Hands-On RTOS with Microcontrollers

Device selection

Most modern MCUs have the option of mapping peripherals to several different pins. However, each pin is usually shared between several different peripherals. So, it is possible, on a pin-constrained device, to have the required peripherals available (present on the MCU) but not accessible (able to be mapped to a physical pin). Hardware designers can quickly evaluate whether or not individual models of an STM32 MCU break out the necessary combinations of peripherals that are required for a given application. Having the ability to quickly and accurately perform these evaluations across multiple chips can be a major time saver. Usually, designers need to become intimately familiar with datasheets for each chip before making ...