Miniature Multi-Sensor Module from SensiEDGE Jumpstarts IoT and Wearable Designs
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SensiEDGEs’ 20mm x 30mm SensiBLE is currently the smallest turnkey Connected sensor board of its type, containing a STMicroelectronics MEMS Components including: accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, humidity, temperature pressure sensor, and a MEMS microphone.
With the on-board low-power STM32L4 microcontroller, it can be used as a sensing and connectivity hub for developing products such as wearables, gaming accessories, and smart-home or Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices.
SensiBLE has a complete Certified Bluetooth® Low-Energy transceiver including Antenna on-board, as well as a broad set of system interfaces that support use as a sensor-fusion hub or as a platform for firmware development. It can be simply plugged to a host board, and when powered it immediately starts streaming inertial, audio, and environmental data to ST’s BlueMS smartphone app that can be downloaded free of charge from popular app stores.
Software development is fast and easy thanks to a vast ecosystem of Application Program Interface (API) based on the STM32Cube Hardware Abstraction Layer and middleware components, including the STM32 Open Development Environment.
The system is fully compatible with the Open Software eXpansion Libraries (Open.MEMS, Open.RF, and Open.AUDIO), as well as many third-party embedded sensing and voice-processing projects. Many example programs available in source code offer a starting point for evaluation and customization, including software for position sensing, activity recognition, and low-power voice communication.
The complete kit includes a cradle board, which carries the 20mm x 30mm SensiBLE core system in standalone or hub mode and can be used as a reference design.
This compact yet fully loaded board contains additional interfaces for integration or expansion including GPIO’s, I2C, SPI, UART, USART, ADC, PWM, USB, CAN and SD-CARD interface. Its simple all include demonstrates how a complete wearable prototype or End product with extra functionalities can be easily designed with the SensiBLE core system.
Also part of the SensiBLE Development kit is a cradle/expansion board with micro-USB connector, and an Arduino-like interface that can be plugged into any Arduino Shields or STM32 Nucleo board to expand developers’ options for system and software development.
The SensiBLE Development Kit (124-4678) is available now from distributors priced at €99.00 or SensiBLE Module (122-3007) priced at €55.
Main features of SensiBLE core system:
- LSM6DSM 3D accelerometer + 3D gyroscope
- LIS3MDL 3D Magnetometer
- HTS221TR Relative Humidity & Temperature
- LPS25H pressure sensor/barometer
- MP34DT01-M digital MEMS microphone
- APDS-9250 Digital Ambient Light Sensor
- AT25XE041B Data Logger/Serial flash
- STM32L476 microcontroller
- SPBTLE-RF Very low power module for Bluetooth Smart v4.1
- FCC (ID: S9NSTILE01) and IC (IC: 8976C-STILE01) certified
- Software libraries and tools
- BLUEMICROSYSTEM1 and BLUEMICROSYSTEM2: STM32Cube expansion software package, supporting different algorithms tailored to the on-board sensors
- FP-SNS-ALLMEMS1 and FP-SNS-MOTENV1: STM32 ODE functional packs
- ST BlueMS: iOS and Android demo Apps
- BlueST-SDK: iOS and Android Software Development Kit
- Compatible with STM32 ecosystem through STM32Cube support
For further information please visit www.SensiEDGE.com