STM32

STM32 is a family of 32-bit microcontroller integrated circuits by STMicroelectronics. The STM32 chips are grouped into related series that are based around the same 32-bit ARM processor core, such as the Cortex-M33F, Cortex-M7F, Cortex-M4F, Cortex-M3, Cortex-M0+, or Cortex-M0. Internally, each microcontroller consists of the processor core, static RAM, flash memory, debugging interface, and various peripherals.[1]

STM32 Family[1]
General information
Launched2007
DiscontinuedCurrent
Designed bySTMicroelectronics
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate24  to 480 MHz
Architecture and classification
Min. feature size130 to 40 nm
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M33F,
ARM Cortex-M7F,[2]
ARM Cortex-M4F,[3]
ARM Cortex-M3,[4]
ARM Cortex-M0+,[5]
ARM Cortex-M0[6]
STM32F103VGT6 die
STM32F100C4T6B die
STM32 microcontroller

Overview

Leaflabs Maple. Arduino-style board with STM32F103RBT6 microcontroller.

The STM32 is a family of microcontroller ICs based on the 32-bit RISC ARM Cortex-M33F, Cortex-M7F, Cortex-M4F, Cortex-M3, Cortex-M0+, and Cortex-M0 cores.[1] STMicroelectronics licenses the ARM Processor IP from ARM Holdings. The ARM core designs have numerous configurable options, and ST chooses the individual configuration to use for each design. ST attaches its own peripherals to the core before converting the design into a silicon die. The following tables summarize the STM32 microcontroller families.

STM32 SeriesARM CPU Core
F7, H7
F3, F4, G4, L4, L4+, J
F1, F2, L1, W, J
G0, L0, J
F0, J

History

The STM32 is the third ARM family by STMicroelectronics. It follows their earlier STR9 family based on the ARM9E core,[7] and STR7 family based on the ARM7TDMI core.[8] The following is the history of how the STM32 family has evolved.

  • In October 2006, STMicroelectronics (ST) announced that it licensed the ARM Cortex-M3 core.[9]
  • In June 2007, ST announced the STM32 F1-series based on the ARM Cortex-M3.[10]
  • In November 2007, ST announced the low-cost "STM32-PerformanceStick" development kit in partner with Hitex.[11]
  • In October 2009, ST announced that new ARM chips would be built using the 90 nm process.[12]
  • In April 2010, ST announced the STM32 L1-series chips.[13]
  • In September 2010, ST announced the STM32VLDISCOVERY board.[14]
  • In November 2010, ST announced the STM32 F2-series chips based on the ARM Cortex-M3 core, and future development of chips based on the ARM Cortex-M4 and ARM Cortex-M3 cores.[15]
  • In February 2011, ST announced the STM32L-DISCOVERY board.[16]
  • In March 2011, ST announced the expansion of their STM32 L1-series chips with flash densities of 256 KB and 384 KB.[17]
  • In September 2011, ST announced the STM32 F4-series chips based on the ARM Cortex-M4F core and STM32F4DISCOVERY board.[18]
  • In February 2012, ST announced the STM32 F0-series chips based on the ARM Cortex-M0 core.[19]
  • In May 2012, ST announced the STM32F0DISCOVERY board.[20]
  • In June 2012, ST announced the STM32 F3-series chips based on the ARM Cortex-M4F core.[21]
  • In September 2012, ST announced full-production of STM32 F3-series chips and STM32F3DISCOVERY board. The STM32 F050-series will also be available in a TSSOP20 package.[22]
  • In January 2013, ST announced full Java support for STM32 F2 and F4-series chips.[23]
  • In February 2013, ST announced STM32 Embedded Coder support for MATLAB and Simulink.[24]
  • In February 2013, ST announced the STM32 F4x9-series chips.[25]
  • In April 2013, ST announced the STM32 F401-series chips.[26]
  • In July 2013, ST announced the STM32 F030-series chips. The STM32 F030-series will also be available in a TSSOP20 package.[27]
  • In September 2013, ST announced the STM32F401C-DISCO and STM32F429I-DISCO boards.[28]
  • In October 2013, ST announced the STM32F0308DISCOVERY board.[29]
  • In December 2013, ST announced that it is joining the mbed project.[30]
  • In January 2014, ST announced the STM32 F0x2-series chips, STM32F072B-DISCO board, and STM32072B-EVAL board.[31]
  • In February 2014, ST announced the STM32 L0-series chips based on the ARM Cortex-M0+ core.[32]
  • In February 2014, ST announced multiple STM32 Nucleo boards with Arduino headers and mbed IDE.[33]
  • In February 2014, ST announced the release of free STM32Cube software tool with graphical configurator and C code generator.[34]
  • In April 2014, ST announced the STM32F30x chips are now available in full production. A new NUCLEO-F302R8 board was also announced.[35]
  • In September 2014, ST announced the STM32 F7 series, the first chips based on the Cortex-M7F core.[36]
  • In October 2016, ST announced the STM32H7 series based on the ARM Cortex-M7F core. The device runs at 400 MHz and is produced using 40 nm technology.[37]
  • In November 2017, ST announced the STM32L4+ series, an upgrade to the STM32L4 series Cortex-M4 MCUs.[38]
  • In October 2018, ST announced the STM32L5 series, ultra-low-power MCUs based on the new ARM Cortex-M33 core with a variety of security features, such as TrustZone, Secure Boot, active IO tamper detection, Secure Firmware Install loader, certified cryptolib etc.[39]

Series

The STM32 family consists of 14 series of microcontrollers: H7, F7, F4, F3, F2, F1, F0, G4, G0, L5, L4, L4+ L1, L0.[1] Each STM32 microcontroller series is based upon either a Cortex-M7F, Cortex-M4F, Cortex-M33, Cortex-M3, Cortex-M0+, or Cortex-M0 ARM processor core. The Cortex-M4F is conceptually a Cortex-M3[4] plus DSP and single-precision floating-point instructions.[3]

STM32 H7

STM32 H7 series[40]
General information
Launched2017 Q2
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate480 MHz
Architecture and classification
Min. feature size40nm[41]
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M7F + optional ARM Cortex-M4F
Instruction setThumb-1, Thumb-2,
Saturated, DSP,
FPU (SP & DP)

The STM32 H7-series is a group of high performance STM32 microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M7F core with double-precision floating point unit and optional second Cortex-M4F core with single-precision floating point. Cortex-M7F core can reach working frequency up to 480 MHz, while Cortex-M4F - up to 240 MHz. Each of these cores can work independently or as master/slave core.

