Internet of Things

2018 was another successful year for STMicroelectronics at CES and an exciting year to showcase our latest technologies and demonstrations within Internet of Things, Smart Driving, and Smart Industry.  Below you will find material on Internet of Things technologies and demonstrations showcased at the event, as well as photos and video taken during the exhibition.

ST offers a complete portfolio of products and solutions for the IoT; making everything smarter, from homes, cities, and industry to all the “Smart Things” that populate our world and make positive contributions to our lives. Highlighted solutions include AR/VR/MR, voice control, imaging, AI, and wireless charging.

Secure Solutions

From Smart Cards to the Internet of Things, ST delivers a full range of scalable security solutions, to ensure peace of mind in the fast-growing connected digital world

  • Mobile security convergence of eSIM, eSE and NFC solutions (ST33/ST54)
  • Emergence of contactless wearable devices from passive (ST31) to active (ST53/ST54)
  • IoT connectivity to the cloud secured (STSAFE)

ST Parts: Secure MCUs

STM32L4+ Ultra-Low-Power Microcontroller

STM32L4+, with best-in-class power consumption, brings sharper user experiences & longer battery life to wearables & other smart objects. Demo on a round display

  • STM32L4+ ultra-low-power microcontrollers based on the high-performance ARM® Cortex®-M4 32-bit RISC core operating at a frequency of up to 120 MHz
  • Embedded advanced graphic peripherals: Chrom-ART Accelerator (DMA2D) and Chrom-GRC™ (GFXMMU) for memory optimization for round displays
  • Outstanding power consumption in all modes: Run, Sleep, LP RUN, LP Sleep, Stop, Standby, Shutdown

ST Parts: STM32L4+ series

Power Measurement of an STM32L0 LoRa Node

The STM32 power shield measures the dynamic power consumption on an STM32L0 LoRa™ node sampling & transmitting temperature data to the cloud. EEMBC™ approved board, enabling developers to accurately check the power consumption of their embedded designs

  • STM32 LoRa node efficiently samples temperature data and transmits the data using the LoRa radio to a MultiTech Gateway. This data is then sent via the Senet connectivity platform to AWS
  • STM32 power shield and companion STM32CubeMonitor-Power gives detailed insights that would otherwise require an oscilloscope or other expensive test gear

ST Parts: STM32L0 series, STM32L4+ series, LoRaWAN Technology

Face Recognition on STM32F7

This virtual door lock demonstration shows face recognition running on an STM32F7 including an option to add new subjects to the faces database in real-time

  • Real-time face recognition on an STM32F7
  • Wi-Fi video streaming and remote control

ST Parts: STM32F746, SPWF04SA

STM32 Audio Front End

Far-field speech recognition on STM32F769 with 2 microphones. Based on Sensory’s TrulyHandsfree™ platform, it triggers word detection and DSP-Concepts audio front end with Acoustic Echo Cancellation, beamforming, source localization and noise reduction

  • Amazon Voice Services (AVS) far-field multi-microphone front end on MCU
  • USTM32 audio front end connects via gateway to AVS
ST Parts: STM32F769, MP34DT05-A

Motor Control Ecosystem and SDK 5.0

Complete STM32 motor control ecosystem for advanced Field Oriented Control development

  • Full motor control ecosystem available for advanced FOC development for single- and dual-motor applications
  • New motor control SDK 5.0 provides improvements including support of STM32Cube

ST Parts: STM32 Portfolio, P-NUCLEO-IHM001 Nucleo Pack

LTE IoT Development Kit

The STM32L4-based cellular development kit connects a wide range of sensors to the cloud using LTE Cat-M network (low bitrate / low power consumption).

