STMicroelectronics Vibration Monitoring Helps Rapid Development of Industry 4.0 Applications

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has launched a new vibration monitoring solution for intelligent maintenance of factory equipment, enabling the rapid development of next-generation Industry 4.0 applications.

STMicroelectronics' newly launched IIS3DWB vibration sensor and supporting circuit board STEVAL-STWINKT1 multi-sensor evaluation kit can accelerate the development cycle of machine operation status monitoring systems. Condition monitoring systems can infer equipment maintenance needs and improve industrial production efficiency. Analyzing the monitored vibration data locally or in the cloud can help companies develop reasonable operating strategies to maximize machine uptime, minimize maintenance costs, and avoid emergency maintenance incidents.

The IIS3DWB is a 3-axis MEMS[1] accelerometer optimized for industrial vibration monitoring. The STEVAL-STWINKT1 evaluation board integrates the IIS3DWB and other sensors, an ultra-low-power microcontroller and vibration processing algorithms, a Bluetooth® wireless module, and a USB interface to simplify prototyping and product testing. The kit is housed in a plastic case and has an internal battery, making it ready for application development and providing an easy-to-use reference design. The kit comes with software tools such as a high-speed data logger and a cloud-based dashboard to help collect, analyze, and display measurement results.

“Machine condition monitoring is critical to the digital transformation of industry, helping factories improve manufacturing performance and safety while enabling new services and business models,” said Alessandro Cremonesi, Vice President of System Research and Applications at STMicroelectronics. “Our vibration sensors and IIoT multi-sensor development kits and reference designs are the best-performing and most affordable solutions on the market today, enabling customers to implement high-performance and cost-effective plug-and-play industrial sensor systems.”

STMicroelectronics is already shipping the IIS3DWB to Swedish IIoT technology innovator SPM Instruments for use in the company’s battery-powered AIRIUS wireless vibration sensor. “We chose the IIS3DWB because it combines unique features in a low-power digital device, including 3-axis sensing, wide bandwidth, and low noise, which helps us achieve the performance, development cycle, and cost targets we set for AIRIUS,” ​​commented Rikard Svard, Global Sales Director at SPM Instruments.

The IIS3DWB vibration monitoring system-in-package is available in production now in a 14-lead plastic land grid array (LGA) package.