Valencell, a biometric data sensor technology developer, and STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor manufacturer serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, have announced the launch of a new, highly accurate and scalable development kit for biometric wearables that includes ST’s SensorTile multi-sensor module integrated with Valencell’s Benchmark biometric sensor system.
SensorTile is a tiny IoT module, measuring only about 13.5 square millimeters, which incorporates an STM32L4 microcontroller, a Bluetooth Low Energy chipset, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, pressure sensor, temperature sensor, and a digital MEMS microphone. Integrating ST's SensorTile development kit with Valencell’s Benchmark sensor technology simplifies the prototyping, evaluation and development of innovative wearable and IoT solutions by delivering a complete Valencell PerformTek technology package, ready for immediate integration and delivery into wearable devices. The collaboration with ST expands on previous work that incorporated the company's STM32 MCUs and sensors into Valencell’s Benchmark sensor system.
“Valencell’s Benchmark solution leverages the high accuracy of ST’s MEMS sensor technology along with SensorTile’s miniature form factor, flexibility, and STM32 Open Development Environment-based ecosystem,” said Tony Keirouz, VP, Marketing and Applications, Microcontrollers, Security, and Internet of Things, STMicroelectronics. “Combined, SensorTile and Benchmark enable wearable makers to quickly and easily develop the perfect product for any application that integrates highly accurate biometrics.”
SensorTile is currently the smallest turnkey sensor board of its type and, with the on-board low-power STM32L4 microcontroller, it can be used as a sensing and connectivity hub for developing firmware and shipping in products such as wearables, gaming accessories, and smart-home or IoT devices. A complete Bluetooth Low Energy transceiver including a miniature single-chip balun is included on-board, as well as a broad set of system interfaces. 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.
Edited by
Alicia Young
