Beyond the Wires 26
The building blocks for these urban
networks are already appearing. Today,
STMicroelectronics offers the STM32WL
wireless microcontroller, the first MCU in the
industry with an embedded LoRa transceiver.
This device is available in chipset or module
form, and in evaluation boards such as the
STEVAL-ASTRA1B. This board includes
LoRa, Bluetooth
®
, and NFC, as well as a
GNSS positioning module and MEMS sensors
(including temperature and pressure sensors,
an accelerometer, and a gyroscope), making
it ideal for asset tracking and monitoring.
A full solution (Figure 1) includes the
STAssetTracking mobile app for configuration
and real-time monitoring via Bluetooth Low
Energy, and a web-based cloud dashboard,
the DSH-ASSETTRACKING, for remote real-
time monitoring.
Similarly, for infrastructure monitoring applications,
STMicroelectronics offers a reference design, STDES-
CBMLoRaBLE. It features Bluetooth Low Energy and
LoRa connectivity, an integral vibrometer and inclinometer,
and dedicated algorithms for vibration analysis and tilt
monitoring.
This last solution allows users to monitor assets and
infrastructure using long-distance connectivity, thanks to
a web-based cloud interface based on AWS, the DSH-
PREDMNT. Through this interface, users can visualize
device information in the cloud, anytime and anywhere.
LoRaWAN has emerged as one of the most promising
technologies for implementing the industrial Internet
of Things (IIoT) in smart cities. STMicroelectronics is
accelerating the deployment of these concepts with
products and reference designs that are ready for proof-of-
concept demonstration and field testing—today.
STM32WLE5/E4xx
32-bit Wireless
Long-Range
MCUs
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B-L072Z-LRWAN1
STM32 LoRaWAN™
Discovery Board
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