STMicroelectronics and Blues Wireless team up to advance cellular IoT technology

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor provider, and Blues Wireless, a telecoms equipment supplier, have disclosed the use of a quintet of ST products in Blues Wireless’ Notecard, a system-on-module (SOM) solution that accelerates development of cellular IoT solutions for connected assets at a low cost.

The Blues Wireless Notecard builds on a high-performance, ultra-low-power STM32L4R5 microcontroller, an STSAFE-A Secure Element for management and device security, and an LIS2DTW12 for temperature sensing, motion, and power-optimized location awareness.

“Up to now, the adoption of cellular connectivity for IoT devices has had two significant roadblocks,” said Loris Valenti, VP Microcontroller and Digital Product Group Americas, STMicroelectronics. “The first has been the challenge of building and securely connecting the pipes between the application and the cellular networks and the second has been the complications and expense of the various network providers.”

Valenti added: “Blues Wireless has built a unique solution starting from the extraordinary value of ST’s Control, Security, Sensing, and Protection portfolio, that passes that amazing value on to their customers.”

Around the ST products, the Notecard wraps pre-paid embedded cellular data service, secure communications, and an innovative development model that dramatically reduces the time from concept-to-deployment for a broad range of cloud-connected IoT applications.

“Businesses are on a mission to accelerate digital transformation of their processes and one huge area of investment is connecting distributed physical assets. The Notecard from Blues Wireless is designed with the developers of these solutions in mind,” said Mobeen Khan, COO with Blues Wireless. “Building with ST’s breadth of products, we have been able to develop this ultimate accelerator for IoT solutions which reduces the complexity and cost of IoT solutions by 10X.”