The STM32H7 Series is the first series of STM32 microcontrollers in 40 nm process technology and the first series of ARM Cortex-M7-based microcontrollers able to run up to 480 MHz, allowing a performance boost versus previous series of Cortex-M microcontrollers, reaching new performance records of 1027 DMIPS and 2400 CoreMark. [42]

STM32 F7

STM32 F7 series[43]
General information
Launched2014
Discontinuedcurrent
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate216 MHz
Architecture and classification
Min. feature size90nm
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M7F
Instruction setThumb-1, Thumb-2,
Saturated, DSP,
FPU (SP & DP)

The STM32 F7-series is a group of STM32 microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M7F core. Many of the F7 series are pin-to-pin compatible with the STM32 F4-series.

Core:

  • ARM Cortex-M7F core at a maximum clock rate of 216 MHz.

STM32 F4

STM32 F4 Series[44]
General information
Launched2011
Discontinuedcurrent
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate84  to 180 MHz
Architecture and classification
Min. feature size90 nm
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M4F[3]
Instruction setThumb-1, Thumb-2,
Saturated, DSP,
FPU (SP)

The STM32 F4-series is the first group of STM32 microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M4F core. The F4-series is also the first STM32 series to have DSP and floating-point instructions. The F4 is pin-to-pin compatible with the STM32 F2-series and adds higher clock speed, 64 KB CCM static RAM, full-duplex I²S, improved real-time clock, and faster ADCs. The summary for this series is:[18][25][26][44][45]

  • Core:
  • Memory:
    • Static RAM consists of up to 192 KB general-purpose, 64 KB core-coupled memory (CCM), 4 KB battery-backed, 80 bytes battery-backed with tamper-detection erase.
    • Flash consists of 512 / 1024 / 2048 KB general-purpose, 30 KB system boot, 512 bytes one-time programmable (OTP), 16 option bytes.
    • Each chip has a factory-programmed 96-bit unique device identifier number.
  • Peripherals:
  • Oscillators consists of internal (16 MHz, 32 kHz), optional external (4 to 26 MHz, 32.768 to 1000 kHz).
  • IC packages: WLCSP64, LQFP64, LQFP100, LQFP144, LQFP176, UFBGA176. STM32F429/439 also offers LQFP208 and UFBGA216.
  • Operating voltage range is 1.8 to 3.6 volt.

STM32 F3

STM32 F3 series[46]
General information
Launched2012
Discontinuedcurrent
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate72 MHz
Architecture and classification
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M4F[3]
Instruction setThumb-1, Thumb-2,
Saturated, DSP,
FPU (SP)

The STM32 F3-series is the second group of STM32 microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M4F core. The F3 is almost pin-to-pin compatible with the STM32 F1-series. The summary for this series is:[21][22][46]

  • Core:
  • Memory:
    • Static RAM consists of 16 / 24 / 32 / 40 KB general purpose with hardware parity check, 0 / 8 KB core coupled memory (CCM) with hardware parity check, 64 / 128 bytes battery-backed with tamper-detection erase.
    • Flash consists of 64 / 128 / 256 KB general purpose, 8 KB system boot, and option bytes.
    • Each chip has a factory-programmed 96-bit unique device identifier number.
  • Peripherals:
    • Each F3-series includes various peripherals that vary from line to line.
  • Oscillators consists of internal (8 MHz, 40 kHz), optional external (1 to 32 MHz, 32.768 to 1000 kHz).
  • IC packages: LQFP48, LQFP64, LQFP100, UFBGA100.
  • Operating voltage range is 2.0 to 3.6 volt.

The distinguishing feature for this series is presence of four fast, 12-bit, simultaneous sampling ADCs (multiplexer to over 30 channels), and four matched, 8 MHz bandwidth op-amps with all pins exposed and additionally internal PGA (Programmable Gain Array) network. The exposed pads allow for a range of analog signal conditioning circuits like band-pass filters, anti-alias filters, charge amplifiers, integrators/differentiators, 'instrumentation' high-gain differential inputs, and other. This eliminates need for external op-amps for many applications. The built-in two-channel DAC has arbitrary waveform as well as a hardware-generated waveform (sine, triangle, noise etc.) capability. All analog devices can be completely independent, or partially internally connected, meaning that one can have nearly everything that is needed for an advanced measurement and sensor interfacing system in a single chip.

The four ADCs can be simultaneously sampled making a wide range of precision analog control equipment possible. It is also possible to use a hardware scheduler for the multiplexer array, allowing good timing accuracy when sampling more than 4 channels, independent of the main processor thread. The sampling and multiplexing trigger can be controlled from a variety of sources including timers and built-in comparators, allowing for irregular sampling intervals where needed.

The op-amps inputs feature 2-to-1 analog multiplexer, allowing for a total of eight analog channels to be pre-processed using the op-amp; all the op-amp outputs can be internally connected to ADCs.

