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This application note is intended for system designers who require a hardware implementation overview of the development board features: power supply, clock management, reset control, boot mode settings, and debug management. It details how to use the STM32U5 series microcontrollers (named STM32U5) and describes the minimum hardware resources required to develop an application using these MCUs.
AN5373 General information General information ‑M33‑based microcontrollers. ® ® This document applies to the STM32U5 series Arm Cortex Note: Arm is a registered trademark of Arm Limited (or its subsidiaries) in the US and/or elsewhere. Reference documents ® Reference manual STM32U5 series Arm...
– The SMPS power supply pins (VLXSMPS, VDD11, VDDSMPS, VSSSMPS) are available only on packages with SMPS. In such packages, the STM32U5 devices embed two regulators, one LDO and one SMPS in parallel, to provide the V supply to digital peripherals. A 4.7 μF total external CORE capacitor and a 2.2 µH coil are required on VDD11 pins.
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DD11DSI is the external power supply for the DSI transceiver and must be connected to VDD11. DD11DSI The following figures present an overview of the STM32U5 devices power supply, depending on the SMPS presence. AN5373 - Rev 6 page 4/47...
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AN5373 Power supplies Figure 1. STM32U535xxxxQ and STM32U545xxxxQ power supply overview (with SMPS) domain A/D converters VDDA Comparators D/A converters VSSA Operational amplifiers Voltage reference buffer VDDUSB USB transceiver domain DDIO2 DDIO2 VDDIO2 I/O ring PG[15:2] domain DDIO1 I/O ring Reset block Temperature sensor domain...
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AN5373 Power supplies Figure 2. STM32U535xx and STM32U545xx power supply overview (without SMPS) domain A/D converters VDDA Comparators D/A converters VSSA Operational amplifiers Voltage reference buffer USB transceiver domain DDIO2 DDIO2 VDDIO2 I/O ring PG[15:2] domain DDIO1 I/O ring domain CORE Reset block Temperature sensor...
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AN5373 Power supplies Figure 3. STM32U575xQ and STM32U585xQ power supply overview (with SMPS) domain 2 x A/D converters VDDA 2 x comparators 2 x D/A converters VSSA 2 x operational amplifiers Voltage reference buffer VDDUSB USB transceiver domain DDIO2 DDIO2 VDDIO2 I/O ring PG[15:2]...
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AN5373 Power supplies Figure 4. STM32U575xx and STM32U585xx power supply overview (without SMPS) domain 2 x A/D converters VDDA 2 x comparators 2 x D/A converters VSSA 2 x operational amplifiers Voltage reference buffer VDDUSB USB transceiver domain DDIO2 DDIO2 VDDIO2 I/O ring PG[15:2]...
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AN5373 Power supplies Figure 5. STM32U5F/5G/59/5AxxxxxQ power supply overview (with SMPS) domain A/D converters VDDA Comparators D/A converters VSSA Operational amplifiers Voltage reference buffer VDDUSB VDD11USB USB transceiver VDDDSI VDD11DSI DSI transceiver domain DDIO2 DDIO2 VDDIO2 I/O ring PG[15:2] domain DDIO1 I/O ring Reset block...
AN5373 Power supplies ADC and DAC reference voltage To ensure a better accuracy on low-voltage inputs and outputs, the user can connect to VREF+ pin, a separate reference voltage lower than V is the highest voltage, represented by the full-scale value, for an analog input (ADC) or output (DAC) REF+ signal.
The battery charging is enabled by setting VBE bit in PWR_BDCR2. It is automatically disabled in VBAT mode. 2.1.5 Voltage regulator The STM32U5 devices embed the following internal regulators in parallel to provide the V supply for digital CORE peripherals, SRAMs, and the embedded flash memory: •...
AN5373 Power supply schemes Dynamic Voltage scaling management Both LDO and SMPS regulators can provide four different voltages (voltage scaling) and can operate in all Stop modes. Both regulators also can operate in the following ranges: • Range 1 (1.2 V, 160 MHz), high performance: provides a typical output voltage at 1.2 V. It is used when the system clock frequency is up to 160 MHz.
AN5373 Power supply sequence between VDDA, VDDUSB, VDDIO2, and VDD Power supply sequence between V , and V DDUSB DDIO2 2.3.1 Power supply isolation The devices feature a powerful reset system that ensures the main power supply (V ) has reached a valid operating range before releasing the MCU reset.
AN5373 Reset and power-supply supervisor Example of computation of the energy provided to the MCU during the power-down phase If the sum of decoupling capacitors on V is 10 μF and V drops below 1 V while V is still at 3.3 V, the energy remaining in the decoupling capacitors is: E = 1 C ×...
AN5373 Reset and power-supply supervisor The system reset signal provided to the device is output on the NRST pin. The pulse generator guarantees a minimum reset pulse duration of 20 μs for each internal reset source. In case of an external reset, the reset pulse is generated while the NRST pin is asserted low.
AN5373 Packages Packages Package summary The package selection must consider the constraints that are strongly dependent upon the application. The list below summarizes the most frequent ones: • Number of interfaces required: Some interfaces may not be available on some packages. Some interfaces combinations may not be possible on some packages.
