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STMicroelectronics Launches Voice-Over-Bluetooth Low Energy for Wearable, Remote-Control Application

Simplifies product development with STM32 microcontrollers, Bluetooth Low Energy IC, and MEMS sensors.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

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STMicroelectronics’s wireless ICs, microcontrollers and MEMS2 sensors are designed for use in wearable electronics. With the new BlueVoice software, designers get all the drivers and libraries they need to implement voice transmission over a Bluetooth Low Energy connection in systems built around ST’s STM32 microcontrollers, BlueNRG ultra-low-power network processors and digital MEMS microphones.

 

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