Clocks; Hse Osc Clock; Figure 15. Hse External Clock; Figure 16. Hse Crystal/Ceramic Resonators - ST STM32F4 Series Application Note

Clocks

6 Clocks
Three different clock sources can be used to drive the system clock (SYSCLK):
•
HSI oscillator clock (high-speed internal clock signal)
•
HSE oscillator clock (high-speed external clock signal)
• PLL clock
The devices have two secondary clock sources:
•
32 kHz low-speed internal RC (LSI RC) that drives the independent watchdog and,
optionally, the RTC used for Auto-wakeup from the Stop/Standby modes.
• 32.768 kHz low-speed external crystal (LSE crystal) that optionally drives the real-time
clock (RTCCLK)
Each clock source can be switched on or off independently when it is not used, to optimize
the power consumption.
Refer to the reference manual for the description of the clock tree.
6.1

HSE OSC clock

The high-speed external clock signal (HSE) can be generated from two possible clock
sources:
•
HSE user external clock (see
• HSE external crystal/ceramic resonator (see

Figure 15. HSE external clock

1. The value of R
(resonator series resistance).
Refer to the dedicated Application Note (AN2867 - Oscillator design guide for ST
microcontrollers) and electrical characteristics sections in the datasheet of your product for
more details.
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depends on the crystal characteristics. Typical value is in the range of 5 to 6 R
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Figure 16. HSE crystal/ceramic
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resonators
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