STM32 in real consumer products

[Bogdan Golab]

Posted on June 05, 2018 at 13:25

I believe I do not violate any forum policy here. I do not want anyone to break any secrets here.

I am a hobbyist & STM32 enthusiast but I have never seen any real products where the STM32 was embedded (besides Sony SmartWatch a few years ago, and Primer / EvoPrimer Tools).

I think such information might be interesting for many STM32 enthusiasts.

If you could share some information about real products where we can find the STM32 MCUs.

[David SIORPAES · Accepted solution]

Posted on June 05, 2018 at 13:47

If you browse iFixit public databases you can find, for example:

• https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/AirPods+Teardown/75578

• https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+TV+4th+Generation+Teardown/49046

• https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Asus+Chromebook+Flip+C100P+Teardown/72454

• https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Touch+Bar+Teardown/73395

• https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Xiaomi+MiJia+QiCycle+Folding+Electric+Bike+Teardown/67654

• https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Google+Pixel+C+Teardown/62277

• https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Fitbit+One+Teardown/19889

• http://www.mateksys.com/?portfolio=f722-std

[Tilen MAJERLE]

Posted on June 05, 2018 at 13:50

I would also add Xiaomi Amazefit 2 smart watch.

[AVI-crak]

Posted on June 05, 2018 at 14:57

Modern car radio with large screens - almost all have chips st. A huge variety of home appliances - where there are small LCD screens, industrial automation (chastotnik for a three-phase electric motor), and so on.

Another thing is important.Virtually all products with st chips have second-level protection + almost always raw software. It is not subject to repair and restoration in case of failure. For this reason, information about st chips (firmware replacement) is completely absent from repairers' forums.A good chip to sell, and very bad to buy.

[Bogdan Golab]

Posted on June 05, 2018 at 14:14

Thank you for pointing out such great tool as iFixit

[AvaTar]

Posted on June 05, 2018 at 14:30

The site looks more like 'open and dissect it', rather than 'fix it'...

My last company used a STM8 in a 'electronic ballast' device for LED lighting. Not yet a STM32.

[Tesla DeLorean]

Posted on June 05, 2018 at 14:54

The NIKE Fuelband used an L15x part as I recall.

[Bogdan Golab]

Posted on June 05, 2018 at 16:20

>A good chip to sell, and very bad to buy

Not sure why the chip is bad to buy.

I guess the ST does not make the designer protect the code at the level 2. It's a product vendor choice.

[Tesla DeLorean]

Posted on June 05, 2018 at 17:32

The parts in the infotainment systems aren't typically STM32 but rather ARM9, A7, R4 based ST Cartesio or Accordo.

The people using these parts have plenty of documentation and support, don't confuse that for support for hackers and chippers, or forums heavily populated with scriptkidz. People like SiLabs, Marvell, Broadcom, etc guard their IP and documentation too.

[Carlos Diaz]

Posted on June 05, 2018 at 21:54

IIRC the controllers on the Nintendo Switch have a STM32 device in it.