A Versatile Tool Help Evaluate Smart Sensor Systems in Smart Homes

Infineon Technologies announced the XENSIV Sensor Shield for Arduino. The new Infineon innovative shield incorporates a wide range of sensors from Infineon’s portfolio along with Sensirion’s SHT35 humidity and temperature sensor.

Key Features of the New Infineon XENSIV Sensor Shield for Arduino:

• Streamlines its capabilities and enhances the design journey of Infineon’s customers.
• Empower design engineers to evaluate, prototype and develop sensor-based applications faster by fully leveraging Infineon microcontrollers, wireless connectivity and security chips.
• As a result, it serves as an exceptional platform for enabling accelerated innovation in sensor-powered solutions.
• The XENSIV Sensor Shield for Arduino is a versatile tool designed for evaluating smart sensor systems in smart homes and diverse consumer applications.

The XENSIV Sensor Shield for Arduino Enables:

• Seamless hardware interoperability between multiple Infineon MCUs and sensors as a fully integrated development platform.
• The featured sensors include XENSIV 60 GHz Radar, PAS CO2, Pressure, PDM Microphones, IMU accelerometer and the Sensirion SHT35 humidity and temperature sensor.
• The shield seamlessly integrates with Infineon’s microcontroller kits and provides convenient access via an Arduino Uno connector.
• Extends Infineon’s ongoing commitment to deliver comprehensive system solutions.
• The shield is specifically designed and optimized to work with targeted MCUs in the Infineon lineup such as PSoC™ 6, AIROC^TM Bluetooth^® SoCs and Wi-Fi^®

“We are very pleased to be teaming up with Sensirion“, said Philipp von Schierstädt, EVP & CSO Consumer, Computing & Communication at Infineon. “Together we can expand our product range and ease the work of application designers.” With the new shield customers addressing smart home applications such as HVAC will have the opportunity to develop within Infineon’s ecosystem and gain access to additional sensors beyond the company’s consumer sensor portfolio of microphones, pressure sensors, CO₂ and radar sensors.”

To further accelerate time-to-market and improve the customer experience while working within Infineon’s ecosystem, the XENSIV Sensor Shield for Arduino is fully enabled to work with Infineon’s ModusToolbox™ software development platform for simplified software integration.

ModusToolbox provides a comprehensive development environment:

• A unified platform with all tools and resources needed for embedded system development.
• Included code generation and configuration wizards automate repetitive tasks and simplify complex configurations.
• The ModusToolbox development ecosystem is designed to scale with project requirements and adapt to changing needs, providing developers with essential libraries and code examples necessary for rapidly prototyping a variety of applications.

Designers can also leverage the sensors of the XENSIV Sensor Shield for Arduino in Machine Learning use cases, utilizing Infineon microcontrollers, ModusToolbox and Imagimob Machine Learning together with Infineon’s broad sensor capabilities and Sensirion’s temperature and humidity sensor.

Availability

The new XENSIV Sensor Shield for Arduino will be available in the third quarter of 2024. Infineon will be showcasing the shield at Embedded World in Nuremberg.

Infineon at Embedded World

Embedded World will take place in Nuremberg, Germany, from 9 to 11 April 2024. Infineon will present its products and solutions for decarbonization and digitalization in hall 4A, booth #138 and virtually. Company representatives will also hold several TechTalks as well as presentations at the accompanying Embedded World Conference, followed by discussions with the speakers.