STM32H743ZIT6 STMicroelectronics: Features, Datasheet and Application

STM32H743ZIT6 is a powerful microcontroller from STMicroelectronics, based on the Arm Cortex-M7 architecture. It is designed to meet the requirements of high-performance embedded applications, offering advanced features and processing capabilities.

It is a versatile microcontroller, offering a wide range of peripherals, including ADCs, DACs, timers, and communication interfaces, making it an ideal choice for applications such as industrial control, motor control, and audio processing. In this article, we will take a closer look at the features, datasheet, and applications of the STM32H743ZIT6 microcontroller.

STM32H743ZIT6 Description

The STM32H743ZIT6 is a high-performance microcontroller based on the ARM Cortex-M7 architecture. It features a dual-core architecture with hardware floating-point unit (FPU) and an operating frequency of up to 400 MHz, making it well-suited for a wide range of applications that require real-time performance and advanced processing capabilities.

STM32H743ZIT6 Specification

STM32H743ZIT6 Features

Functional Features

1. Includes ST's most advanced patented technology

2. 32-bit Arm@ Cortex@-M7 core with double precision FPU and L1 cache: 16 Kbytes data and 16 Kbytes instruction cache: frequency up to 480 MHz MPU, 1027 DMIPS/214 DMIPS/MHz (Dhrystone 2.1) and DSP instructions

3. Memory

• Up to 2MMB Flash memory with read-while-write support
• Up to 1MB RAM: 192KB TCM RAM (including 64KB ITCM RAM + 128KB DTCM RAM for time critical routines), up to 864KB user SRAM, and 4KB backup domain SRAM
• Flexible external memory controllers with up to 32-bit data bus: SRAM, PSRAM, SDRAM/LPSDR SDRAM, NOR/NAND Flash, clocked at up to 100 MHz in synchronous mode CRC calculation cells

4. ROP, PC-ROP, active tampering

5. General-purpose I/O: up to 168 I/O ports with interrupt function

6. Reset and power management

• -3 independent power domains that can be independently clocked gated or shut down.
• -D1: High performance capability
• -D2: Communication peripherals and timers
• -D3: Reset/clock control/power management
• -1.62 to 3.6V application power and I/O
• -POR, PDR, PVD and BOR
• -Dedicated USB power supply embedded with a 3.3V internal regulator to power the internal PHY
• -Embedded regulator (LDO) with configurable scalable outputs to power digital circuits
• -Voltage scaling in run and stop modes (6 configurable ranges)
• -Standby voltage regulator (~0.9V)
• -Voltage reference for analog peripherals/VREF+
• -Low power modes: sleep, stop, standby and VBAT with battery charging support

7. Low power consumption

• -VBAT battery operation mode with charging capability
• -CPU and domain power status monitoring pins
• -2.95uA in standby mode (standby SRAM off, RTC/LSE on)

8. Clock Management

• Internal oscillator: 64MHz HSI, 48MHz HSI48, 4MHz CS, 32kH LSI
• External oscillator: 4-48 MHZ HSE, 32.768kHz LSE
• 3 PLLs (1 for system clock, 2 for core clock) with fractional mode

9. Interconnect matrix

10. 4 DMA controllers offload CPU

• -1x high-speed main direct memory access controller (MDMA) with linked table support
• -2 dual-port DMA with FIFO
• -1x Basic DMA with request router function
• 11. Up to 35 communication peripherals
• -4xI2Cs FM+ connection (SMBus/PMBus)
• -4xUSART/4x UART (ISO7816 interface, LIN, IrDA, up to 12.5Mbit/s) and 1x LPUART-6 SPI, 3 with multiplexed duplex I2S audio level precision via internal audio external clock, 1 12S in LP domain (up to 150MHz) -4xSAl (serial audio interface)
• -SPDIFRX interface
• -SWPMI single line protocol host I/F
• -MDIO slave interface
• -2xSD/SDIO/MMC connections (up to 125MHz)
• 2xUSB OTG interface (1FS, 1HS/FS) Crystal-less solution with LPM and BCD
• -Ethernet MAC interface with DMA controller
• -HDMI-CEC

12.11 analog peripherals

• 3 ADCs with up to 16-bit resolution (up to 36 channels, up to 3.6 MSPS)
• -1x temperature sensor
• -2x 12-bit D/A converters (1 MHz)
• 2x ultra-low power comparators
• -2x operational amplifiers (7.3MHz bandwidth)
• -1x digital filter for 8-channel/4-filter sigma delta modulator (DFSDM)

13. Graphics

• LCD-TFT controller up to XGA fractions
• -Chrom-ART graphics hardware gas pedal (DMA2D) to reduce CPU load hardware JPEG codec

14. Up to 22 timers and watchdogs

• -1x high resolution timer (2.1 ns max resolution)
• -2x 32-bit timers, up to 4x 2C/0C/PWM or pulse counters and quadrature (incremental) encoder inputs (up to 240MHz)
• -10 16-bit general purpose timers (up to 240MHz)
• -5x 16-bit low-power timers (up to 240MHz)
• -2x Watchdogs (standalone and windowed)
• -1xSysTick timer -RTC with sub-second accuracy and hardware calendar

15. Debug mode

• SWD and JTAG interface
• -4 KB embedded trace buffer
• True random number generator (3 oscillators each)
• 96-bit ID-only
• All packages are ECOPACK2 compliant

STM32H743ZIT6 Application

The STM32H743ZIT6 microcontroller can be used in a wide range of applications that require high-performance processing, advanced analog capabilities, connectivity options, and graphics acceleration. Here are some examples of applications that could benefit from using the STM32H743ZIT6:

Industrial Automation: It can be used to control and monitor industrial processes, such as factory automation, robotics, and motor control.

Automotive: It can be used for automotive applications, such as engine management, powertrain control, and ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems).

Aerospace: It can be used for aerospace applications, such as flight control systems, satellite communication, and avionics.

Medical: It can be used for medical applications, such as patient monitoring, medical imaging, and diagnostics.

Consumer Electronics: It can be used for consumer electronics applications, such as smart home devices, wearable technology, and home entertainment systems.

Gaming: It can be used for gaming applications, such as game consoles, gaming peripherals, and virtual reality systems.

IoT: It can be used for IoT (Internet of Things) applications, such as smart sensors, gateways, and edge computing devices.

Summary

The STM32H743ZIT6 device with the dual-precision FPU processor Arm@Cortex@-M7, the latest generation of Arm processors for embedded systems, was developed to provide a low-cost platform that meets the needs of MCU implementations, reduces pin count and optimizes power consumption, while providing excellent computational performance and low interrupt latency awareness.

The Cortex@-M7 processor is a highly efficient, high-performance processor with the following key features.

Six-stage dual release pipeline

Dynamic branch prediction

Harvard architecture with L1 cache (16KB I cache and 16KB D cache)

64-bit AX interface

64-bit ITCM interface

2x32-bit DTCM interface

The following memory interfaces are supported.

Separate instruction and data buses to optimize CPU latency

Tightly Tuned Memory (TCM) interface, designed for fast and deterministic SRAM access

AXI bus interface for optimized real-issue transfers

Dedicated low-latency AHB Lite peripheral bus (AHBP) for connecting peripheral devices

In addition, the STM32H743ZIT6 supports single- and double-precision FPUs (floating-point units), speeding up software development by using meta-language development tools while avoiding saturation.