STM32 F2

STM32 F2 series[47]
General information
Launched2010
Discontinuedcurrent
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate120 MHz
Architecture and classification
Min. feature size90 nm
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M3[4]
Instruction setThumb-1, Thumb-2,
Saturated (some)

The STM32 F2-series of STM32 microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M3 core. It is the most recent and fastest Cortex-M3 series. The F2 is pin-to-pin compatible with the STM32 F4-series. The summary for this series is:[15][47][48]

  • Core:
  • Memory:
    • Static RAM consists of 64 / 96 / 128 KB general purpose, 4 KB battery-backed, 80 bytes battery-backed with tamper-detection erase.
    • Flash consists of 128 / 256 / 512 / 768 / 1024 KB general purpose, 30 KB system boot, 512 bytes one-time programmable (OTP), 16 option bytes.
    • Each chip has a factory-programmed 96-bit unique device identifier number.
  • Peripherals:
    • Common peripherals included in all IC packages are USB 2.0 OTG HS, two CAN 2.0B, one SPI + two SPI or I²S, three I²C, four USART, two UART, SDIO/MMC, twelve 16-bit timers, two 32-bit timers, two watchdog timers, temperature sensor, 16 or 24 channels into three ADCs, two DACs, 51 to 140 GPIOs, sixteen DMA, real-time clock (RTC), cyclic redundancy check (CRC) engine, random number generator (RNG) engine. Larger IC packages add 8/16-bit external memory bus capabilities.
    • The STM32F2x7 models add Ethernet MAC, camera interface, USB 2.0 OTG FS.
    • The STM32F21x models add a cryptographic processor for DES / TDES / AES, and a hash processor for SHA-1 and MD5.
  • Oscillators consists of internal (16 MHz, 32 kHz), optional external (4 to 26 MHz, 32.768 to 1000 kHz).
  • IC packages: WLCSP64, LQFP64, LQFP100, LQFP144, LQFP176, UFBGA176.
  • Operating voltage range is 1.8 to 3.6 volt.

STM32 F1

STM32 F1 series[49]
General information
Launched2007
Discontinuedcurrent
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate24  to 72 MHz
Architecture and classification
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M3[4]
Instruction setThumb-1, Thumb-2,
Saturated (some)

The STM32 F1-series was the first group of STM32 microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M3 core and considered their mainstream ARM microcontrollers. The F1-series has evolved over time by increasing CPU speed, size of internal memory, variety of peripherals. There are five F1 lines: Connectivity (STM32F105/107), Performance (STM32F103), USB Access (STM32F102), Access (STM32F101), Value (STM32F100). The summary for this series is:[49][50][10]

  • Core:
  • Memory:
    • Static RAM consists of 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 16 / 20 / 24 / 32 / 48 / 64 / 80 / 96 KB.
    • Flash consists of 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 / 384 / 512 / 768 / 1024 KB.
  • Peripherals:
    • Each F1-series includes various peripherals that vary from line to line.
  • IC packages: VFQFPN36, VFQFPN48, LQFP48, WLCSP64, TFBGA64, LQFP64, LQFP100, LFBGA100, LQFP144, LFBGA144.

STM32 F0

STM32 F0 series[51]
General information
Launched2012
Discontinuedcurrent
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate48 MHz
Architecture and classification
Min. feature size180 nm[52]
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M0[6]
Instruction setThumb-1 (most),
Thumb-2 (some)

The STM32 F0-series are the first group of ARM Cortex-M0 chips in the STM32 family. The summary for this series is:[19][27][31][51]

  • Core:
    • ARM Cortex-M0 core at a maximum clock rate of 48 MHz.
    • Cortex-M0 options include the SysTick Timer.
  • Memory:
    • Static RAM consists of 4 / 6 / 8 / 16 / 32 KB general purpose with hardware parity checking.
    • Flash consists of 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 KB general purpose.
    • Each chip has a factory-programmed 96-bit unique device identifier number. (except STM32F030x4/6/8/C and STM32F070x6/B,[53])
  • Peripherals:
    • Each F0-series includes various peripherals that vary from line to line.
  • Oscillators consists of internal (8 MHz, 40 kHz), optional external (1 to 32 MHz, 32.768 to 1000 kHz).
  • IC packages: TSSOP20, UFQFPN32, LQFP/UFQFN48, LQFP64, LQFP/UFBGA100.
  • Operating voltage range is 2.0 to 3.6 volt with the possibility to go down to 1.65 V.

STM32 G4

STM32 G4 series[54]
General information
Launched2019
Discontinuedcurrent
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate170 MHz
Architecture and classification
Min. feature size90 nm[52]
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M4F[3]
Instruction setThumb-1, Thumb-2,
Saturated, DSP,
FPU (SP)

The STM32 G4-series is a next generation of Cortex-M4F microcontrollers aiming to replace F3 series, offering the golden mean in productivity and power efficiency, e.g. better power efficiency and performance compared to the older F3/F4 series and higher performance compared to ultra low power L4 series, integrated several hardware accelerators.

  • Core:
    • ARM Cortex-M4F core at a maximum clock rate of 170 MHz with FPU and DSP instructions
  • Mathematical accelerators:
    • CORDIC (trigonometric and hyperbolic functions)
    • FMAC (filtering functions)
  • Memory:
    • Flash memory with error-correcting code (ECC) and sizes of 128 to 512 KB.
    • Static RAM sizes of 32 to 128 KB with hardware parity checking and CCM-SRAM routine booster, 32x 32-bit battery-backed registers with tamper-detection erase.
  • Rich advanced analog peripherals (comparator, op-amps, DAC)
  • ADC with hardware oversampling (16-bit resolution) up to 4 Msps
  • High-resolution timer version 2
  • USB Type-C interface with Power Delivery including physical layer (PHY)
  • Securable memory area
  • AES hardware encryption

STM32 G0

STM32 G0 series[55]
General information
Launched2018
Discontinuedcurrent
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate64 MHz
Architecture and classification
Min. feature size90 nm[52]
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M0+[5]
Instruction setThumb-1 (most),
Thumb-2 (some)