  • End-to-end application from sensor to cloud
  • LTE Cat-M / NB-IoT development kit
  • Enables wide range of IoT low-power use cases
  • Mass-market development kit will be available in 2018

ST Parts: STM32L4, MEMS and Sensors

FlightSense™ – Presence Detection

The presences demo illustrates ST’s user-detection solution based on FlightSense™ Time-of-Flight technology, using the VL53L1 new generation of long-distance ranging sensor

  • Low-power user detection: The ToF sensor measures the distance between the user and the screen, to wake-up or lock the system when a user is approaching or leaving
  • Improved security: PC locked when user leaving
  • Power saving on Windows Hello login: camera started by the ToF sensor only when user approaching

ST Parts: Proximity Sensors

FlightSense™ – Face Identification

FlightSense™ Time-of-Flight sensor provides accurate range and reflectance information to enhance face identification system security

  • FlightSense™ VL53L0 products offer face detection assist
  • Additional level of security, preventing face-identification spoofing

ST Parts: Proximity Sensors

FlightSense™ – Ambient Light & Flicker Sensor

The advanced Ambient Light Sensor measures the flicker frequency of the ambient light, and analyzes the spectrometry of the light for 6 different wavelengths

  • Light flicker-frequency detection and measurement
  • Super high sensitivity of RGB, IR, UV channels
  • Ultra-small package: 1.83 x 1 x 0.55 mm

ST Parts: Proximity Sensors

FlightSense™ – Multi-Zone Scanning

The FlightSense™ VL53L1 new generation ToF sensor is able to scan multiple zones, measuring the distance of up to four different targets

  • Multi-zone scanning
  • Multi-target distance measurement
  • Calibration free – Dynamic compensation for fingerprints or smudges

ST Parts: Proximity Sensors

FlightSense™ – Hidden Proximity Sensor

The FlightSense™ technology allows proximity detection even if the ToF sensor is hidden behind a colored film

  • FlightSense™ technology allows innovative industrial designs
  • FlightSense™ proximity sensor can range accurately on any target (from black hair to white glossy tiles) from behind the film

ST Parts: Proximity Sensors

Wireless Charging Solutions

Wireless charging solutions implementing the Qi protocol in configurations for phones, tablets and wearables. Transmitter and receiver allow charging between devices

  • Fully compliant with the Qi standard
  • 15 W solution using STWBC-EP transmitter and STWLC33 receiver
  • 1 W solution for wearables using STWBC-WA transmitter and STWLC04 receiver
  • RX/TX solution using STWLC33 for 15 W receiver and 5 W transmitter

ST Parts: Wireless Charger ICs

USB Type-C: Power Delivery & DisplayPort

Two typical use cases of power delivery: power negotiation using the STEVAL-USBPD45C 45 W adapter as provider and the P-NUCLEO-USB002 as consumer, alternate mode functionality with the STEVAL-USBC2DP Type-C-to-DisplayPort adapter

  • Scalable and flexible offer for USB-PD controller, USB Type-C interface and AC-DC controller covering any application needs
  • Large portability of USB-PD middle-ware stack (X-CUBE-USBPD) to any STM32 family

ST Parts: USB Type-C and USB Power delivery

Audio Solutions over Bluetooth® Low Energy

A complete solution for Always-on and Push-to-talk application development with embedded inertial and environmental sensors and microphones

  • Fast evaluation and development based on SensorTile and UNICLEO GUI
  • STM32L4 microcontroller, sensors and microphone for near-field VPA-enabled applications
  • Reduce the time to market using available hardware, software, GUI and algorithms

ST Parts: STM32L4, Bluetooth / Bluetooth Low Energy

Structure-from-Motion (SfM)

SfM capability for motion trajectory, localization and quasi-dense 3D map reconstruction using data from ST camera sensor VG6640

  • SfM is a key technique for camera trajectory and localization, allowing the use of various lens types
  • Trajectory and localization are important not only for Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality and Virtual Reality applications but also for robotics and drones
  • This demo shows SfM performance on data from a fisheye lens with FOV >180°

ST Parts: VG6640

3D Reconstruction

Environmental and object reconstruction fusing data from camera, depth sensor and inertial sensors

