Authorised distributor Mouser Electronics is now shipping the new STM32C5 Arm Cortex-M33 Core Mainstream Microcontrollers (MCUs) from STMicroelectronics.
These MCUs are designed to support the development of entry-level, cost-effective, smart home, consumer, industrial, robotics, wearables, and computer peripheral applications.
STMicroelectronics says the MCUs set a new standard for entry-level MCU, thanks to an Arm Cortex-M33 core running at 144MHz with FPU (delivering 593 CoreMark) and standardised DSP instructions, and no external accelerators.
The STM32C5 offers three times the performance of a typical Cortex-M0+ product, with a higher RAM/Flash ratio (up to 1MB of Flash memory and 256KB of RAM), and a dedicated flash area for E2PROM software emulation.
The MCUs also feature an improved design based on ST’s proprietary 40nm manufacturing process, saving vital space to include modern features, such as improved sensing, smoother control, and enhanced user experiences, all while keeping dynamic power consumption low. Included are one Ethernet interface, octoSPI peripherals, and up to two FDCAN, along with hardware crypto for SAES, SPKA, and HUK features, and are available in several packages ranging from 20 to 144 pins.
Also available to order from Mouser are both the STMicroelectronics NUCLEO-C5A3ZG (for the STM32C55x/STM32C562 and STM32C59x/5A3) and NUCLEO-C542RC (for the STM32C53x/542) development boards.
Featuring the STM32Cube software ecosystem, the NUCLEO-C5A3ZG board provides a flexible and affordable way to build prototypes and offers an easy means to expand the functionality of the Nucleo open development platform, with a wide choice of specialised shields through several expansion connectors.
The NUCLEO-C5A3ZG board also integrates the ST-LINK debugger/programmer and does not require a separate probe.
The STMicroelectronics NUCLEO-C562RE board is an STM32 Nucleo 64 platform that offers compatibility with Arduino Uno V3 connectors and ST morpho headers, and enables straightforward expansion of the board’s functionality using a wide range of specialised expansion shields.