The STM32 G0-series is a next generation of Cortex-M0/M0+ microcontrollers for budget market segment, offering the golden mean in productivity and power efficiency, e.g. better power efficiency and performance compared to the older F0 series and higher performance compared to ultra low power L0 series[52]

  • Core:
    • ARM Cortex-M0+ core at a maximum clock rate of 64 MHz.
    • Debug interface is SWD with breakpoints and watchpoints. JTAG debugging isn't supported.
  • Memory:
    • Static RAM sizes of 8 to 128 KB general purpose with hardware parity checking, 5x 32-bit battery-backed registers with tamper-detection erase.
    • Flash sizes of 16 to 512 KB.[56]

STM32 L5

STM32 L5 series[57]
General information
Launched2018
Discontinuedcurrent
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate110 MHz 
Architecture and classification
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M33F

The STM32 L5-series is an evolution of STM32L-series of ultra-low power microcontrollers:

STM32 L4+

STM32 L4+ series[58]
General information
Launched2016
Discontinuedcurrent
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate120 
Architecture and classification
Min. feature size90 nm[52]
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M4F[3]
Instruction setThumb-1, Thumb-2,
Saturated, DSP,
FPU (SP)

The STM32 L4+-series is expansion of STM32L4-series of ultra-low power microcontrollers, providing more performance, more embedded memory and richer graphics and connectivity features while keeping ultra-low-power capability.

Main features:

  • ARM 32-bit Cortex-M4 core
  • 120 MHz max CPU frequency
  • VDD from 1.71 V to 3.6 V
  • Ultra low power consumption: down to 41 μA/MHz, 20 nA power consumption in power-down mode.
  • Up to 2048 KB Flash, up to 640 KB SRAM
  • Rich and advanced peripherals, including TFT-LCD controller, Chrom-ART Accelerator, Camera interface etc.

STM32 L4

STM32 L4 series
General information
Launched2015
Discontinuedcurrent
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate80 
Architecture and classification
Min. feature size90 nm[52]
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M4F[3]
Instruction setThumb-1, Thumb-2,
Saturated, DSP,
FPU (SP)

The STM32 L4-series is an evolution of STM32L1-series of ultra-low power microcontrollers. An example of L4 MCU is STM32L432KC in UFQFPN32 package, that has:

  • ARM 32-bit Cortex-M4 core
  • 80 MHz max CPU frequency
  • VDD from 1.65 V to 3.6 V
  • 256 KB Flash, 64 KB SRAM
  • General purpose timers (4), SPI/I2S (2), I2C (2), USART (2), 12-bit ADC with 10 channels (1), GPIO (20) with external interrupt capability, RTC
  • Random number generator (TRNG for HW entropy).

STM32 L1

STM32 L1 series[59]
General information
Launched2010
Discontinuedcurrent
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate32 MHz
Architecture and classification
Min. feature size130 nm
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M3[4]
Instruction setThumb-1, Thumb-2,
Saturated (some)

The STM32 L1-series was the first group of STM32 microcontrollers with a primary goal of ultra-low power usage for battery-powered applications. The summary for this series is:[13][17][59][60]

  • Core:
  • Memory:
    • Static RAM consists of 10 / 16 / 32 / 48 / 80 KB general purpose, 80 bytes with tamper-detection erase.
    • Flash consists of 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 / 384 / 512 KB general purpose with ECC, 4 / 8 KB system boot, 32 option bytes, EEPROM consists of 4 / 8 / 12 / 16 KB data storage with ECC.
    • Each chip has a factory-programmed 96-bit unique device identifier number.
  • Peripherals:
    • Common peripherals included in all IC packages are USB 2.0 FS, two SPI, two I²C, three USART, eight 16-bit timers, two watchdog timers, temperature sensor, 16 to 24 channels into one ADC, two DACs, 37 to 83 GPIOs, seven DMA, real-time clock (RTC), cyclic redundancy check (CRC) engine. The STM32FL152 line adds a LCD controller.
  • Oscillators consists of internal (16 MHz, 38 kHz, variable 64 kHz to 4 MHz), optional external (1 to 26 MHz, 32.768 to 1000 kHz).
  • IC packages: UFQFPN48, LQFP48, LQFP64, TFBGA64, LQFP100, UFBGA100.
  • Operating voltage range is 1.65 to 3.6 volt.

STM32 L0

STM32 L0 series[61]
General information
Launched2014
Discontinuedcurrent
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate32 MHz
Architecture and classification
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-M0+[5]
Instruction setThumb-1 (most),
Thumb-2 (some)

The STM32 L0-series is the first group of STM32 microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M0+ core. This series targets low power applications. The summary for this series is:[32][61]

  • Core:
    • ARM Cortex-M0+ core at a maximum clock rate of 32 MHz.
    • Debug interface is SWD with breakpoints and watchpoints. JTAG debugging isn't supported.
  • Memory:
    • Static RAM sizes of 8 KB general purpose with hardware parity checking, 20 bytes battery-backed with tamper-detection erase.
    • Flash sizes of 32 or 64 KB general purpose (with ECC).
    • EEPROM sizes of 2 KB (with ECC).
    • ROM which contains a boot loader with optional reprogramming of the flash from USART1, USART2, SPI1, SPI2.
    • Each chip has a factory-programmed 96-bit unique device identifier number.
  • Peripherals:
    • two USART, one low-power UART, two I²C, two SPI or one I²S, one full-speed USB (only L0x2 and L0x3 chips).
    • one 12-bit ADC with multiplexer, one 12-bit DAC, two analog comparators, temperature sensor.
    • timers, low-power timers, watchdog timers, 5 V-tolerant GPIOs, real-time clock, DMA controller, CRC engine.
    • capacitive touch sense and 32-bit random number generator (only L0x2 and L0x3 chips), LCD controller (only L0x3 chips), 128-bit AES engine (only L06x chips).
  • Oscillators consists of optional external 1 to 24 MHz crystal or oscillator, optional external 32.768 kHz crystal or ceramic resonator, multiple internal oscillators, and one PLL.
  • IC packages are LQFP48, LQFP64, TFBGA64.
  • Operating voltage range is 1.8 to 3.6 volt, including a programmable brownout detector.

