Murata’s Latest Partnership Aids IoT Development, Enabling M.2 Wireless Module Integration for STM32 Nucleo Boards

　　Murata, a leading electronics manufacturer, in collaboration with Infineon are pleased to announce a new IoT development solution. This comprehensive innovation allows Murata’s Infineon-based Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® modules to seamlessly integrate with a wide range of STM32 Nucleo-144 boards, helping to reduce the time-to-market for many wireless-enabled applications.

　　The joint project is built on the collaboration with Infineon and Murata. / By combining each company’s extensive expertise, the collaboration has engineered a complete hardware and software solution that addresses a number of IoT development requirements. At its core, the platform solution allows STM32 microcontroller to connect Murata M.2 wireless modules featuring Infineon chipsets. Providing the hardware connection is Murata’s new Nucleo-144 to M.2 adapted board, while software integration is enabled through Infineon AIROC™ STM32 Expansion Pack. Whether you are evaluating low-power implementations, such as wearables and battery-powered devices, or high-performance deployments, such as industrial equipment and smart homes, this exciting solution creates a more efficient evaluation process.

　　Murata Nucleo-144 to M.2 Adapter board

　　Providing physical M.2 support for STMicroelectronics STM32 Nucleo board for microcontrollers, including the popular STM32U5 and STM32H5 series, is the Murata Nucleo-144 to M.2 adapter board. This innovative PCB-based adapter effortlessly mounts to the STM32 and features a convenient top-mounted M.2 socket. The M.2 dock grants effortless physical integration and swapping of Embedded Artists Murata M.2 modules which use Infineon chipsets. This allows the STM32 to accept a wide range of Wi-FiWi-Fi® and Bluetooth® combination units, including Wi-Fi 4, Wi-Fi 5 and industrial grade modules.

　　AIROC™ STM32 Expansion Pack

　　Produced by Infineon, a leading global semiconductor manufacturer, Infineon AIROC™ STM32 Expansion Pack provides the framework required to facilitate the Murata hardware. Using the Common Microcontroller Software Interface Standard (CMSIS), the AIROC™ STM32 Expansion Pack enables the integration of Infineon based Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® module with STM32 STM32Cube ecosystem, including STM32CubeMX tool. Within the semiconductor industry, CMSIS establishes a consistent approach for software components, hardware parameters and code, helping to increase development productivity. Documentation, libraries and example projects are also available on Infineon’s dedicated Expansion Pack GitHub page,helping to support the quick deployment of your hardware environment.

　　Innovation Through Collaboration

　　Through the Infineon AIROC™ STM32 Expansion Pack, engineers can leverage an effective design environment to evaluate a range of Murata M.2 wireless modules (featuring Infineon chipsets) with STM32 Nucleo boards. With full support from dependable hardware, extensive documentation and example libraries, this comprehensive solution is the perfect tool for accelerating IoT development across an extensive variety of applications.

　　Comment from Infineon

　　Neil Chen, Director, Wi-Fi Product Line Marketing, IoT Compute and Wireless Business Unit at Infineon said “To reduce the barrier to entry for first-time IoT developers, semiconductor and module companies must come together to offer simple, easy-to-use and ease-to-productize solutions to market. Our collaboration with Murata does just that by leveraging our industry-leading AIROC™ Wi-Fi and Bluetooth portfolio to simplify the development of next-generation IoT products for a variety of applications.”

　　Comment from Murata

　　Masatomo Hashimoto, Director, Connectivity Module Division, Communication and Sensor Business Division, Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd., said “We are excited to collaborate with Infineon, a global leader in semiconductors in the IoT and power systems to deliver this innovation. Customers face many barriers when bringing connectivity products to market, but this partnership provides a solution for a variety of development challenges and reduces time-to-market for a wide range of applications.”