Documentation; Table 3. Stmicroelectronics Documentation Guide - STMicroelectronics STM32 Application Note

STM32 ecosystem outlines
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Documentation

Several types of documentation are available on www.st.com.
of the main technical documents with a short description of their contents.
Acronym Name
DB Data Brief
DS Data sheet
RM Reference manual
AN Application note
UM User manual
TN Technical note
ES Errata sheet
PM Programmer manual
RN Release note
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Table 3. STMicroelectronics documentation guide

Preliminary Product Specification before complete maturity
Product Specifications, Hardware feature and Electrical Characteristics
(Pinout/Alternate function definition table, Memory Map, Electrical
Characterization etc.)
How to use the targeted microcontroller series, memory and
peripherals.(registers details, default/reset value etc.)
"How to make" guide helping to achieve a specific application with the
targeted MCU.
"How To Use" guide for a specific software of hardware product (board,
software tools etc.)
Very brief document addressing single technical aspect. Can be seen as a
complement of AN or UM documents
Contained known issues and device limitation.
Target software developer with a full description of the STM32 Cortex
processor programming model, instruction set and core peripherals
It describes new features, known limitations and corrections on a specific
software release for an evaluation board, a reference design, a software or
programming or debugging tool.
The MCU Finder application can be useful for document access and
bookmarking in addition to its primary usage for identifying the
suitable STM32 product. The MCU Finder application is available for
use on PC, smartphone, and tablet. More information is available on
www.st.com.
When an Internet search engine is used to get access to STMicroelectronics
documents, it is advised to search with an explicit mention of STMicroelectonics
web site so that references to genuine documents are obtained. In the Google
Toolbar™ search bar, the following syntax can be used:
"[Document reference or key word]"
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