Based on Zigbee PRO protocol stacks, Zigbee 3.0 has been added to the STM32WB55 wireless microcontrollers. The company says that STM32 developers can leverage the interoperability and power-saving features of Zigbee to enhance networking for projects such as home automation, smart lighting, smart building, and broader IoT connectivity.
ICs & Semiconductors
Low power embedded controllers are based on SOTB technology
Renesas Electronics has added the RE01 group of low power, embedded controllers to its RE family. The low power device is based on the company’s silicon-on-thin-buried-oxide (SOTB) process technology and built around the Arm Cortex-M0+ core.
Winbond introduces HyperRAM WLCSP to reduce form factor
Claimed to offer an unprecedented thin form factor in embedded application, the HyperRAM WLCSP is particularly suitable for wearable devices, says Winbond.
Wearables can protect with social distancing and contact tracing
A reference design from ST Microelectronics uses a Bluetooth Low Energy SoC, a MEMS accelerometer and a sub-GHz RF transceiver in a scalable environment for wearable devices that can implement social distancing and contact tracing.
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