  • vSLAM (visual Simultaneous Localization And Mapping) forms the basis for Mixed Reality (MR) applications
  • The Smartphone RGB camera, combined with an off-the-shelf depth sensor and ST inertial module, enables accurate and fast 3D environment and object reconstruction

ST Parts: iNEMO inertial modules

Audio System for AR/VR Glasses

Wireless audio system for AR/VR glasses featuring high-performance USound MEMS speakers

  • World's first MEMS speakers with high audio quality
  • MEMS speakers are ultra-compact, lightweight, shock resistant, and produce low heat & vibration
  • Leverages ST’s high volume, high quality MEMS manufacturing

ST Parts: MEMS microphonesSTM32

poLight TLens Autofocus Solution

Commercial smartphone front and back cameras are modified to cameras powered by poLight’s autofocus actuator based on ST MEMS technology

  • MEMS-based autofocus lens mimicking human eye mechanism
  • Technical advantages (vs VCM) are instant focus, small real estate, low power consumption, and no gravity or magnetic interference
  • Enables all-in focus, instantaneous re-focus, and Bokeh effect with a single camera

ST Parts: MEMS and Sensors

Making City Smarter – AR Demo

Augmented Reality demonstration explaining how ST enables new applications for the Smart City, and highlighting the benefits for the end user through a set of typical use cases, such as building security, smart metering, street lighting, waste management and others

ST Parts: STM32 Portfolio, MEMS and Sensors, Sensor Solution Eval Boards, SensorTile development kit

Ultra Energy Efficient DCNN Engine

ST System-on-Chip enables different flavors of DCNN for computer-vision tasks

  • Configurable, scalable and design-time parametric ultra low power SoC for Deep Convolutional Neural Networks (DCNN) acceleration in 28 nm FD-SOI technology
  • 8 DCNN accelerators, 2 DSP clusters, Arm® Cortex®-M4 with Distributed Memory bring high power/area efficiency and flexibility
  • Enhancing Intelligence at the edge for IoT, drones, robots, surveillance systems, home assistant, etc.

ST Parts: FD-SOI

Deep Learning on STM32

STM32CubeMx.AI is a software tool for automatic and fast mapping of pre-trained neural network models (generated using off-the-shelf deep learning frameworks) and optimized for STM32 MCU family

  • Input your framework dependent, pre-trained neural network into STM32CubeMx.AI
  • Automatic and fast generation of an STM32 optimized library
  • STM32CubeMx.AI offers interoperability with state-of-the-art deep-learning design frameworks

ST Parts: STM32 Portfolio, STM32CubeMx

Humanoid Robot

ST’s advanced solutions for sensing, connectivity and processing, to create new possibilities in robots

  • The robot integrates 47 ST products: STM32 microcontrollers (23), sensors (16), MEMS actuators (1), RF ICs (2) and more (5). They allow the robot to react to temperature, pressure, and motion; to detect user presence, respond to gestures, and project images on a screen
  • Development fully based on ST’s reference boards and reference firmware. Customers can take inspiration from the robot platform and replicate the same functions in their own designs

ST Parts: Proximity Sensors, STM32 Portfolio, MEMS and Sensors, Sensor Solution Eval Boards, SensorTile development kit, Radio Frequency Transistors

NFC/RFID Dynamic Tags: SmarTAG

NFC sensor node to monitor environmental and motion variations. Use case example: Cold chain monitoring during transport of perishable products

  • Multiple applications: Cold chain, medical, smart sensing, smart home, city and building
  • Multiple ST technologies: NFC Dynamic tag for connectivity and energy harvesting, low power MCU, environmental sensors (pressure, humidity & temperature) and motion sensors (accelerometer and magnetometer), LDOs
  • Complete reference design available from ST

ST Parts: NFC/RFID

NFC/RFID Dynamic Tags: ST25DV-Discovery

Discovery kit allows configuration and evaluation of ST25DV Dynamic Tag IC, supporting ISO/IEC 15693 NFC Forum Type 5

