STMicroelectronics and Blues Wireless partner to accelerate the adoption of embedded cellular technology

     STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving multiple electronic applications, and Blues Wireless, a telecommunications equipment provider dedicated to enabling people and businesses to monitor their physical assets in real time by tapping into the vast potential of the cellular Internet of Things, announced the results of their collaboration. Five stmicroelectronics products are used in Blues Wireless 'Notecard System Level Module (SOM) solution. Notecard can accelerate the development of cellular iot solutions for connecting assets at very low development costs.

     Blues Wireless Notecard is based on high-performance, ultra-low power STM32L4R5 microcontroller (MCU), advanced key management and device security chip STSAFE-A, And LIS2DTW12 module integrating temperature sensor, motion sensor and power optimized position sensing sensor. Built around stmicroelectronics products, Notecard integrates prepaid embedded cellular data services, secure communication capabilities, and an innovative development model that significantly reduces the time from concept to deployment for a variety of cloud-connected iot applications.

     Mobeen Khan, COO of Blues Wireless, said: "Networking physical assets is a huge area of investment for companies that want to accelerate the digital transformation of their production processes. Blues Wireless 'Notecard is designed for developers of these solutions. With ST's wide range of products, we have developed the ultimate Internet of Things solution accelerator, reducing the complexity and cost of Internet of Things solutions to one-tenth of their original size."

     "Until now, there have been two major obstacles to the adoption of cellular connected iot devices," said Loris Valenti, vice president of Microcontrollers and Digital Products at stmicroelectronics Americas. The first hurdle is building and securely connecting communication pipes between applications and cellular networks, and the second is the technical complexity and varying access costs of various network providers. From ST's extensive portfolio of controls, security, sensing and protection products, Blues Wireless has developed a unique solution to deliver this extraordinary value to their customers."