STMicroelectronics WiSE Studio integrated development environment

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STMicroelectronics’ WiSE Studio, a free-of-charge integrated development environment (IDE) dedicated to the BlueNRG system-on-chip (SoC) product family, helps to accelerate the design of smart, connected devices that leverage the latest Bluetooth technology.

Featuring a user-friendly and customisable development environment with an extensive list of ready-to-build examples, the IDE helps both expert and inexperienced users jump-start their projects. Using the product to learn, explore and build applications and prototypes, developers can take advantage of the powerful Bluetooth LE 5.2 features available in devices such as ST’s flagship BlueNRG-LP SoC: this includes 2 Mbps on-air for fast data transfer, long-range communication, multiple concurrent connections and mesh networking — all with low dynamic energy consumption, down to 18 µA/MHz, for long battery lifetime.

The complete working environment can be installed in just a few clicks, and offers a comprehensive workspace complemented with all the required drivers, libraries and sample code to build IoT nodes and create original solutions for industrial, smart-home, wearable and gaming applications by bringing together ST’s Bluetooth LE devices and MEMS sensors. The workspace supports BlueNRG evaluation kits, including onboard ST’s 6-axis inertial module (LSM6DSOX) with machine-learning core, finite state machine and advanced digital functions or the pressure sensor (LPS22HB) or digital microphone (MP34DT05-A).

The software is targeted at developers of wireless solutions for IoT applications that use Bluetooth LE connectivity for data transfer, such as from a machine learning-enabled MEMS sensor, or for networking multiple sensor devices in a smart-building or home-automation system or for location services, including asset tracking applications. Different network topologies can be chosen, either gateway-centred to exploit the multiple concurrent connection capabilities of BlueNRG-LP or scalable across any distance and number of nodes with the readily supported BlueNRG-Mesh for quickly creating mesh-like connected sensors and building-automation nodes.

Based on the Eclipse C/C++ development environment, the IDE provides a complete graphical, user-friendly workspace powered by the GNU Arm Toolchain that comprises the GCC compiler and GDB/OpenOCD programmer and debugger. The application is scalable, with extra Eclipse plug-ins that draw on the support of the large Eclipse developer community. Plug-in software can be found online or installed directly from within the WiSE Studio environment.

For more information: www.st.com/wise.