India, Nov. 13 -- STMicroelectronics is bringing its industrial, automotive and robotics microcontrollers under a unified STM32 platform. The strategy is built around a simple idea: developers should be able to reuse more software and proven designs across products instead of starting again for every application.

The move builds on more than 20 years of STM32 development. It also extends the portfolio into automotive and safety-critical systems through the new STM32A family. For developers, the key change is a common foundation that still allows products to meet the specific safety, security, performance and lifecycle needs of each market.

Industrial and automotive systems increasingly share requirements such as real-time control, secur...