STMicroelectronics Accelerates Wireless Product Development with Market-Leading STM32 Microcontrollers
September 16 2021 - 9:00AM
STMicroelectronics Accelerates Wireless
Product Developmentwith Market-Leading STM32
Microcontrollers
- STM32Cube ecosystem extended to support STM32WB wireless
MCUs
- New STM32CubeWB firmware, upgrades to programmer and RF test
tool
- Enhanced wireless power estimator for calculating battery
runtime
Geneva, September 16,
2021 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global
semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of
electronics applications, , is easing the design of competitively
priced and power-efficient wireless equipment for applications like
smart buildings, smart industry, and smart infrastructure by
introducing new development tools and software for STM32WB wireless
microcontrollers (MCUs).
ST’s highly integrated STM32WB contains a 2.4GHz radio and Arm®
Cortex®-M4 and Cortex-M0+ MCU on the same chip, which eliminates
numerous RF-circuit design challenges that can add time and
uncertainty to a project. Just a small number of external
components are needed, such as an antenna chosen for the
application, to complete the hardware design. The MCU includes
numerous peripherals, including a 12-bit analog-digital converter
(ADC), digital interfaces, and a crystal-less USB 2.0 Full Speed
interface in selected models. Protocols supported are Bluetooth® LE
5.2, Zigbee®, OpenThread and proprietary protocols, including
combinations of such protocols with concurrent modes.
As a member of the STM32 family, the market-leading Arm Cortex-M
MCUs, the STM32WB benefits from the extensive and market-proven
STM32Cube ecosystem that provides a rich selection of development
tools and software.
“The STM32Cube ecosystem is already widely used and is also
broadly supported by third-party developer resources that help
accelerate project completion,” said Hakim Jaafar, STM32 Wireless
Marketing Director, STMicroelectronics. “Our latest wireless
enhancements extend the STM32 family’s capabilities to handle new
demands and use cases, further enhancing the most complete and
robust solution on the market.”
Further technical information: new ecosystem features
for wireless design
Strengthening support for wireless design, the STM32WB ecosystem
provides all the necessary embedded software bricks and tools to
get users started easily with their applications. The STM32CubeWB
MCU package is loaded with many examples and brings a full set of
peripheral drivers (HAL and LL), all the necessary radio stacks
including Bluetooth 5.2, Zigbee 3.0, OpenThread v1.1 and 802.15.4
MAC for proprietary protocols, as well as example implementations
of several concurrency models (static and/or dynamic) for these
stacks. Software tools like STM32CubeMX and STM32CubeIDE offer
direct support of the radio stacks in their GUI for easy access and
configuration. Users can easily select and configure profiles and
clusters for popular standards and benefit from ready-to-use
examples.
In addition, extra controls for the power estimation tool
contained in the STM32CubeMX configurator help calculate the
RF-subsystem contribution to overall power consumption budget.
Users can setup various scenarios for an accurate assessment of
battery runtime.Even more new features include enhancement of the
STM32Cube programmer for optimized programming of the STM32WB’s
dual-core architecture, which ensures real-time application
performance by utilizing a Cortex-M0+ processor to control the
radio alongside the main Cortex-M4 core.
With the STM32CubeMonitor-RF evaluation tool, the ecosystem
supports the development process through to setting up the radio
efficiently in the customer’s environment and testing its
performance. Supporting Bluetooth® LE and generic 802.15.4 radio
technologies, STM32CubeMonitor-RF performs transmission/reception
tests and RF measurements and assists writing test scripts and
testing protocol and command sequences. The latest version
introduces a sniffer capability for 802.15.4 protocols to ease
development of products for mesh networks.
All tools and radio protocol stacks within the STM32CubeWB
wireless ecosystem are appropriately certified and provided free of
charge, along with documentation detailing the accompanying
Bluetooth 5.2 and 802.15.4 certification items, enabling customers
to secure applicable radio-product approvals quickly and
cost-effectively.
The STM32WB wireless microcontrollers ecosystem also contains a
set of evaluation boards for STM32WB wireless microcontrollers to
help jump-start wireless product development. The P- NUCLEO-WB55
pack with Nucleo-64 board and USB dongle,NUCLEO-WB55RG and
NUCLEO-WB15CC Nucleo-64 boards, and STM32WB5MM-DK Discovery kit
offer various options to get started immediately targeting a wide
range of wireless applications.
With the same series, various applications can share the same
underlying implementation, leveraging the investment of product
development and certification.
STM32WB products can address a broad spectrum of possibilities
with the flexibility to target markets from high-end device types
to cost-sensitive products. Prices for STM32WB MCUs start at $0.85
in high volume. For further information please visit
www.st.com/stm32wb.
* STM32 is a registered and/or unregistered trademark of
STMicroelectronics International NV or its affiliates in the EU
and/or elsewhere. In particular, STM32 is registered in the US
Patent and Trademark Office.
About STMicroelectronicsAt ST, we are 46,000
creators and makers of semiconductor technologies mastering the
semiconductor supply chain with state-of-the-art manufacturing
facilities. An independent device manufacturer, we work with more
than 100,000 customers and thousands of partners to design and
build products, solutions, and ecosystems that address their
challenges and opportunities, and the need to support a more
sustainable world. Our technologies enable smarter mobility, more
efficient power and energy management, and the wide-scale
deployment of the Internet of Things and 5G technology. Further
information can be found at www.st.com.
For Press Information Contact:Michael
MarkowitzDirector Technical Media Relations STMicroelectronics Tel:
+1 781 591 0354Email: michael.markowitz@st.com
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