  • ST25DV is ideal for parameter setting (in production or in the field), firmware upgrade via mobile phone, easy pairing and commissioning, and event and data logging
  • Features: I2C interface, up to 64-kbits of EEPROM, fast data transfer between I2C and RF for firmware upgrade, energy harvesting, multiple 64-bit passwords for data protection (RF and I2C), Interruption pin configurable on multiple RF events, low power mode (<1 uA)

ST Parts: NFC/RFID (ST25DV)

NFC/RFID Tags: ST25TV-eSEAL Kit

Showcases tamper detection (open/short) and 256-bit digital signature (TruST25™) via smartphone application, for product identification and anti-cloning

  • ISO/IEC 15693 NFC Forum Type 5 tag suited for product identification, anti-counterfeiting, and more
  • Data protection: user memory and system configuration by encrypted password. Block permanent write protection
  • Identification and protection features : Kill mode & confidential mode, tamper detect, 32-byte TruST25™ digital signature, EAS capability

ST Parts: NFC/RFID (ST25DV)

NFC/RFID Readers: ST25R3911-Discovery Kit

Configuration and evaluation of the ST25R3911B NFC/RFID high-performance reader IC, via the dedicated PC GUI interface

  • ST25R3911B product line is ideal for battery-operated systems, access control, gaming, payment, and automotive applications
  • Features: 1.4 W high output power with high efficiency, antenna auto tuning, DPO (Dynamic Power Output), low power card wakeup, SPI, AP2P, VHBR
  • Complete reference design available from ST

ST Parts: NFC/RFID (ST25R3911B)

UHF Reader: ST25RU3993-EVAL

Configuration and evaluation of the ST25RU3993 UHF Reader IC, via the dedicated PC GUI interface

  • ST25RU3993 UHF Reader IC is ideal for asset tracking, inventory management, retail applications
  • Featuring high/low power: >25 m/4 m , two switchable antenna ports
  • Low-voltage architecture 2.7 – 3.6 V. Power consumption down to 65 mA. Receive sensitivity of 90 dBm, internal power amplifier

S.P.A.R.C. Link 60 GHz RF Transceiver

Showcasing very fast, multi-gigabyte, wireless file transfer between two smartphones and smartphone & laptop

  • S.P.A.R.C. Link enables a contactless point-to-point, short-range, high-throughput data transfer, up to 6 Gbps
  • Very low power solution with a power budget of just 40 mW
  • Very small form factor with optimized BOM and external antenna for best fit to customer use cases

Making Homes Smarter – AR Demo

Augmented Reality demonstration explaining how ST enables new applications for the Smart Home. The interactive wall highlights the benefits for the end user through a set of typical use cases, such as smart lighting, smoke and gas detection, smart lock and others.

ST Parts: STM32 Portfolio, MEMS and Sensors, Sensor Solution Eval Boards, SensorTile development kit

IoT: Voice and Edge

Smart Home voice control with BlueCoin or SensorTile reference design via BlueVoice link to Amazon AVS Gateway on the Discovery F769 board

  • The demo shows an all-ST end-to-end solution and reference design for Smart Home, including voice front-end, cloud connectivity and edge computing
  • The modular solution supports different cloud providers

ST Parts: STEVAL-BCNKT01V1, STM32 Discovery Kits

Bluetooth® Mesh for Smart Buildings & Industry

BlueNRG-Mesh is extending Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity to reach multiple IoT nodes and provides a turn-key solution to monitor, control and operate smart objects through a smartphone

  • Fully compliant with Bluetooth mesh spec 1.0 (www.bluetooth.com/mesh)
  • Easy-to-use Software Development Kit available for the BlueNRG product family
  • Android and iOS SDKs available for custom app development on smartphones

ST Parts: Bluetooth / Bluetooth Low Energy