STM32F050 replacement

[Kuikui]

Posted on June 04, 2014 at 18:00

Hello friends,

I have a board using the ''old'' STM32F050K4U6. ST has suddently removed the webpage of this micro .. so I can even not check if ST suggests any replacement or what to do ... So my question is : does anybody knows what should replace the STM32F050K4U6 ? It seems the STM32F031K4U6 is the same, I can't see any difference in the datasheet. Can anyone confirm ? And the last (but not least), ST says ''No availability reported, please contact our

http://www.st.com/stonline/contactus/contacts/index.php?type=2

'' ... So what ST does for its customer using a microcontroller that has been produced only 3 years and has been stopped suddently ? Thanks for help. Best regards.

[Tesla DeLorean]

Posted on June 04, 2014 at 20:15

Mouser says it has 1700 on hand, but the part is EOL

I don't work for ST, but from an industrial perspective it's probably the packaging, either the third-part providing it has stopped doing it, or there is some thermo/mechanical issue that is not economically worth fixing. Or an ability to test. I expect if it's a packaging issue you'll just have to respin the PCB and deal with it. This isn't an era where we can expect 10-20 year product life cycles, low running lines, and fab utilization/redeployment/shutdown can EOL things quicker than anyone can react. If capital manufacture and test equipment fails, it may not be replaced/replaceable. Welcome to the new normal...

[waclawek.jan]

Posted on June 05, 2014 at 08:49

ST has changed naming of some of the STM32. There is a PCN from ST notifying of the change (dated 12.Mar 2014) - Mouser should've implemented it, but I believe it's not easy to follow all the changes:

Previous        New

Part Number     Part Number STM32F0506DIE1  STM32F0316DIE1 STM32F050C4T6   STM32F031C4T6 STM32F050C4T6TR STM32F031C4T6TR STM32F050C6T6   STM32F031C6T6 STM32F050C6T6TR STM32F031C6T6TR STM32F050C6T7   STM32F031C6T7 STM32F050F4P6   STM32F031F4P6 STM32F050F6P6   STM32F031F6P6 STM32F050F6P7   STM32F031F6P7 STM32F050G4U6   STM32F031G4U6 STM32F050G6U6   STM32F031G6U6 STM32F050K4U6   STM32F031K4U6 STM32F050K6U6   STM32F031K6U6 STM32F313CCT6   STM32F358CCT6 STM32F313RCT6   STM32F358RCT6 STM32F313VCT6   STM32F358VCT6 STM32F383CCT6   STM32F378CCT6 STM32F383RCT6   STM32F378RCT6 STM32F383VCT6   STM32F378VCT6

[Kuikui]

Posted on June 09, 2014 at 09:02

Thanks Jan,

But unfortunately the

STM32F031K4U6

is not available for purchase .. (at least on stock). Best regards, Vincent.