STMicroelectronics Offers All-in-One MEMS Studio Desktop Software Solution

STMicroelectronics’ MEMS Studio is a new all-in-one tool for MEMS sensor evaluation and development, connected closely with the STM32 microcontroller ecosystem and available for Windows, MacOS and Linux operating systems.

By unifying the sensor development workflow, from evaluation to configuration and programming, MEMS Studio accelerates development and simplifies bringing contextual awareness to users’ projects, the company reports. Enhanced features help acquire and visualize sensor data to explore operating modes and optimize performance and accuracy. There are also tools for prebuilt library testing, as well as drag-and-drop algorithm creation for intuitive, no-code development of STM32 MCU firmware.

MEMS Studio supports the portfolio of ST MEMS sensors, including motion sensors, environmental sensors and infrared sensors. It provides tools to explore and use all the sensors’ features including the finite state machine (FSM) and embedded edge AI in inertial modules for power-efficient inferencing directly in the sensor. These include creating and managing decision trees in sensors equipped with ST’s machine learning core (MLC), monitoring interrupts status and testing advanced features like FIFO, pedometer and freefall detection embedded in the sensor.

MEMS Studio also offers capacity for analyzing sensor data in runtime and offline, where users can visualize, label and edit the data for the best algorithm implementation. Spectrogram analysis and fast Fourier transform (FFT) are also available and help understand the sensor signal for the best detection of the sensing application target.

Users can choose from a variety of compatible development boards, including STM32 Nucleo expansion boards, sensor adapters and ST’s multi-sensor evaluation kits. These comprise the SensorTile.box PRO, STWIN.box and STEVAL-MKI109V3 professional MEMS adapter motherboard with adjustable power settings and a STM32F401VE MCU onboard.

Consolidating and extending the features of established sensor-development tools including AlgoBuilder, Unico-GUI and Unicleo-GUI, MEMS Studio is available now to download, free of charge, from www.st.com/mems-studio.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.