STMicroelectronics cooperates with Arduino

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01.06.2016, 10:55

STMicroelectronics cooperates with Arduino

Arduino board with Cortex-M brain: STMicroelectronics is building an Arduino platform for its STM32 controller with touch graphics connection, WiFi and audio features.

Arduino board "STAR Otto" with STM32 controller from STMicroelectronics.

The Arduino platform traditionally has a strong connection to Atmel controllers, as the first Arduino board "Uno" was equipped with an Atmel AVR controller. Soon there was also a board with a Cortex-M3 processor, the Arduino Due - also based on an Atmel controller. In the meantime, the Arduino ecosystem has grown considerably and includes numerous boards with controllers from different manufacturers. STMicroelectronics is now also entering this ecosystem and has announced a "STAR" partnership (ST and Arduino) with Ardunino LLC, the manufacturer of Arduino boards.

The first product of the cooperation is the "STAR Otto" board with an STM32F469, which contains a MIPI display interface, WiFi module, two MEMS microphones, audio interfaces and a camera connection. The hardware is supported by suitable software such as the necessary drivers and an open source graphics library. The board can be programmed with the usual Arduino IDE and can also be equipped with the Uno, Due and Mega Shields.

In addition to the STAR-Otto baseboard, the cooperation aims to realize a series of Arduino expansion shields with which STMicroelectronics intends to bring its sensor and networking chips into the Arduino world. While a DSI display shield and an NFC reader shield are already planned for the second quarter of 2016, a sensor shield is expected to be available in the second half of 2016. Apart from that, several STM32 Nucleo expansion boards and software libraries, including those for environmental sensors and proximity detection, have already been ported to the Arduino development environment. They can be used seamlessly with the new STAR Otto baseboard.

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