Barcelona, Feb. 24, 2014 – Movea, a leader in data fusion and motion sensing technologies, announced today the availability of its first SASH (smart architecture sensor hub) evaluation kit – the most complete, lowest power sensor hub evaluation kit available. SASH-1, which is built on STMicroelectronics’ STM32F401 microcontroller and powered by Movea’s SmartMotion™ technology, is an Android 4.4-based evaluation kit that lets OEMs and application developers get to market fast with immediate access to the broadest and most advanced set of features. 

SASH-1 is a complete hardware and software package on a Nexus phone including Movea’s optimized embedded algorithms that deliver ultra-low-power features, allowing developers to unlock the potential of a trillion sensors into a million applications. It performs all 9-axis motion processing required by Android 4.4 on the stand-alone STM32F401 sensor hub. SASH-1 delivers the lowest possible power consumption for the complete Android sensor set, processing low-power defined sensors at <100µW and performance sensors at <3mW.

Beyond the Android 4.4 requirements, Movea’s SASH-1 is the first to offer unparalleled always-on functionalities at the lowest power consumption, which include:

• Context awareness under 1mW
  • In-transportation user environment: car, train, plane, elevator
  • Activity detection: user at rest, walking, running
  • Activity monitoring under 1mW
    • Cadency, speed and distance when walking and running
    • Energy expenditure
    • Extensive library supporting a wide range of sports at >95 percent accuracy
    • Pedestrian dead reckoning under 4mW
      • Step cadency, distance, heading, floor detection enabling best trajectory performance
      • Motion gestures: face up/down, freefall, directional shake, tap/double-tap under xmW

“Consumer demand for more advanced and context-aware applications is skyrocketing, and Movea is meeting that demand head on with this industry-leading technology,” said Sam Guilaume, CEO of Movea. “Our SASH-1 is unlike any other technology out there, providing the user with an unrivaled, context-aware experience. From detecting users’ speed as they walk down the street to recognizing when they are on the train, this sensor hub evaluation kit provides developers with an opportunity to turn this sensor data into meaningful information for new, always-on applications. Movea’s high-accuracy algorithms combined with ST’s leading low-power microcontroller on the latest Android software release is leading the movement in context-aware, activity monitoring.”

“STMicroelectronics’ latest STM32F401 microcontrollers are the first in a new line of STM32 Dynamic Efficiency™ devices combining multiple technologies to offer the best balance of dynamic power consumption and execution performance, while boosting feature integration.  Together with Movea’s SmartMotion™ technology, the STM32F401 offers the best Always ON high accuracy sensor hub solution and is the key to deliver smarter mobile and wearable devices, offloading the processing task from the application processor,” said Michel Buffa, Microcontroller Division General Manager of STMicroelectronics. “The combination of our low-power microcontroller and Movea’s motion processing technology drives down power consumption in devices while driving up the possibilities for enhancing the end-user experience.”

Now available, you can see SASH-1 in action at MWC in Barcelona, from February 23 to 27. Please drop by room 7P2MR in Hall 7 or schedule an appointment by contacting contact@movea.com.

About Movea

Movea is the leading provider of data fusion and motion processing firmware, software, and IP for the consumer electronics industry. Thriving on its portfolio of more than 500 patents, Movea turns sensor data into meaningful personal information, decoding and analyzing sensor signals using ultra-low power, high performance algorithms and data hub technology. Our expertise enables customers and partners to unlock the 1 trillion sensors opportunity into 1 million smart applications for mobile, sports and interactive TV while reducing the risk, cost, and time-to-market for delivering compelling new features that differentiate their products and deliver more end-user value.

Movea has a global presence with headquarters in Grenoble, France, subsidiaries in the U.S. in Silicon Valley, Calif., and Seoul, South Korea, as well as technology and manufacturing partners and distributors around the world. For more information visit www.movea.com or follow us on Twitter at @MoveaDataFusion.

About STMicroelectronics[JD1] 

ST is a global leader in the semiconductor market serving customers across the spectrum of sense and power and automotive products and embedded processing solutions. From energy management and savings to trust and data security, from healthcare and wellness to smart consumer devices, in the home, car and office, at work and at play, ST is found everywhere microelectronics make a positive and innovative contribution to people’s life. By getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.

In 2013, the Company’s net revenues were $8.08 billion. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com.

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