Development boards

Arduino boards

The following are Arduino header-compatible boards with STM32 microcontrollers. The Nucleo boards (see next section) also have Arduino headers.

  • Maple board by Leaflabs has a STM32F103RB microcontroller. A C/C++ library called libmaple is available to make it easier to migrate from Arduino.
  • OLIMEXINO-STM32 board by Olimex has a STM32F103RBT6 microcontroller and similar to the Maple board.
  • Netduino with support for .NET Micro Framework

Nucleo boards

All Nucleo boards by STMicroelectronics support the mbed IDE development,[30][33] and has an additional onboard ST-LINK/V2-1 host adapter chip that supplies SWD debugging, virtual COM port, mass storage. There are three Nucleo board families, each supporting a different microcontroller IC package footprint.[62] The debugger embedded on Nucleo boards can be converted to SEGGER J-Link debugger protocol.[63]

Nucleo-32 boards[62][64]
Nucleo-64 boards[62][66]
  • This family has 64-pin STM32 ICs, Arduino Uno Rev3 female headers, and ST Morpho male pin headers (two 19x2).[67]
  • Low power ICs are L053, L073, L152, L433, L452, L452, L476. Mainstream ICs are F030, F070, F072, F091, F103, F302, F303, F334. High performance ICs are F401, F410, F411, F446.
  • NUCLEO-F030R8 board for STM32F030R8T6 MCU with 48 MHz Cortex-M0 core, 64 KB flash, 8 KB SRAM (HW parity).
  • NUCLEO-F070RB board for STM32F070RBT6 MCU with 48 MHz Cortex-M0 core, 128 KB flash, 16 KB SRAM (HW parity).
  • NUCLEO-F072RB board for STM32F072RBT6 MCU with 48 MHz Cortex-M0 core, 128 KB flash, 16 KB SRAM (HW parity).
  • NUCLEO-F091RC board for STM32F091RCT6 MCU with 48 MHz Cortex-M0 core, 256 KB flash, 32 KB SRAM (HW parity).
  • NUCLEO-F103RB board for STM32F103RBT6 MCU with 72 MHz Cortex-M3 core, 128 KB flash, 20 KB SRAM, external static memory interface.
  • NUCLEO-F302R8 board for STM32F302R8T6 MCU with 72 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 64 KB flash, 16 KB SRAM.[35]
  • NUCLEO-F303RE board for STM32F303RET6 MCU with 72 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 512 KB flash, 32 KB SRAM, 48 KB SRAM (HW parity), external static memory interface.
  • NUCLEO-F334R8 board for STM32F334R8T6 MCU with 72 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 64 KB flash, 16 KB SRAM (HW parity).
  • NUCLEO-F401RE board for STM32F401RET6 MCU with 84 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 512 KB flash, 96 KB SRAM.
  • NUCLEO-F410RB board for STM32F410RBT6 MCU with 100 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 128 KB flash, 32 KB SRAM.
  • NUCLEO-F411RE board for STM32F411RET6 MCU with 100 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 512 KB flash, 128 KB SRAM.
  • NUCLEO-F446RE board for STM32F446RET6 MCU with 180 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 512 KB flash, 128 KB SRAM, external quad-SPI memory interface, external flexible memory interface.
  • NUCLEO-L053R8 board for STM32L053R8T6 MCU with 32 MHz Cortex-M0+ core, 64 KB flash (HW ECC), 8 KB SRAM, 2 KB EEPROM (HW ECC).
  • NUCLEO-L073RZ board for STM32L073RZT6 MCU with 32 MHz Cortex-M0+ core, 192 KB flash (HW ECC), 20 KB SRAM, 6 KB EEPROM (HW ECC).
  • NUCLEO-L152RE board for STM32L152RET6 MCU with 32 MHz Cortex-M3 core, 512 KB flash (HW ECC), 80 KB SRAM, 16 KB EEPROM (HW ECC).
  • NUCLEO-L433RC-P board for STM32L433RCT6P MCU with 80 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 256 KB flash (HW ECC), 48 KB SRAM, 16 KB SRAM (HW parity), external quad-SPI memory interface, SMPS power.
  • NUCLEO-L452RE-P board for STM32L452RET6P MCU with 80 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 512 KB flash (HW ECC), 128 KB SRAM, 32 KB SRAM (HW parity), external quad-SPI memory interface, SMPS power.
  • NUCLEO-L452RE board for STM32L452RET6 MCU with 80 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 512 KB flash (HW ECC), 128 KB SRAM, 32 KB SRAM (HW parity), external quad-SPI memory interface.
  • NUCLEO-L476RG board for STM32L476RGT6 MCU with 80 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 1024 KB flash (HW ECC), 96 KB SRAM, 32 KB SRAM (HW parity), external quad-SPI memory interface, external static memory interface.
  • NUCLEO-G071RB board for STM32G071RBT6 MCU with 64 MHz Cortex-M0+ core, 128 KB flash, 32 KB SRAM.
Nucleo-144 boards[62][68]
  • This family has 144-pin STM32 ICs, Arduino Uno Rev3 female headers, ST Zio female headers, ST Morpho male pin headers (two 19x2), second Micro-AB USB connector, and RJ45 Ethernet connector (some boards).[67]
  • Low power ICs are L496, L496-P, L4A6, L4R5, L4R5-P. Mainstream IC is F303. High performance ICs are F207, F412, F413, F429, F439, F446, F722, F746, F756, F767, H743.
  • NUCLEO-F207ZG board for STM32F207ZGT6 MCU with 120 MHz Cortex-M3 core, 1024 KB flash (HW ECC), 128 KB SRAM, 4 KB battery-back SRAM, external static memory interface, ethernet.
  • NUCLEO-F303ZE board for STM32F303ZET6 MCU with 72 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 512 KB flash (HW ECC), 32 KB SRAM, 48 KB SRAM (HW parity), external static memory interface.
  • NUCLEO-F412ZG board for STM32F412ZGT6 MCU with 100 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 1024 KB flash, 256 KB SRAM, external quad-SPI memory interface, external static memory interface.
  • NUCLEO-F429ZI board for STM32F429ZIT6 MCU with 180 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 2048 KB flash, 256 KB SRAM, 4 KB battery-back SRAM, external flexible memory interface, ethernet.
  • NUCLEO-F439ZI board for STM32F439ZIT6 MCU with 180 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 2048 KB flash, 256 KB SRAM, 4 KB battery-back SRAM, external flexible memory interface, ethernet, cryptographic acceleration.
  • NUCLEO-F446ZE board for STM32F446ZET6 MCU with 180 MHz Cortex-M4F core, 512 KB flash, 128 KB SRAM, 4 KB battery-back SRAM, external quad-SPI memory interface, external flexible memory interface.
  • NUCLEO-F746ZG board for STM32F746ZGT6 MCU with 216 MHz Cortex-M7F core (4 KB data cache, 4 KB instruction cache), 1024 KB flash, 336 KB SRAM, 4 KB battery-back SRAM, 1 KB OTP, external quad-SPI memory interface, external flexible memory interface, ethernet.
  • NUCLEO-F767ZI board for STM32F767ZIT6 MCU with 216 MHz Cortex-M7F-DP core (16 KB data cache, 16 KB instruction cache), 2048 KB flash, 528 KB SRAM, 4 KB battery-back SRAM, external quad-SPI memory interface, external flexible memory interface, ethernet.
  • Note: The unofficial suffix "-DP" means the ARM core includes double-precision floating point unit, where as all other chips are single-precision only.

