Espressif Systems has announced that its ESP32-H2 MCU has been granted the official “Thread Interoperability Certificate”, which ensures that ESP32-H2 has passed the all the necessary tests for compliance and interoperability with Thread-reference implementations. Additionally, ESP32-H2 has been certified as a “Zigbee-Compliant Platform”, according to the relevant certification issued by CSA (Connectivity Standards Alliance).

Renesas Electronics has announced that it is developing new MCUs that will support the recently released Bluetooth 5.3 Low Energy (LE) specification. The new devices will be part of the Renesas Advanced (RA) Family of 32-bit Arm Cortex-M MCUs, joining the RA4W1 Bluetooth 5.0 LE device introduced last year. Renesas expects to have first samples of the new MCUs in the first quarter of 2022.

STMicroelectronics (ST) has released TouchGFX Version 4.18 for user-interface development with STM32 MCUs, adding video playback, enhanced tools for multi-developer collaboration and support for new X-NUCLEO display kits. By allowing playback of MJPEG video files, TouchGFX brings extra pizzazz to small devices like home-automation products, wearables, medical devices and industrial sensors