STMicroelectronics and Arduino STM32F469-based STAR Otto baseboard

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STMicroelectronics and Arduino have announced an agreement that brings the STM32 family of microcontrollers (MCUs), along with ST’s portfolio of sensing, power and connectivity technology, closer to the Arduino maker community.

The first product of the STAR (ST and Arduino) program is the STM32F469-based STAR Otto baseboard. It enables IoT developers and other makers to build high-performance graphics into their smart devices using accessible hardware and software to improve their applications with easy-to-use touch displays and audio for command and control as well as for media-streaming use cases.

The product presents the Arduino environment with high performance from the 32-bit STM32F469 MCU, which includes ST’s Chrom-ART graphics accelerator and MIPI DSI display interface along with an open-source software graphics library. It provides a pre-integrated wireless link and audio capabilities, enabled by an ST MEMS microphone together with the necessary open-source drivers. This efficient and optimised approach lets makers focus on their value-add and makes integration easy while enabling a broad range of smart home and smart industry applications.

In addition to the baseboard, the cooperation aims to deliver a range of Arduino shields that expand the functional possibilities. Moreover, several STM32 Nucleo expansion boards and software libraries, including those for environmental sensors and proximity detection, have already been ported to the Arduino Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and can seamlessly be used with the baseboard.