NUCLEO-F429ZI

STM32 Nucleo-144 development board with STM32F429ZIT6 MCU, supports Arduino, ST Zio and morpho connectivity

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Microcontroller features
  3. Nucleo features
  4. Board pinout
  5. Getting started
  6. Supported shields
  7. Technical references
  8. Known limitations
  9. Tips and Tricks

Overview

The STM32 Nucleo-144 board provides an affordable and flexible way for users to try out new concepts and build prototypes with the STM32 microcontroller, choosing from the various combinations of performance, power consumption and features. The ST Zio connector, which is an extension of Arduino™ Uno V3, provides access to more peripherals and ST morpho headers make it easy to expand the functionality of the Nucleo open development platform with a wide choice of specialized shields. The STM32 Nucleo-144 board does not require any separate probe, as it integrates the ST-LINK/V2-1 debugger/programmer and it comes with the STM32 comprehensive software HAL library, together with various packaged software examples, , as well as a direct access to the ARM®mbed™online resources.


Microcontroller features

  • STM32F429ZIT6 in LQFP144 package
  • ARM®32-bit Cortex®-M4 CPU with FPU
  • 180 MHz max CPU frequency
  • VDD from 1.8 V to 3.6 V
  • 2048 KB Flash
  • 256+4 KB SRAM, including 64 KB of CCM (core couple memory) data RAM
  • GPIOs (114) with external interrupt capability
  • 16-stream DMA controller with FIFOs and burst support
  • 12-bit ADCs with 24 channels (3)
  • 12-bit DAC channels (2)
  • USART/UART (4)
  • I2C (3)
  • SPI (6)
  • Advanced-control Timer (2)
  • General Purpose Timers (10)
  • Watchdog Timers (2)
  • CAN 2.0B active (2)
  • SAI
  • SDIO
  • Random Generator (TRNG for HW entropy)
  • USB 2.0 OTG HS
  • USB 2.0 OTG FS
  • Camera interface
  • Ethernet
  • LCD-TFT


Nucleo features

  • Two types of extension resources
    • Arduino Uno Revision 3 connectivity
    • STMicroelectronics Morpho extension pin headers for full access to all STM32 I/Os
  • On-board ST-LINK/V2-1 debugger/programmer with SWD connector
    • Selection-mode switch to use the kit as a standalone ST-LINK/V2-1
  • Flexible board power supply
    • USB VBUS or external source (3.3 V, 5 V, 7 - 12 V)
    • Power management access point
  • Three User LEDs
  • Two push buttons: USER and RESET
  • USB re-enumeration capability: three different interfaces supported on USB
    • Virtual Com port
    • Mass storage (USB Disk drive) for drag'n'drop programming
    • Debug port
  • Ethernet 10/100Mbps
  • USART


Board pinout


Pins Legend

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You can find more details on the available pins and labels in the PeripheralPins.c and PinNames.h files.

These files can be found in:

  • ARMmbed/mbed-os repository on GitHub (up-to-date version, used with mbed CLI commands)

https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/blob/master/targets/TARGET_STM/TARGET_STM32F4/TARGET_STM32F429xI/TARGET_NUCLEO_F429ZI/

  • mbed-dev library in developer.mbed.org (source files of the mbed library used on mbed compiler IDE)

https://developer.mbed.org/users/mbed_official/code/mbed-dev/file/default/targets/TARGET_STM/TARGET_STM32F4/TARGET_STM32F429xI/TARGET_NUCLEO_F429ZI/

Zio and Arduino-compatible headers

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ETHERNET and SPI simultaneous use

There is a conflict between Ethernet and SPI Arduino D11 pins

Please read carefully the wiki page

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CN11 CN12 headers

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Getting started

This video shows how to get started with ARM mbed Integrated Development Environment using STM32 Nucleo platform:


Nucleo ST-LINK/V2 driver installation and firmware upgrade

  • Install the ST-LINK/V2 driver before connecting the Nucleo board to your PC the first time. Follow this LINK for all details.
  • For optimum performances, ensure that the Nucleo ST-LINK/V2 firmware is upgraded to the latest version. Follow this LINK for all details.


Supported shields

ST X-NUCLEO boards

See Matrix of tested boards.

Other Non-ST boards

See here.


Technical references

For more information, please refer to:


Known limitations

The following section describes known limitations of the platform. Note that general issues are tracked into the mbed repository available on GitHub.

  • Conflict between Ethernet and SPI pins on Arduino D11

See HERE


Tips and Tricks

Find more information in ST WIKI pages.

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