Date: 13/09/2012

ST introduces discovery kit with on-board 9-axis MEMS sensors

STMicroelectronics has released hardware board/kit STM32 F3 Discovery featuring built-in MEMS sensors—gyroscope and e-compass for developing sensor-fusion applications such as Attitude Heading Reference Systems (AHRS). The new ARM Cortex processor core based kit helps in developing 3D motion-sensing systems in applications such as mobile gaming, augmented reality, optical image stabilization, portable navigation, robotics and industrial automated systems.

“ST’s STM32 F3 microcontroller family and MEMS sensors are powerful products that, when combined, allow our customers to deliver competitively priced new designs offering outstanding performance and features,” said Michel Buffa, General Manager of ST’s Microcontroller Division. “With our leading-edge technologies, developers will be able to pack advanced sensing and embedded processing capabilities into devices as small as a wristwatch.”

The kit includes a ready-to-use prototype board containing an STM32F303 microcontroller and associated chips, as well as indicator LEDs, push-button controls, I/O pin headers, and a USB connection for the host PC. All of the microcontroller pins are brought out to accessible points, which aids testing and debugging. The MEMS devices provided on the board are the L3GD20 3-axis digital gyroscope and LSM303DLHC 6-axis geomagnetic module.
The STM32 F3 Discovery Kit is supported with STM32 software-development environments from leading third-party vendors, including Altium, Atollic, IAR and Keil.

All STM32 F3 devices announced in June 2012 are starting to enter full production in Q3, including the STM32F30x series as well as the STM32F37x.






ADVT
Home | News | New Products | India Specific | Design Guide | Sourcing database | Student Section | About us | Contact us | What's New