Discovery boards

STM32VLDISCOVERY board with STM32F100RBT6 microcontroller.

The following Discovery evaluation boards are sold by STMicroelectronics to provide a quick and easy way for engineers to evaluate their microcontroller chips. These kits are available from various distributors for less than US$20. The STMicroelectronics evaluation product licence agreement forbids their use in any production system or any product that is offered for sale.[69]

Each board includes an on-board ST-LINK for programming and debugging via a Mini-B USB connector. The power for each board is provided by a choice of the 5 V via the USB cable, or an external 5 V power supply. They can be used as output power supplies of 3 V or 5 V (current must be less than 100 mA). All Discovery boards also include a voltage regulator, reset button, user button, multiple LEDs, SWD header on top of each board, and rows of header pins on the bottom.[70]

An open-source project was created to allow Linux to communicate with the ST-LINK debugger.[71]

ChibiOS/RT, a free RTOS, has been ported to run on some of the Discovery boards.[72][73][74]

STM32L476GDISCOVERY
STM32F429IDISCOVERY
STM32F4DISCOVERY
STM32F401CDISCOVERY
STM32F3DISCOVERY
STM32VLDISCOVERY
STM32L-DISCOVERY
  • A discovery board for STM32L152RBT6 microcontroller with 32 MHz ARM Cortex-M3 core, 128 KB flash (with ECC), 16 KB RAM, 4 KB EEPROM (with ECC) in LQFP64 package.[16]
  • This board includes an integrated ST-LINK/V2 debugger via Mini-B USB connector, 24-segment LCD, touch sensors, 2 user LEDs, user button, reset button, and two 28x1 male pin headers.
  • This board is currently End-Of-Life and replaced by the 32L152CDISCOVERY board.
STM32L152CDISCOVERY
  • A discovery board for STM32L152RCT6 microcontroller with 32 MHz ARM Cortex-M3 core, 256 KB flash (with ECC), 32 KB RAM, 8 KB EEPROM (with ECC) in LQFP64 package.
  • This board includes an integrated ST-LINK/V2 debugger via Mini-B USB connector, 24-segment LCD, touch sensors, 2 user LEDs, user button, reset button, and two 28x1 male pin headers.
STM32L100CDISCOVERY
  • A discovery board for STM32L100RCT6 microcontroller with 32 MHz ARM Cortex-M3 core, 256 KB flash (with ECC), 16 KB RAM, 4 KB EEPROM (with ECC) in LQFP64 package.
  • This board includes an integrated ST-LINK/V2 debugger via Mini-B USB connector, 2 user LEDs, user button, reset button, and two 33x1 male pin headers.
STM32F072BDISCOVERY
  • A discovery board for STM32F072RBT6 microcontroller with 48 MHz ARM Cortex-M0 core, 128 KB flash, 16 KB RAM (with parity) in LQFP64 package.[31]
  • This board includes an integrated ST-LINK/V2 debugger via Mini-B USB connector, gyroscope (L3GD20), 4 user LEDs, user button, reset button, linear touch keys, Full-Speed USB to second Mini-B USB connector, and two 33x1 male pin headers.
STM32F0DISCOVERY
  • A discovery board for STM32F051R8T6 microcontroller with 48 MHz ARM Cortex-M0 core, 64 KB flash, 8 KB RAM (with parity) in LQFP64 package.[20]
  • This board includes an integrated ST-LINK/V2 debugger via Mini-B USB connector, 2 user LEDs, user button, reset button, and two 33x1 male pin headers.
  • A prototyping perfboard with 0.1-inch (2.54 mm) grid of holes is included.
STM32F0308DISCOVERY
  • A discovery board for STM32F030R8T6 microcontroller with 48 MHz ARM Cortex-M0 core, 64 KB flash, 8 KB RAM (with parity) in LQFP64 package.[29]
  • This board includes an integrated ST-LINK/V2 debugger via Mini-B USB connector, 2 user LEDs, user button, reset button, and two 33x1 male pin headers.
  • A prototyping perfboard with 0.1-inch (2.54 mm) grid of holes is included.

