The project adds ST's STM32WLE5 LoRaWAN wireless microcontrollers to Sindcon's network of more than 50,000 water, gas and electricity meters in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Paolo Oteri of APeC (Asia Pacific excluding China) said The STM32WLE5 microcontroller (MCU) uses long-range, low-power radios running on a LoRaWAN network to enable remote meter reading to meet the needs of Jakarta's diverse and vast urban and forested terrain. Marketing Director at STMicroelectronics. Being a small System-on-Chip (SoC), a STM32 wireless microcontroller also provides customers like Sindcon with the possibility to integrate more functionality into their smart meters and without having to increasing the size or form factor of the product.
Chen Deyu, who is the CEO of Sindcon, said Sindcon's smart meters in Jakarta are located in private condominiums, residential areas, industrial water supply facilities, and shopping centers, which makes meter reading challenging and expensive. We chose the STM32WLE5 because of the high integration benefits it brings to our customers and its enhanced performance, size, security and power consumption.
This project will be Sindcon's first deployment in Indonesia using ST's highly integrated STM32WLE5CC wireless MCU, a Sub-GHz wireless microcontroller featuring an Arm Cortex-M4 core running at 48 MHz. the MCU includes 256 KB of Flash, 64 KB of SRAM, LoRa modulation and AES 256-bit encryption. The MCU includes 256 KB of Flash, 64 KB of SRAM, LoRa modulation and AES 256-bit encryption.
Sindcon's retrofit meters utilize the STM32WLE5 and include an advanced battery management system that supports accurate remote readings for up to 10 years.
The meters are undergoing modification now and will be fully installed by the ends of 2023.
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