for USB power delivery that supplies up to 100W via USB to electronic devices with high power consumption.

ST will also be demonstrating its standby-power monitoring solution using a multi-mode power-controller IC suitable for AC-adapter chargers for smartphones and tablet PCs. This power-controller IC, which reduces standby power to almost zero, integrates a proprietary primary constant-current mode sensing and high-voltage startup circuit in a 8-pin package, thereby contributing to cost reduction by minimising the number of external components.

On display will be ST’s latest SiC Power MOSFET offers superior power efficiency and reliability, expanding the company’s portfolio of devices with different on-resistance ratings. Thanks to ST's proprietary packaging technology, the 1,200V SiC power MOSFET can be operated at temperatures up to 200°C.

Addressing safe energy supply in wearable devices and sensor nodes that are increasingly becoming part of our everyday life, ST has developed a 220μm battery that uses a solid-state thin lithium layer on a glass substrate made through a semiconductor manufacturing process. As a solid battery, it is free from risks of ignition or explosion.

ST will exhibit the 'world’s smallest' LDO regulator with linear voltage control. ST's advanced process and packaging technologies have enabled the reduction in IC dimensions to 0.47x0.47mm, which is about three times the thickness of a human hair. ST will also demonstrate its ultra-small battery-charging IC that combines highly accurate current control with an extremely low leak current.

ST will also demonstrate its 6-axis MEMS sensor-module evaluation board that integrates a 3-axis digital-output acceleration sensor and a 3-axis gyroscope. The module’s compact form factor, 2.5x3.0x0.8mm, and superior power efficiency, about 20% higher than competing products, contribute to space and power savings in wearable devices. The ST booth at TECHNO-FRONTIER will also host a voice-recognition demo based on MEMS microphone and BLE technologies.