Pinout summary Table 2. Pinout summary for STM32U5 devices Pin name Specific I/Os PC14-OSC32_IN PC15- OSC32_OUT PH0-OSC_IN PH1-OSC_OUT System pins NRST PH3-BOOT0 Power pins VBAT VDDUSB VSSA VREF- VREF+ VDDA VDDIO2 VDD11 VDDSMPS...
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Pin name VSSSMPS VLXSMPS VCAP VDDDSI VDD11DSI VSSDSI VDD11USB Number of VDD Number of VSS 1. 'X' means that the pin is present. 2. 'o' means that VDD and VDDUSB are internally connected and available on a single pin. 3. 'o' means that VSSA and VREF- are internally connected and available on a single pin. 4.
AN5373 Clocks Clocks The following clock sources can be used to drive the system clock (SYSCLK): • HSI16: high-speed internal 16 MHz RC oscillator clock • MSIS: multi-speed internal RC oscillator clock • HSE: high-speed external crystal or clock, from 4 to 50 MHz •...
AN5373 HSI16 clock 4.1.1 External crystal/ceramic resonator (HSE crystal) The 4 to 50 MHz external oscillator has the advantage of producing a very accurate rate on the main clock. The associated hardware configuration is shown in Table 3. Refer to the electrical characteristics section of the datasheet for more details.
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AN5373 LSE clock The crystal oscillator driving strength can be changed at runtime using the LSEDRV[1:0] bits in RCC_BDCR, to obtain the best compromise between robustness and short startup time on one side, and low-power-consumption on the other side. External source (LSE bypass) In this mode, an external clock source must be provided, with a frequency up to 1 MHz.
TZEN option bit (TZEN = 0), the boot space is as detailed in the table below. ® Table 4. Boot modes when TrustZone is disabled (TZEN = 0) nBOOT0 nSWBOOT0 BOOT0 Boot address ST programmed FLASH_ FLASH_ Boot area option‑byte selection default value pin PH3 OPTR[27] OPTR[26] Boot address defined by user option...
0x0C00 0000 SECBOOTADD0[24:0] Embedded bootloader and RSS The embedded bootloader is located in the system memory and programmed by ST during production. It is used to reprogram the flash memory by using the following serial interfaces: • USART: USART1 on pins PA9/PA10, USART2 on pins PA2/PA3, USART3 on pins PC10/PC11 •...
AN5373 Debug management Debug management ® ™ The serial wire/JTAG debug port (SWJ-DP) is an Arm standard CoreSight debug port. The host/target interface is the hardware equipment that connects the host to the application board. This interface is made of three components: a hardware debug tool, a serial-wire connector, and a cable connecting the host to the debug tool.
AN5373 Pinout and debug port pins 6.2.2 Flexible SWJ-DP pin assignment After reset (SYSRESETn or PORESETn), all five pins used for the SWJ-DP are assigned as dedicated pins that are immediately usable by the debugger host. Note: The trace outputs are not assigned except if explicitly programmed by the debugger host. The table below shows the different possibilities for releasing some pins (refer to document for more details).
6.2.4 SWJ-DP connection with standard JTAG connector The figure below shows the connection between the device and a standard JTAG connector. Figure 15. JTAG connector implementation JTAG connector Connector 2 x 10 STM32U5 MCU VTREF nJTRST nTRST JTDI JTMS/SWDIO JTCK/SWCLK...
6.3.2 SWD port connection with standard SWD connector The figure below shows the connection between the device and a standard SWD connector. Figure 16. SWD connector implementation NRST SWCLK/PA14 SWDIO/PA13 SWD connector STM32U5 device AN5373 - Rev 6 page 33/47...
AN5373 Recommendations Recommendations PCB (printed circuit board) For technical reasons, it is best to use a multilayer PCB, with a separate layer dedicated to ground (V ) and another dedicated to the V supply. This provides a good decoupling and a good shielding effect. For many applications, economical reasons prohibit the use of this type of board.
AN5373 Other signals The figure below shows the typical layout of such a VDD/VSS pin pair. Figure 17. Typical layout for VDD/VSS pin pair Via to VDD Via to VSS STM32 Other signals When designing an application, the EMC performance can be improved by closely studying the following: •...
Description The reference designs shown in the next sections are based on STM32U5 devices in LQFP144 and TFBGA216 packages. This reference design can be tailored to any STM32U5 device with a different package, using the pin correspondence given in Section 8.2 and Design reference for a STM32U599/5A9/5F9/5G9 device (with SMPS).
AN5373 Design reference for a STM32U5 device (with and without SMPS) Design reference for a STM32U5 device (with and without SMPS) Table 9 lists the components used for a STM32U5 design reference : • based on STM32U535/545/575/585xxxxQ device, with SMPS (see Figure •...
AN5373 Design reference for a STM32U5 device (with and without SMPS) Table 10 lists the components in the STM32U599 discovery kit STM32U599J-DK (reference design MB1662) based on STM32U599xxxxQ device, with SMPS (see Figure 20). Table 10. Components of STM32U599 discovery kit...
Section 2 Power supply management • Section 8.2 Component references 14-Nov-2022 Updated various typos and Section 8.2 Component references 16-Feb-2023 Document updated to cover entire STM32U5 series microcontrollers Updated: • Voltage range values for V and V in Section 2.1 Power...
AN5373 List of figures List of figures Figure 1. STM32U535xxxxQ and STM32U545xxxxQ power supply overview (with SMPS)..... . . 5 Figure 2.
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