Evaluation boards

The following evaluation kits are sold by STMicroelectronics.[75]

STM32W-RFCKIT
  • An RF evaluation board for STM32 W-series.
  • It contains two boards, each with a STM32W108 SoC microcontroller in VFQFPN40 and VFQFPN48 packages.
  • The evaluation board has a built-in 2.4 GHz IEEE 802.15.4 transceiver and Lower MAC (so supports 802.15.4, ZigBee RF4CE, ZigBee Pro, 6LoWPAN (Contiki) wireless protocols). The SoC contains 128-Kbyte flash and 8-Kbyte RAM memory. Flash memory is upgradable too via USB. It has an ARM Serial Wire Debug (SWD) interface (Remote board) and is designed to be powered by USB or with 2 AAA batteries (Remote board). There are two user-defined LEDs (green and yellow) and five push buttons to create easy-to-use remote functions (remote board).
STM3220G-JAVA

A ready-to-use Java development kits for its STM32 microcontrollers. The STM3220G-JAVA Starter Kit combines an evaluation version of IS2T's MicroEJ® Software Development Kit (SDK) and the STM32F2 series microcontroller evaluation board providing everything engineers need to start their projects. MicroEJ provides extended features to create, simulate, test and deploy Java applications in embedded systems. Support for Graphical User Interface (GUI) development includes a widget library, design tools including storyboarding, and tools for customizing fonts.[76] STM32 microcontrollers that embed Java have a Part Number that ends with J like STM32F205VGT6J.

Partner boards

The following evaluation kits are sold by partners of STMicroelectronics and listed on the ST website.

STM32-PerformanceStick
  • An evaluation board for STM32 F1-series.[77]
  • It contains a STM32F103RBT6 microcontroller at 72 MHz with 128 KB flash and 20 KB RAM in LQFP64 package.
  • This board also includes in-circuit debugger via USB, 3 V battery, LEDs, edge card connector.
  • The price is approximately US$65.
EvoPrimers for STM32
  • A prototyping environment for a variety of STM32 variants, which allows users to create their applications using an application programming interface (API) to implement device peripherals and a range of evaluation features on the EvoPrimer base including TFT color touchscreen, graphical user interface, joy stick, codec-based audio, SD card, IrDA and standard peripherals such as USB, USART, SPI, I2C, CAN, etc.
  • EvoPrimer target boards are available for several variants including STM32F103, STM32F107, STM32L152 and STM32F407.
  • The EvoPrimer base includes a device programming and application debugging interface and comes with a Raisonance software tool set for coding, compiling and debugging the user's application.
  • The CircleOS utility allows the user to code their applications relying on an application programming interface, making it possible to program the application without having to master the configuration of device peripherals.
  • The price is US$100 to $120.

Development tools

Cortex-M

STM32

Design utilities
  • Simulink, by MathWorks provides model-based design solutions to design embedded systems. The Embedded Coder Support Package for STMicroelectronics Discovery Boards and the Simulink Coder Support Package for STMicroelectronics Nucleo Boards provide parameter tuning, signal monitoring and one-click deployment of Simulink algorithms to STM32 boards with access to peripherals like ADC, PWM, GPIOs, I²C, SPI, SCI, TCP/IP, UDP, etc.
Flash programming via USART

All STM32 microcontrollers have a ROM'ed bootloader that supports loading a binary image into its flash memory using one or more peripherals (varies by STM32 family). Since all STM32 bootloaders support loading from the USART peripheral and most boards connect the USART to RS-232 or a USB-to-UART adapter IC, thus it's a universal method to program the STM32 microcontroller. This method requires the target to have a way to enable/disable booting from the ROM'ed bootloader (i.e. jumper / switch / button).

STM32 Java software libraries
  • Standard Eclipse Java IDE STM32Java
STM32 C/C++ software libraries

Documentation

The amount of documentation for all ARM chips is daunting, especially for newcomers. The documentation for microcontrollers from past decades would easily be inclusive in a single document, but as chips have evolved so has the documentation grown. The total documentation is especially hard to grasp for all ARM chips since it consists of documents from the IC manufacturer (STMicroelectronics) and documents from CPU core vendor (ARM Holdings).

A typical top-down documentation tree is: manufacturer website, manufacturer marketing slides, manufacturer datasheet for the exact physical chip, manufacturer detailed reference manual that describes common peripherals and aspects of a physical chip family, ARM core generic user guide, ARM core technical reference manual, ARM architecture reference manual that describes the instruction set(s).

STM32 documentation tree (top to bottom)
  1. STM32 website.
  2. STM32 marketing slides.
  3. STM32 datasheet.
  4. STM32 reference manual.
  5. ARM core website.
  6. ARM core generic user guide.
  7. ARM core technical reference manual.
  8. ARM architecture reference manual.

STMicroelectronics has additional documents, such as: evaluation board user manuals, application notes, getting started guides, software library documents, errata, and more. See External Links section for links to official STM32 and ARM documents.

