Over the past several years, STM has developed a fairly wide range of MCUs. Here, we'll discuss how a few of the major swaths of that portfolio fall into place relative to the considerations discussed in the MCU considerations section of this chapter . Most other vendors also arrange their products into major segments as well, which tends to make the selection process a bit easier.
Introducing the STM32 product line
Mainstream
The STM32 line started with the STM32F1, a Cortex-M3-based MCU, back in 2007. This portion of the product line is meant to serve the majority of high volume applications, where cost and performance must be balanced, with minimally complex applications. The STM32F0 and the STM32G0 portions of the...