Challenges

Modern factory automation applications require industrial-grade sensors with high resolution and accuracy, extended temperature range and the stability to continue operation in adverse conditions, such as shocks and vibrations, dust and other particles, noise, emissions, and radiation, including direct sunlight. At the same time, battery operated solutions must be very power conservative, compact, and come in robust packages. Industrial sensors must be calibrated for highest possible accuracy and offerlongevity commitments for long lifetime designs.

ST innovation

ST is behind the innovation of high volume MEMS technology for many different motion sensor families used in industrial applications, from accelerometers, inclinometers, gyroscopes to dedicated vibration and pressure sensors, as well as Time-of-Flight sensors.

We are also leader in ARM^® Cortex^® based 32-bit microcontrollers for implementations ranging from simple devices to complex infrastructures. Sensor data integrity and security are ensured withSTM32Trust framework usingSTSAFE Secure Element. ST also provides a comprehensive set of free-of-charge and certified Functional Safety packages based on robust built-in STM32 MCU safety features. This is complemented with an optimized analog portfolio for signal conditioning and power management, and the necessary EMI/ESD protection components for industrial environments.

Complete solution

Sensors are provided with C-drivers, sensor fusion middleware and SW source code examples for many industrial applications, from high-speed data logging to state-of-art Machine Learning in sensor cores, as well as Artificial Intelligence expansion software in the STM32CubeMX environment.

Industrial sensor development tools and connectivity