Part number decoding

STM32F051R8
STM32xxwwyz

  • xx – Family
  • ww – subtype: differs in equipment of peripherals and this depend on certain family
  • y – Package pin count
  • z – FLASH memory size
Family: [xx][1][78]
Code Core Max freq [MHz] Max FLASH [KB] Max SRAM [KB] Target
F0CortexM04825632Mainstream
F1CortexM372102496Mainstream
F2CortexM31201024128High performance
F3CortexM47251280Mainstream
F4CortexM41802048384High performance
G0CortexM0+6412836Mainstream
G4CortexM4170512128Mainstream
F7CortexM72162048512High performance
H7CortexM748020481024High performance
L0CortexM0+3219220Ultra low power
L1CortexM33251280Ultra low power
L4CortexM4801024320Ultra low power
L4+CortexM41202048640Ultra low power
L5CortexM33110512256Ultra low power

See also

References

  1. STM32 Website; STMicroelectronics.
  2. Cortex-M7 Specification Summary; ARM Holdings.
  3. Cortex-M4 Specification Summary; ARM Holdings.
  4. Cortex-M3 Specification Summary; ARM Holdings.
  5. Cortex-M0+ Specification Summary; ARM Holdings.
  6. Cortex-M0 Specification Summary; ARM Holdings.
  7. STR9 Website; STMicroelectronics.
  8. STR7 Website; STMicroelectronics.
  9. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; October 4, 2006.
  10. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; June 11, 2007.
  11. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; November 6, 2007.
  12. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; October 20, 2009.
  13. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; April 19, 2010.
  14. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; September 14, 2010.
  15. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; November 30, 2010.
  16. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; February 17, 2011.
  17. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; March 2, 2011.
  18. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; September 21, 2011.
  19. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; February 29, 2012.
  20. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; May 9, 2012.
  21. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; June 26, 2012.
  22. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; September 11, 2012.
  23. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; January 21, 2013.
  24. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; February 19, 2013.
  25. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; February 20, 2013.
  26. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; April 30, 2013.
  27. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; July 8, 2013.
  28. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; September 12, 2013.
  29. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; October 3, 2013.
  30. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; December 19, 2013.
  31. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; January 16, 2014.
  32. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; February 11, 2014.
  33. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; February 17, 2014.
  34. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; February 20, 2014.
  35. Press Release; STMicroelectronics; April 23, 2014.
  36. "STMicroelectronics Accelerates MCU-Developers' Pace of Innovation with World's First ARM Cortex-M7F Core-Based STM32 F7 Series MCU". STMicroelectronics. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
  37. "STMicroelectronics Delivers Record Performance and Advanced Secure Services for the IoT with New STM32 Microcontroller Enhancements" (Press release). STMicroelectronics. 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  38. "STMicro Introduces Ultra-efficient STM32L4+ Series MCUs with Better Performance, Chrom-GRC Graphics Controller". cnx-software.com. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  39. "STMicroelectronics Introduces STM32L5 Ultra-Low-Power Microcontrollers for a More Secured IoT". www.st.com. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  40. STM32 H7 Website; STMicroelectronics.
  41. "STM32H7, the Most Powerful Cortex-M7 MCU, Breaks the 2000-point Threshold in CoreMark". ST.com. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  42. "AN4891 Application note" (PDF). ST.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  43. STM32 F7 Website; STMicroelectronics.
  44. STM32 F4, STMicroelectronics.
  45. STM32 F4 official page, STMicroelectronics.
  46. STM32 F3 Website; STMicroelectronics.
  47. STM32 F2 Website; STMicroelectronics.
  48. STM32 F2 Marketing Slides; STMicroelectronics.
  49. STM32 F1 Website; STMicroelectronics.
  50. STM32 F1 official page; STMicroelectronics
  51. STM32 F0 Website; STMicroelectronics.
  52. "STM32G0: 1st Mainstream 90 nm MCU, One Power Line, So Many Possibilities".
  53. "ST Forum - STM32F0 Unique ID Location".
  54. STM32 G4 Overview; STMicroelectronics.
  55. STM32 G0 Overview; STMicroelectronics.
  56. "STM32G0x1 Overview".
  57. STM32 L5 Series; STMicroelectronics.
  58. STM32 L4+ Series; STMicroelectronics.
  59. STM32 L1 Website; STMicroelectronics.
  60. STM32 L1 Marketing Slides; STMicroelectronics.
  61. STM32 L0 Website; STMicroelectronics.
  62. STM32 Nucleo Boards; STMicroelectronics.
  63. Converting ST-LINK On-Board Into a J-Link; Segger Microcontroller Systems.
  64. STM32 Nucleo-32 Board User Manual; STMicroelectronics.
  65. Arduino Nano; arduino.cc
  66. STM32 Nucleo-64 Board User Manual; STMicroelectronics.
  67. Arduino Uno Rev3; arduino.cc
  68. STM32 Nucleo-144 Board User Manual; STMicroelectronics.
  69. STMicroelectronics Evaluation Product License Agreement
  70. STM32 Discovery Board Website; STMicroelectronics.
  71. ST-LINK Linux Tools; github.com
  72. Getting started with the STM32VL-Discovery board and ChibiOS/RT
  73. Getting started with the STM32L-Discovery board and ChibiOS/RT
  74. Getting started with the STM32F4-Discovery board and ChibiOS/RT
  75. STM32 Eval Board Website; STMicroelectronics.
  76. STM32 F2 series Java evaluation kit
  77. STM32-PerformanceStick Board Overview; Hitex.
  78. STM32 Coding matrix

Further reading

  • The Insider's Guide To The STM32 ARM Based Microcontroller; 2nd Edition (v1.8); Trevor Martin; Hitex; 96 pages; 2009; ISBN 0-9549988-8-X. (Download) (Other Guides)
  • µC/OS-III: The Real-Time Kernel for the STMicroelecronics STM32F107; 1st Edition; Jean Labrosse; Micrium; 820 pages; 2009; ISBN 978-0-9823375-3-0.
  • µC/TCP-IP: The Embedded Protocol Stack for the STMicroelectronics STM32F107; 1st Edition; Christian Légaré; Micrium; 824 pages; 2010; ISBN 978-0-9823375-0-9.
STM32 Official Documents
STM32
Series
STM32
Website
STM32
Slides
STM32
Reference
ARM
CPU Core
H7
F7
Cortex-M7F
F4
F3
Cortex-M4F
F2
Slides
F1
Slides
Cortex-M3
F0
G4
Cortex-M4F
G0
L5
L4+
Cortex-M4F
L4
Cortex-M4F
L1
Slides
Cortex-M3
L0
Cortex-M0+
WB
Cortex-M3
ARM Official Documents
Other
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.