SparkFun Thing Plus – STM32 (DEV-17712)

20 June, 2021

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SparkFun Electronics Thing Plus – STM32 offers power and precision with a 32-bit ARM^® Cortex^®-M4 RISC core. The Thing Plus provides a DFU bootloader for uploading code and incorporates an extensive range of enhanced I/Os and peripherals. The STM32 Thing Plus utilizes the handy Qwiic Connect System, which means no soldering or shields are required to connect it. The STM32 Thing Plus delivers an economical and easy-to-use powerful development platform designed for a minimal working space.

The SparkFun Thing Plus – STM32 STM32F405 Processor is based on the high-performance ARM^® Cortex^®-M4 32-bit RISC core and can operate at a frequency of up to 168MHz. The Cortex-M4 core features a floating-point unit (FPU) single precision, supporting all ARM single-precision data-processing instructions and data types. Additionally, the core implements a complete set of DSP instructions and a memory protection unit (MPU) which enhances application security.

In addition to the USB interface and Qwiic connection, the STM32 Thing Plus provides a 3.3V regulator and LiPo charger and 16MB of Flash and microSD slot for expandable memory.

Features

STM32 General Features:
- ARM® 32-bit Cortex®-M4 CPU with FPU
  - Adaptive real-time accelerator (ART Accelerator™) allowing 0-wait state execution from Flash memory
  - Frequency up to 168MHz
  - Memory protection unit
  - 210DMIPS/ 1.25DMIPS/MHz (Dhrystone 2.1)
  - DSP instructions
- 1Mbyte of Flash memory
- 192Kbytes of SRAM including 64Kbytes of CCM (core coupled memory) data RAM
- Flexible static memory controller supporting Compact Flash, SRAM, PSRAM, NOR and NAND memories
- Clock, reset and supply management
  - 1.8V to 3.6V application supply and I/Os
  - 32kHz oscillator for RTC with calibration
  - Internal 32kHz RC with calibration
- Low-power operation
  - Sleep, Stop and Standby modes
  - VBAT supply for RTC, 20×32 bit backup registers + optional 4KB backup SRAM
- Debug mode
  - Serial wire debug (SWD) & JTAG interfaces
  - Cortex-M4 Embedded Trace Macrocell™
- Advanced connectivity
  - USB 2.0 full-speed device/host/OTG controller with on-chip PHY
  - USB 2.0 high-speed/full-speed device/host/OTG controller with dedicated DMA, on-chip full-speed PHY and ULPI
  - 10/100 Ethernet MAC with dedicated DMA: supports IEEE 1588v2 hardware, MII/RMII
Specific Peripherals available on STM32 Thing Plus:
- UART bus
- I²C Bus
- SPI bus
- Up to 15 analog inputs, two analog outputs
- 20 Digital I/O pins, 14 PWM capable
- SDIO for microSD card support
- JTAG serial wire debug support
- Power Select
- LiPo charging circuit
- 3.3V Regulator
- 128 Mbit SPI flash